Anyone who thinks Net culture will survive the influx of billions of dollars doesn’t know that millions of those billions will be spent on lawyers.
Predictor: Rose, Lance
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Science, Charles Mann quotes Internet legal expert Lance Rose. Mann writes: ”‘You can’t tell these huge enterprises that the Internet will be the medium of commerce in the future and then tell them they can’t use their own name,’ said Lance Rose, a New Jersey lawyer and author of the book ‘Netlaw.’ ‘Anyone who thinks Net culture will survive the influx of billions of dollars doesn’t know that millions of those billions will be spent on lawyers.'”
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: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Science
Title, headline, chapter name: Regulating Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct 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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