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A Letter to Bill

A Letter to Bill The pivotal question in the Microsoft case is the principle of the right to innovate. What principles will Bill defend? Industry Standard, June…

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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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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…