Here is another great example of what I have called the application of mass communication to the law to the public. I see Baker arguing that laws governing how service providers structure internet access — especially rules regulating what users can do with that access.
Mitchell Baker said she worried about “the increase in laws that make it difficult to run an open network,” especially rules about content.
“You suddenly become liable for anything that gets downloaded, whether it’s legal or not,” she said. “If you said to a municipality, if you build a road, you have to guarantee nothing illegal happens on it – that’s what’s happening on the Internet now. So that’s the kind of regulatory disruption that’s going to have some long-term consequences.”
Edit: In reading it again, I’ll revise my original statement. Baker’s intent wasn’t exactly to address the application of media law to the public. Yet, his analogy might get there by extension. If you’re not regulating the road builders, you must be policing users.
via Mozilla leader worries about Internet limits – washingtonpost.com.