[CLUE-Talk] FCC Deregulation Debate

[Randy Arabie]

On Wednesday, 29 January 2003 at 17:13:40 -0700, Jed S. Baer <thag at frii.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:15:56 -0700
> Randy Arabie <randy at arabie.org> wrote:
> 
> > In the preface he talks a bit about his first book, _Code and Other Laws
> > of Cyberspace_.  Have you, or anyone on the list, read it?
> 
> Yep. Great book -- a "must read", I think. The basic notion is that code,
> by itself, regulates. The degree to which it does, of course, is dependent
> upon the code. But also, that within cyberspace, there are many forms of
> regulation, some of which are strong societal norms, e.g. MUDs. But it
> goes much deeper than that. Because the degree to which code regulates can
> be determined by end-users (via demand), corporations (via their goals),
> or by a regulating body, such as the U.S. govt. The question is, which is
> better?
> 
> Written in 1999, the book is amazingly prophetic. For just one example,
> look at the huge discussion going on now regarding the DMCA, and other DRM
> issues. How will code regulate? Who will make those decisions?

He alludes to that in the preface, and that is what piqued my interest.
I'll have to add it to my reading list.
-- 
Allons Rouler!
        
Randy
http://www.arabie.org/
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