Lea de Groot [dotau.org§elysiansystems.com] wrote:
> Charlie McCormack wrote:
> > There are real world laws that prevent this kind of restriction, it will
> > never happen, at least not in the next 10 years, governments have more
> > pressing issues, such as hospitals, transport, aging population etc.
> 
> Wow! Which laws cover this?
> I can't think of which it would be.
> 
> I wonder how far the premise of 'public space' can be pushed?
> Companies can rent real public spaces, but still be limited in what they 
> are allowed to do there, IIRC. The internet can be thought of as public 
> space, particularly given that the govt control the distribution of it, 
> so it isn't too hard a step to have it treated in the same way.

please the internet is not owned by the government. 

Vic