IP: maybe the question is should the Economist grwo up

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

SHOULD THE NET GROW UP?
The Economist magazine says that, faced with "pile-ups and pollution on the
prototype information superhighway," there seems no alternative to
government regulation and the acceptance of pricing formulas that bill users
based on how much data they send and receive.  (The Economist 19 Oct 96)