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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…
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Coding Privacy
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 th…
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The Problem with Patents
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 monop…
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The Code is the Law
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 architecture…
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Memo to the Leviathan
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…
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Pain in the OS
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…
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The Spam Wars
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 fou…