It may be that in two years’ time, everything we know today about the Web will have become wrong. This principle will apply as much to asset creation as any other part of the Web experience … Don’t expect the Web ever to stabilize to the point where you can file your deed of title to virtual property in the online property office.
Predictor: Rose, Lance
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 essay for ISPworld, Internet law expert Lance Rose writes: ”It may be that in two years’ time, everything we know today about the Web will have become wrong. This principle will apply as much to asset creation as any other part of the Web experience. Thus, we should not expect our ‘property rights’ on the Web to last forever, especially those rights that seem glued to the Web fads of the moment. At the same time, the long-term property rights merely finding a new expression on the Web – in texts, graphic arts, video loops, music, and trademark – will likely be strengthened from their stay on the Web. Don’t expect the Web ever to stabilize to the point where you can file your deed of title to virtual property in the online property office.”
Biography:Lance Rose, a lawyer, earned a high profile for his expertise in Internet issues in the 1990s. He wrote “Netlaw: Your Rights in the Online World” (1995). (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: April 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Copyright/Intellectual Property/Plagiarism
Name of publication: ISPworld
Title, headline, chapter name: Legally Online: Own a Piece of the Web
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.boardwatch.com/boardwatchOnline/1995/apr95/bwm42.htm
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