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Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
by Lawrence Lessig
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- Paperback: 297 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 8.06 x 5.36
- Publisher: Basic Books; (June 1, 2000)
- ISBN: 0465039138
- Other Editions: Hardcover (1st) | All Editions
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"We, the Net People, in order to form a more perfect Transfer Protocol..." might be recited in future fifth-grade history classes, says attorney Lawrence Lessig. He turns the now-traditional view of the Internet as an uncontrollable, organic entity on its head, and explores the architecture and social systems that are changing every day and taming the frontier. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is his well-reasoned, undeniably cogent series of arguments for guiding the still-evolving regulatory processes, to ensure that we don't find ourselves stuck with a system that we find objectionable. As the former Communist-bloc countries found, a constitution is still one of our best guarantees against the dark side of chaos; and Lessig promotes a kind of document that accepts the inevitable regulatory authority of both government and commerce, while constraining them within values that we hold by consensus. Lessig holds that those who shriek the loudest at the thought of interference in cyberdoings, especially at the hands of the government, are blind to the ever-increasing regulation of the Net (admittedly, without badges or guns) by businesses that find little opposition to their schemes from consumers, competitors, or cops. The Internet will be regulated, he says, and our window of opportunity to influence the design of those regulations narrows each day. How will we make the decisions that the Framers of our paper-and-ink Constitution couldn't foresee, much less resolve? Lessig proclaims that many of us will have to wake up fast and get to work before we lose the chance to draft a networked Bill of Rights. --Rob Lightner
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Lessig (law, Harvard) tackles the tricky and troubling question of Internet regulation. Cyberspace has no intrinsic structure to protect its libertarian nature, and we are now well into an era where commerce and its partner in control, government, are working in a manner that could permanently, and perhaps negatively, alter its character. Now is the time for all who stand to benefit from the unique nature of cyberspace to assert their collective values into a framework for regulating it. Apathy... read more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Great book on Cyberspace and a must read for people in the t, June 7, 2004
This is another great book that discusses what is going on in cyberspace today (or 1999 when it was written) first by defining cyberspace as a place where we can create personalities and have the ability to speak like we would never do in the real world. The book then goes on to discuss how the internet is regulated or not regulated and what the internet can and should become.The book starts out by discussing multiple forms of regulation and just because technology makes it easier to monitor or regulate does not mean that it is right or legal. The book also discusses what things should be regulated and how and who should regulate it. The next chapters go into Free Speech, Intellectual Property, Privacy and other freedoms we have and should fight to protect. The book talks about Open Source vrs Closed Source software and how regulation can and is added to each. One of the solutions of the book is to offer transparent regulation that allows user to know what is regulated. This is possible and is happening now in Open Source software but is not happening in closed source software. This is an excellent book that should help call us to action that will help provide the right kind of regulation while ensuring our freedoms or not reduced. This is a great book and I would recommend it..
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Beautiful Style, February 25, 2003
I am impressed with the ease of reading of this book. Also Lessig repeats himself constantly. It is very easy to get at what he is saying. Mind you this a law course text book and the laws are American which are only obliquely useful to us Canadians.
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BOOOOO !!!! Thumbs Down, I hate this book, December 31, 2002
It is the worse piece of literature that I have ever read. I was made to read it for a college assignment. It has microscopic type. It is not reader friendly and the author is a warped sense of organization. He is totally confused and needs to read his own book. He goes North, South, East and west in every chapter. You have no idea what his actual opinion is. He totally ...!
I'm sorry for you if you choose to read this book for leisure. I feel sorry if you are made to read it! I can't say it enough. this book will make a perfect fire starter for a grill or fireplace. It is also a perfect door stop or you can use it as a mouse pad (hardback version) It provides perfect traction. lol
Take it from me if you don't have to read this book DONT!!! Get another book. Even if you have time to waste, don't waste it on this piece of ...! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
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Worth the time, if you are interested., December 10, 2002
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Code is a challenging book to read. Lessig frequently uses complicated devices such as allegorical stories, figurative examples, and conceptual theories to support his arguments. While the author has made an effort to introduce legal concepts discussed in his book, my background of spending a semester studying the First Amendment and the Constitution was required for comprehending the topics in Code. The value of this book is the insight it can provide anyone with intermediate knowledge of Constitutional law and an interest in the Internet.
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