Xref: utzoo comp.org.eff.talk:2520 comp.society.futures:2511 alt.cyberspace:267 Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,comp.society.futures,alt.cyberspace Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxf.iastate.edu!TNFW0 From: tnfw0@isuvax.iastate.edu Subject: Re: Cyberia: An Off-the-Wall Fantasy Message-ID: <1991Jun4.062733.11472@news.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: tnfw0@isuvax.iastate.edu Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA. References: <42722@cup.portal.com> <1991Jun3.115854.8255@athena.mit.edu>,<1991Jun4.015242.27466@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 06:27:33 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1991Jun4.015242.27466@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU>, reynolds@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Chris.Reynolds) writes: [Stuff deleted. (As a 300 bps user, I am very conscious of long messages! :)] >Well that is the theory, but the law is in such a mess - especially with things >like this network - where personal data flies round the world all the time - >that it is difficult to know what could be done in practice ... > >Chris That is the thing that is so beautiful (from my viewpoint) about networks like this, Internet, and Bitnet, and 'Cyberspace' in general. I can't see any way that they can be effectively regulated by any 'authority' to prevent data from moving around the logical world. Of course, that's not to say some authority won't find a way... Steven Ourada