As the power and scope of cyberspace become more and more obvious, its commercial potential grows … The growth of the Internet will be further boosted by recently passed federal legislation designed to bolster the development of a digital “information infrastructure.”
Predictor: Cavasos, Edward
Prediction, in context:In their 1994 book “Cyberspace and the Law,” Edward Cavasos and Gavino Morin write: ”As the power and scope of cyberspace become more and more obvious, its commercial potential grows … The growth of the Internet will be further boosted by recently passed federal legislation designed to bolster the development of a digital ‘information infrastructure.’ The law, called the High-Performance Computing Act, was passed in 1991. It calls for a government and industry coalition working to research the hardware and software needs for the digital equivalent of the federal highway system with computer connections linking millions of Americans.”
Biography:Edward Cavasos was a lawyer who specialized in Internet issues in the 1990s and he wrote the book “Cyberspace and the Law Your Rights and Duties in the On-Line World” (The MIT Press, 1994). (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Cyberspace and the Law
Title, headline, chapter name: Defining Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 9-11
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