Has the internet taken a bad turn ?

Canada's Big Brother Net : During the Internet boom of the late 1990s, Nortel Networks ran an advertising campaign that featured as its slogan, 'what do you want the Internet to be?' The implications were obvious ? the Internet was a technology of unlimited possibility that could be whatever we wanted it to be.
More than five years later, Nortel's vision is becoming reality. The Internet has become so essential to the every day lives of millions of people — a pillar of communication, information, entertainment, education, and commerce — that at times it seems as if the Internet really is anything we want it to be.

Notwithstanding the Internet's remarkable potential, there are dark clouds on the horizon. There are some who see a very different Internet... ( go to p2pnet for the full story, quite an interesting read.. )