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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…
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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…