These six lawsuits shaped the internet | The Verge: The internet is great. And we all know that. But it’s worth noting that the internet has only taken on its current form of greatness because of legal battles that have allowed it to provide speech protected by the First Amendment, third-party content, and all sorts of other great things that we sometimes take for granted.
What follows is a list of six legal cases that helped to shape the internet into what it is today.