There will be an increasing number of boundaries that link and separate private and public spaces. This will create a need for rules and special conventions to warn users when they cross a boundary. It will strain privacy protections and create new issues regarding sysop responsibility for the contents of messages that cross these boundaries. It will also lead to more disputes.
Predictor: Johnson, David R.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 statement about the future of the Internet that is carried on the Electronic Frontier Foundation site, David R. Johnson, a Washington, D.C., lawyer and chairman of the EFF who helped draft the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, writes the third of 10 hypotheses on the Internet and law: ”As the Internet interconnects more and more networks, there will be an increasing number of boundaries that link and separate private and public spaces. This will create a need for rules and special conventions to warn users when they cross a boundary. It will strain privacy protections and create new issues regarding sysop responsibility for the contents of messages that cross these boundaries. It will also lead to more disputes.”
Biography:David R. Johnson was the chairman of Counsel Connect and the co director of the Cyberspace Law Institute in the 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Jurisdiction/Control
Name of publication: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Title, headline, chapter name: The Future of the Net – As it Pertain to Lawyers
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.eff.org/Legal/future_legal_net_johnson.article
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Fedders, Peter J.