297 pages
English language
Published Dec. 17, 1999 by Basic Books.
4 stars
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Examines the relation between cyberspace and government, particularly the government's ability to regulate. Contrary to popular belief, cyberspace can be regulated through architecture and its representation as code. Government and commerce are working to regulate cyberspace, although each in a different way and for different reasons. In the opposite direction, cyberspace challenges the basic assumptions underlying American governance.
Subjects
- Information superhighway -- Law and legislation
- Computers -- Law and legislation
- Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation
- Freedom of information
- Privacy, Right of