[The Internet is] “colliding with America – it’s ignoring an enormous legal, cultural, and political culture.” Working with that culture, he suggested, “will be a lot harder than anything they’ve done before.”
Predictor: Maher, David
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Science, Charles Mann quotes David Maher, a lawyer and co-chair of the International Trademark Association Task Force on the Internet. Mann writes: ”[Maher said the Internet is] ‘colliding with America – it’s ignoring an enormous legal, cultural, and political culture.’ Working with that culture, he suggested, ‘will be a lot harder than anything they’ve done before. The technical problems [like developing IPv6, a new Internet protocol to help accommodate growth] are nothing.’ And unlike adjusting to Internet protocols, compliance with those standards will not be voluntary.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Science
Title, headline, chapter name: Regulating Cyberspace
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/74/774/35487673w1/purl=rc2_ITOF_1_regulating+cyberspace_xx__1995_______Science_______________________________________________&dyn=sig!1?sw_aep=ncliveec
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