We need an electronic equivalent of the police force – the traffic cops of the information superhighway.
Predictor: Taylor, John
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Electronic Engineering Times, Peter Clarke reports on the remarks made by John Taylor, director of Hewlett-Packard European research and development arm, at a Brussels, Belgium, exhibition held in conjunction with a Group of Seven ministerial conference. Clarke writes: ”Forecasting fundamental changes, he predicted that transactions on the information superhighway will eventually be taxed. In addition to technology improvements, which the electronics and computer industries seem set to provide, Taylor also sees changes in the law to recognize and deal with ‘electronic objects,’ new kinds of intellectual-property rights and progress in individual electronic privacy. Taylor said that authorities must be able to police transactions on future information networks: ‘There’s already $100 million of IPR traveling across national boundaries without paying any duty. We need an electronic equivalent of the police force – the traffic cops of the information superhighway.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism
Name of publication: Electronic Engineering Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Transaction Taxes Seen for Info Superhighway: HP Laboratories’ Europe Research Director Sees Focus on Economic Issues
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web7.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/852/216/33661254w7/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A16864068&dyn=5!xrn_1_0_A16864068?sw_aep=ncliveec
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