roundtable: origin: "Magna Carta"

roundtable: origin: "Magna Carta"

origin: "Magna Carta"

Richard K. Moore (rkmoore@iol.ie)
Fri, 20 Jan 1995 13:23:11 +0000 

Message-Id: <199501201325.NAA01329@GPO.iol.ie>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 13:23:11 +0000
To: gii-doc@cpsr.org
From: rkmoore@iol.ie (Richard K. Moore)
Subject: origin: "Magna Carta"


Thread: Magna Carta

Richard Mateosian (srm@c2.org) wrote:
> 
>    "the *Magna Carta* signed by King John in 1215 only protected the
> nobility"
---

Good comparison. In 1215 the nobility petioned the government for
recognition of (partial) sovereignty for their respective domains, with
each domain to be under the control of its nobleman.

In 1995, the corporate elite is petitioning the government for 
recognition of its monopolistic ownership of the digital communication 
domain, to be under their unregulated control.

As you point out, the name is brilliantly appropriate.

-Richard


Richard K. Moore
<rkmoore@iol.ie>

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