[sdrothrock]

A Bill of Anything won't do much without some enforcement... and enforcement in America suffers from a lot of problems including basic interpretation.

Since Berners-Lee's suggestion isn't backed by any political body at all (powerful or not), it seems like a completely useless suggestion.

Even if it were backed by a powerful political body, like, say... the US or the EU, I'm not sure how comforted I would be.

Edit: It's been a while since I've taken Latin, but "Magna Carta" essentially means "Big/Great Paper," so the tongue-in-cheek modern equivalent might be something like "Yotta Byte."

[TDL]

Creating a moral high ground isn't necessarily a "useless suggestion." Nation-states require the moral acquiescence of it's citizens. Something that is given tacitly can be taken away rather violently.

[aylons]

Magna Carta is more akin to "The Main Letter".