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

[microlenz(at)earthlink.net]

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
> >