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In Search of Skeptics
In Search of Skeptics We need to be willing to think about the effects of regulation on the process of innovation. Industry Standard, April 17, 2000…
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Battling Censorware
Battling Censorware Copyright law is limited by the Constitution. But when there are conflicts with the First Amendment, some courts lean the other way. Industr…
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Cyberspace Prosecutor
Cyberspace Prosecutor Before the courts race to join the content control freaks" chorus, they should pause to consider our national tradition. Industry Sta…
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Patent Problems
Patent Problems Every method of doing business in cyberspace by definition is instantiated in technology - code. Thus, every method becomes subject to a patent.…
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The Net, Version 2000
The Net, Version 2000 Through code or through contract, business seeks to change the design of cyberspace to make it more commerce-friendly. Industry Standard,…
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The Code of Cyberspace
The Code of Cyberspace Congress should help artists get paid without delivering the Internet. The Internet will not cause the "withering away of the state.…
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G-Rated Browsers
G-Rated Browsers Industry Standard, December 3, 1999…
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Architecting Innovation
Architecting Innovation The key to the Net"s extraordinary innovation is that it doesn"t allow a term like "allow." Industry Standard, Novem…
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Filtering Content
Filtering Content In this world where business regulates instead of government, what do we do when business goes too far? Industry Standard, October, 1999…
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Thinking Different(ly)
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 Bolshevik…
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The Cable Debate, Pt II
The Cable Debate, Pt II Competition should be the policy. Industry Standard, July, 1999…
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Broadband Blackmail
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 l…