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By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:11 pm
Filtering Content
In this world where business regulates instead of government, what do we do when business goes too far?
Industry Standard, October, 1999 Read more » about Filtering Content
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:11 pm
Thinking Different(ly)
Our national identity is tied to the ideals of the First Amendment. And yet we treat it as obvious that in corporate space, the Bolsheviks rule.
Industry Standard, September, 1999 Read more » about Thinking Different(ly)
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:09 pm
The Cable Debate, Pt II
Competition should be the policy.
Industry Standard, July, 1999 Read more » about The Cable Debate, Pt II
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:08 pm
Broadband Blackmail
Should someone pick your ISP for you? Code is thus limiting competition. The network is being designed to restrict ISP choice, and thereby lock broadband customers to the cable operator"s local broadband network.
Industry Standard, June, 1999 Read more » about Broadband Blackmail
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:08 pm
Coding Privacy
After years of inaction, Congress is finally coming to see that privacy on the Internet won"t take care of itself. The mystery isn"t that self-regulation failed\; the mystery is why anyone thought it would succeed.
Industry Standard, May, 1999 Read more » about Coding Privacy
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:07 pm
The Problem with Patents
A patent is a form of regulation. It is a government-granted monopoly - an exclusive right backed by the power of the state. This monopoly is granted by a bureaucrat - a well-meaning, hardworking bureaucrat no doubt, but a bureaucrat nonetheless.
Industry Standard, April 23, 1999 Read more » about The Problem with Patents
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:06 pm
The Code is the Law
The single most significant change in the politics of cyberspace is the coming of age of this simple idea: The code is law. The architectures of cyberspace are as important as the law in defining and defeating the liberties of the Net.
Industry Standard, April 9, 1999 Read more » about The Code is the Law
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:05 pm
Memo to the Leviathan
Sorry I missed your call. You sounded awful. You can"t let this cyberspace stuff get you down.
Industry Standard, March 5, 1999 Read more » about Memo to the Leviathan
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:04 pm
Pain in the OS
A growing number of Linux users have tried to return their copy of Windows and receive the promised refund.
Industry Standard, February 5, 1999 Read more » about Pain in the OS
By admin • December 21, 2001 at 4:04 pm
The Spam Wars
The looming conflict is a spam war. A spam war is not the battle to clear our inboxes of uninvited junk. A spam war is the battle that will be fought as spam vigilantes flex their muscles and ISPs resist.
Industry Standard, December 31, 1998 Read more » about The Spam Wars
