Free flow of information?

Hey people. I'm starting this thread in relation to this:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/newpol/1293992141/1-40

 I think the flow of information is a MASSIVE issue that is not beeing discussed enough.

So, do you think the flow of information should be totaly unrestricted? Or do you believe there should be laws that protect people from malicious use.

Personaly I would like to see fully unrestricted flow of information one day, but i think that a sudden change in the way we currently manage it could be catastrophical. I believe an good order of abolishing restrictions would be to

a) abolish all copiright and intelectual property laws.
b) make all bank transactions available online
c) enforce transparency in bussinesses and states by forcing them to release all info they manage - including all their financial info.
d) allow some 20 years for the world to digest itself

Please feel free to attack my point of view and add your own. Scepticism is a bless...

a) you can't: as an anonymous individual you're not in a
position to do so. you can support initiatives such as TPB,
perhaps even look into the idea of cypherspace, but the
law is the law and it doesn't get rewritten according to your
wishes.

b) cool idea, but how exactly do you propose we get these big
corporations to comply? we can't boycott them because we don't
have traction amongst their customers, we can't force them
because we don't have influence.

c) see b

d) eh

i can't help but feel this is another 'what would you do if you
were the supreme dictator of the world'-thread... dream.

perhaps start by asking yourself what's happening in the world
re corporatism, personal liberties, expanding governmental
powers, etc... what's the big picture? where are we right
now? where do we seem to be going? from there, you can
start thinking about what you (as an anonymous individual) can
do.