We will start to see a split between the public Web, free to all comers, and private parts of the Web, where users pay either a standard fee or per-link charges to browse within certain areas.
Predictor: Rose, Lance
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 essay for ISPworld, Internet law expert Lance Rose writes about potential copyright issues for Web site builders: ”Some Web publishers are trying to discourage other Web publishers from linking to their pages, unless they agree to a license covering the link. This flies in the face of the sharing environment we have seen in the Web up to now, but it presages the Web to come, where many Web pages will charge users for the privilege of browsing them. We will start to see a split between the public Web, free to all comers, and private parts of the Web, where users pay either a standard fee or per-link charges to browse within certain areas. When this happens, the notion of a Web publisher ‘owning’ his or her page will move from the exotic to the mundane.”
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: April 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Copyright/Intellectual Property/Plagiarism
Name of publication: ISPworld
Title, headline, chapter name: Legally Online: Own a Piece of the Web
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.boardwatch.com/boardwatchOnline/1995/apr95/bwm42.htm
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney