To web was invented by Tim Bernes Lee in 1990. At the present time, 20 - 25% of the world is using the Web. Within Britain 35 million people log onto the Web every day.
'The Great Levelling' is what gives power to the people resulting in 'equal access, equal voice, equal potential'. The original ideologies for the web were based in San Francisco within the 60's.
The first website created was called 'The Well' (1985 San Francisco). Email was born within 1965. The first website went online within 1991.
The aim of the web when it was originally designed was to connect information between different computers. The creator of the web creates 'social and cultural innovation by connecting people, resisting authority and giving it away for free.
Bill Gates played a part in the virtual revolution by putting his software on home computers. Within the 90's Microsoft owned 90% of the market. Shawn Fanning created Napster in 1999. In 2001 it was shut down. According to the record industry 95% of music is downloaded illegally. The estimated loss in revenue from the illegal sharing of film, TV and music is 531 million.
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