There is sure to be more order in the future on the Net. Maybe more law and order. There could hardly be less. To comfort those who might mourn the prospect of the loss of spontaniety and formless emergence that characterized the early electronic frontier, some have postulated the possibility of preserving some “electronic wilderness.” Even that will, however, be set aside and protected by law.
Predictor: Johnson, David R.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 statement about the future of the Internet that is carried on the Electronic Frontier Foundation site, David R. Johnson, a Washington, D.C., lawyer and chairman of the EFF who helped draft the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, writes the fourth of 10 hypotheses on the Internet and law: ”There is sure to be more order in the future on the Net. Maybe more law and order. There could hardly be less. To comfort those who might mourn the prospect of the loss of spontaniety and formless emergence that characterized the early electronic frontier, some have postulated the possibility of preserving some ‘electronic wilderness.’ Even that will, however, be set aside and protected by law.”
Biography:David R. Johnson was the chairman of Counsel Connect and the co director of the Cyberspace Law Institute in the 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Electronic Frontier FOundation (EFF)
Title, headline, chapter name: The Future of the Net – As it Pertains to Lawyers
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.eff.org/Legal/future_legal_net_johnson.article
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