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Code

Lawrence Lessig · 1999 · Novel

Setting: contemporary (analysis)

Synopsis

Although the book is named Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lessig uses this theme sparingly. It is a fairly simple concept: since cyberspace is entirely human-made, there are no natural laws to determine its architecture. While we tend to assume that what is in cyberspace is a given, in fact everything there is a construction based on decisions made by people. What we can and can't do there is governed by the underlying code of all of the programs that make up the Internet, which both permit and restrict.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Law and legislationCyberspaceSocial aspectsSocial aspects of CyberspaceInformation superhighwayComputer networksRight of PrivacyElectronic commerceInternetFreedom of information

openlibrary_id: OL6037025W

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