As society and culture assimilate the Net, our attitudes as a group will evolve, leading to various calls for increased and decreased freedom in different aspects of Net activity and attempts to enshrine those freedoms or limits on freedom in laws … We will see increasingly complex and subtle battles over Net control and freedom, where no one clearly wins most of the time, and everyone protects their turf.
Predictor: Rose, Lance
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 essay for ISPworld, Internet law expert Lance Rose writes: ”As society and culture assimilate the Net, our attitudes as a group will evolve, leading to various calls for increased and decreased freedom in different aspects of Net activity and attempts to enshrine those freedoms or limits on freedom in laws. There will also be contests on the practical level, pitting powerful organizations seeking to control information flow based on property interests or other goals against an evolving network of online guerrillas who want to preserve their ability to operate without official sanction online. It’s way too early to predict a winner. More likely, we will see increasingly complex and subtle battles over Net control and freedom, where no one clearly wins most of the time, and everyone protects their turf.”
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: May 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: ISPworld
Title, headline, chapter name: Legally Online: Power Grabs on the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.boardwatch.com/boardwatchOnline/1995/may95/bwm50.htm
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