Comparing to Holy Grail legends and Great French revolution, Internet is relatively young. So there is no known story for it from the point of conspicary theories.

Despite all the pathetic talks about Internet, still the majority of its traffic is porn. First it was pictures, then zipped galleries, then movies, now full DVD backups. This situation lasts for more than 10 years and everyone, including the industry, seemed to feel alright about it. Even if internet was stealing billion dollars from them.

What we see now is the industry crying out loud and protesting that p2p networks steal their profits, yet profits grow! To me it looks like somebody protests not just sharing as such, but consuming something good and useful. I mean, they were giving green light when people were demoralizing themselves. Now people are able to choose what to download, including books and videos (you cannot imagine how many banned books, movies and historical works can be found online), and somebody tries to put a stop on that.

The most dumb projects never get under attack for some reason. Zillion LiveJournal users stew in their own juice, zillions talk deliriously on various pointless forums and chats. While it's all about flirt and gossip, it's harmless. As soon as one can find banned info on Rosicrucians there, the network ceases to be. "One ring to rule them, one ring to bind them."