Existing case law can take care of most problems, the exception being copyright, which is an unresolved area. There are enforcement problems due to the enormous conflicts between legal jurisdictions, not just between countries, but between the federal, state and local levels.
Predictor: Rutkowski, Anthony Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in CQ Researcher, Charles Clark quotes Anthony Rutkowski, executive director of the Internet Society. Clark writes: ”The central issue is whether current laws, regulations and behavioral customs can accommodate the Internet or whether drastic revisions are needed. ‘Existing case law can take care of most problems, the exception being copyright, which is an unresolved area,’ says attorney Tony Rutkowski, who recently became the first paid executive director of the Internet Society. ‘There are enforcement problems due to the enormous conflicts between legal jurisdictions, not just between countries, but between the federal, state and local levels.'”
Biography:Anthony Michael (Tony) Rutkowski was a lawyer and engineer who was an executive director of the Internet Society during some key years of development in the 1990s. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Jurisdiction/Control
Name of publication: CQ Researcher
Title, headline, chapter name: Regulating the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/search.php
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