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12.27.06
The Top Ten Internet Villains 2006
 By
Jason Lee Miller
People only really like villains when they're imaginary characters. How many of us secretly rooted for Jack Nicholson's version of the Joker, or thought Johnny Ringo was really, really cool? But that only makes for great tension in fiction. In reality, we want to see the villains crushed.
So it's with the ugliest disdainful face we can make that we present the Top Ten Internet Villains of 2006.
1. Senator Ted Stevens
Whenever you see him you make a face worse than Walter Matthau's. The Republican senator from Alaska, the grumpiest of old men in Congress, tried every questionable political trick in the book to squash Net Neutrality and get a telco-favorable grip on the giant series of tubes that is, according to him, the Internet.
He must still be angry over that internet he ordered that took five days to get there. From biased push-polls to sneaking votes just before Congressional recesses, from pork-barreling his way on the Bridge to Nowhere to putting secret holds on bills meant to highlight Congressional spending, Ted Stevens is one senator we'll be glad to see retire.
2. AT&T, Verizon, et alia
The telecommunications industry has fought tooth and nail and wallet to block any sort of meaningful Net Neutrality protection. They say it's to promote innovation and investment. They say Net Neutrality will destroy the Internet, cause commerce to stall, and, ultimately, kill people. But what they don't say is that no protection of Net Neutrality means they make a lot - A LOT - of money at the public's unfettered and unguided enjoyment of the Internet.
A cable network style Internet will destroy what made it great in the first place. But that doesn't matter to the shareholders.
3. Michael Crook
It's kind of sad a jerk like this gets so much attention, much less placed on a villain's list as prestigious as this. He is, after all, looking for the attention. But this guy's so ridiculous, and so dangerous for free speech, he made it to the top of the Internet's most hated.
Some hate him because he says the Holocaust never happened. Others hate him because he says the US troops deserve to die. Still others haven't forgiven him for tricking amorous Craigslist users into thinking he was a slutty girl, and then posting their correspondences (and personal information) on a website dedicated to Craigslist perverts.
But then, when people started talking about him and using a still shot from his appearance on Fox News, Crook sent out phony DMCA notices, which, bogus or not have to be answered in some way, to any blogger or publisher with the audacity to use his image without his permission, though he doesn't own the image.
The EFF has filed suit against Crook for his abuse of the DMCA to limit free expression and Fair Use.
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About the Author:
Jason L. Miller is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.
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