Chapter: Of Black Holes and Decentralized Law-Making in Cyberspace
Quote:
The task of identifying the alternative rule-makers for purposes of normative comparison is made even more difficult than this because cyberspace, having emerged from decentralized disorder – from the primordial ooze of the internet engineering task force – many well create conditions that the favour the growth of powerful centralizing forces. The state of Virginia will soon discover that its anti-spam statute has little effect on the amount of spam that its citizens receive, because while spam originating anywhere on the network can easily make its way into Virginia, spam originating elsewhere, i.e. outside of Virginia’s borders – is largely immune to Virginia’s control. The same will be true to a federal anti-spam statute (if such statute is enacted), just on a grander scale. We can already write the headline.
What I expect to learn:
To understand what is meant by the “black holes” in cyberspace
Review:
So spam huh? Where can I even begin?
Spam has been around like years ago but why is it bothering us now? Why does it continue to bother us even when contents are actually relevant? Here is the thing, it is actually not relevant, why? Because it is just a random electronic mail for everyone to open and read and take note, it may even contain malwares, virus, etc.
Well, most of us nowadays have emails right? And I am certain that you already encountered the dreaded spam emails that are quite irritating especially if they serve no relevance to your daily life. Even website companies already took action to this so-called spam because they want full and clean service to be given the their clients or online customers. I have a yahoo account and a gmail which is why by now, I am fully aware of the separate spam folder which they automatically detect based on your options for segregating spam mails to real and valid emails. Cool huh? I love that feature because obviously, I can just clean up one folder knowing that it contains all the junk mails I have no time reading.
What I learned:
· The incident
· The explanation
· The question
· The debate
Integrative Questions:
1. What is the stated incident in regulating the Net?
2. What is the stated explanation in regulating the Net?
3. What is the stated question in regulating the Net?
4. What is the stated debate in regulating the Net?
5. What is the stated idea in regulating the Net?
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