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Worldwide Web wizard Tim Berners-Lee sticks wellington boot into Worldwide Web's giants: Time to break 'em up?

JimC

Well, grumpy old men are often right

There are those who would argue that's why evolution has generated grumpy old men.

I think the big problem is the way that the net has extended the power of trans national organisations. perhaps the breakup needs to be on a national scale with legislation that companies must exist on a national level and somehow be prevented from offshoring profits. It would sort out a lot in terms of tax problems as well.

Very hard to do well though, I'm not sure I'm clever enough to suggest how it could be done practically.

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