We will of course develop conventions and shorthand rules and other ways of signalling understanding of context with minimum data transfer. These emerging conventions will help experienced users know when they have entered into an agreement, what kinds of protections to expect from others in a particular place, and what kinds of services are offered by various parties. They will help to determine what actions are reasonable in any given context. They will also lead to more disputes.
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: ”As our collective experience with network-based messaging increases, we will of course develop conventions and shorthand rules and other ways of signalling understanding of context with minimum data transfer. These emerging conventions will help experienced users know when they have entered into an agreement, what kinds of protections to expect from others in a particular place, and what kinds of services are offered by various parties. They will help to determine what actions are reasonable in any given context. They will also lead to more disputes.”
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: Controversial Issues
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
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney