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Tim Berners-Lee talks openness, secrecy, Gordon Brown and Google

Updated on 08 July 2008

By Kylie Morris

He's one of the most influential men alive today - and he's British. Kylie Morris meets Tim Berners-Lee.

Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, and then gave his invention to the world to use for free.

Now he wants to safeguard the web as a platform for innovation - and he's teaming up with the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts to try to defend that core commitment of open and free access.

But since he's so keen to protect openness, who is its enemies?

Tim Berners-Lee - the full interview

You can watch Kylie Morris's interview with Tim Berners-Lee in its entirety, running just short of 12 minutes.
- Watch the full interview

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