Re: [dvd-discuss] Internet: an independent country?

["Richard M. Hartman" <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

Does it exist _in_ the CRT or outside?  I.E. mail-order businesses have an
outside-the-tube existence.

--
-Richard M. Hartman

186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!

----- Original Message -----
From: <microlenz@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 5:49 PM
Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Internet: an independent country?


> Yes but there is still 200mile border...what borders are there WRT to the
> Internet since it transmits information. What borders does it have?
>
> On 13 Jun 2002 at 14:36, Richard Hartman wrote:
>
> From:           Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com>
> To:             "'dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu'" <dvd-
> discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> Subject:        RE: [dvd-discuss] Internet: an independent country?
> Date sent:      Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:36:51 -0700
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> > I think the high seas (aka "international waters") would be a good
model.
> >
> > --
> > -Richard M. Hartman
> > hartman@onetouch.com
> >
> > 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Bauer [mailto:jfbauer@comcast.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:42 AM
> > > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > > Subject: [dvd-discuss] Internet: an independent country?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We all know how stupid some of the recent cases have been WRT
> > > jurisdiction over the Internet.  If the pattern holds, everyone will
> > > always be subject to the jurisdiction of every last place on earth at
> > > the same time.
> > >
> > > Has anyone pursued the idea of the Internet being "independent"?
> > > Either as its own country (assuming one can have a country without
> > > land), or perhaps more like how Antarctica is handled.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jim Bauer, jfbauer@comcast.net
> > >
>
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