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[FYI] The Death of Cyberspace



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The Death of Cyberspace

Stefan Krempl   14.03.2000  

E-nterview with Lawrence Lessig  

Cyberlaw expert Lawrence Lessig talks about the virtual recreation of 
barriers to entry, the tragic of the virtual commons, and the end of 
innovation in the Internet.  

[...]

Lawrence Lessig: Because of changes technologists are making, and 
changes lawyers are making. Technologists are describing ways to 
architect the network to change a fundamental value of the network--
what network architects call the principle of "end to end." End to 
end codes the internet so the network can't discriminate. New 
architectures are being adopted to permit this discrimination. That 
is a danger to innovation.  

Lawyers are bringing to the net many of the traditional barriers to 
entry -- patents and an over-expansive set of copyrights. These too 
will increase the costs on innovation, and make it harder for people 
to create.  

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