Here is the online CV of one of the protesters. It demolishes the stereotype put out by the mainstream press and media:

My work:
Creative director/designer:
Creating websites from concept through to planning, design, implementation and promotion. Clients include the BBC, British Council, Zoggle (NYC), TFiFriday, Virgin Radio, Direct Connection, Capital Radio, NCR, XFM Radio, Zenith Films, YouthNet and, of course, urban75. My current project for the British Council, Football Culture won Yahoo's Sports Site of the Year award

Internet consultant
Working on information architecture/user interface, planning and promotion. Worked with the BBC, British Council, firstlook (LA), Royal Society of Arts, IHaveMoved, 4i, Morgan Stanley, Clickmusic, theSite, etc.

Media
Presented BBC web education programs (Learning Zone, Click Online) and am regular on Radio/TV, talking about web-related matters. Occasional lecturer at Brighton and Southbank Universities.

Judged several international design awards including BBC2, London International Advertising Awards and D&AD. Guest speaker at Royal Society of Art, Association of International Broadcasters, ICA, Institute of Ideas and Ananova Alert (with Will Self).

Writing
I write for the UK's biggest Net magazine, Internet Magazine (as their resident 'Web Expert' and software reviewer) and have contributed to mainstream publications such as the New Statesman, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Independent.

My first book, 'Max Hits: building and promoting successful websites' was published by RotoVision in January 2002, with Design Week describing it as 'delivering its message in one of the most stylish, accessible and no-nonsense ways they'd yet seen'.