Code - And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0Paperback
Code - And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0Paperback There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's)…
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Code - And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0Paperback
There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. It is not in the nature of cyberspace to be unregulable; cyberspace has no "nature." It only has code-the software and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. Code, first published in 2000, argues that this belief is wrong.
Under the influence of commerce, cyberspace is becoming a highly regulable space, where behavior is much more tightly controlled than in real space. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of oppressive control. But that's not inevitable either.
We can-we must-choose what kind of cyberspace we want and what freedoms we will guarantee. These choices are all about architecture: about what kind of code will govern cyberspace, and who will control it. In
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