And as Adam Gopnik discusses in his piece in the current issue, the Internet has freed us of the obligation to retain facts; it forms part of our "extended mind".
"So there's issues around the internet and issues around people who can radicalise, can talk to young people".
After a documentary recording the female weightlifters' efforts, she chose to take issue with the internet trolls who laughed at her "unfeminine" shape.
The case, chilling and ghoulish, raises thorny issues in the Internet age, both legal and otherwise.
The ruling could clear up one of the more nettlesome issues facing the Internet radio business.
"Elevating the issues around the Internet and its importance to economic growth and having that front and center in a G-8 meeting is a great step.
Mr. O'Connell, a co-founder of Modem Media, will focus on clients and issues involving the Internet industry, the company said.
Asked about any technical problems he admits to very occasional issues with the internet service: "If the internet goes down we are scuppered, but it has happened rarely".
The case has become the rallying point for competing interests in the unresolved copyright issues on the Internet, with lawyers, consumers, policy makers and entrepreneurs watching closely.
