When Government Disappears, Its Not As If

Change The Way We Fund Campaigns. Until We Do, Wall Street Will Always Be Able To Blackmail The Dems And Gop To Giving Them What Wall Street Wants.

Lawyers Rarely Test Their Power, Or The Power They Promote, Against This Simple Pragmatic Question: "will It Do Good?" When Challenged About The Expanding Reach Of The Law, The Lawyer Answers, "why Not?

There Is A Regulation Of Behavior On The Internet And In Cyberspace, But That Regulation Is Imposed Primarily Through Code. The Differences In The Regulations Effected Through Code Distinguish Different Parts Of The Internet And Cyberspace. In Some Places, Life Is Fairly Free; In Other Places, It Is More Controlled. And The Difference Between These Spaces Is Simply A Difference In The Architectures Of Control--that Is, A Difference In Code.

Law And Technology Produce, Together, A Kind Of Regulation Of Creativity We've Not Seen Before.

But, Like All Metaphoric Wars, The Copyright Wars Are Not Actual Conflicts Of Survival. Or At Least, They Are Not Conflicts For Survival Of A People Or A Society, Even If They Are Wars Of Survival For Certain Businesses Or, More Accurately, Business Models. Thus We Must Keep I Mind The Other Values Or Objectives That Might Also Be Affected By This War. We Must Make Sure This War Doesn't Cost More Than It Is Worth. We Must Be Sure It Is Winnable, Or Winnable At A Price We're Willing To Pay.