Innovation And Regulation Of The Internet

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of pornography. Even in geographies where such pornography is legal, there is concern that it might get into the wrong hands a very large number of times. As a simplification, consider the case of parents who would want to have some control over their children's access to pornography.

Though the example of pornography could be seen as self-serving, it is important nonetheless for two reasons:

1) Pornography is one of the major benefactors with the spread of the 'uncontrolled' internet.

2) It presents at least one strong example of different people having a different perspective on the freedom of the Internet.

Efforts at Regulation are Fundamentally Undesirable

"These increasingly hostile and colonial measures place us in the same position as those previous lovers of freedom and self-determination who had to reject the authorities of distant, uninformed powers." (A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace)

It is noteworthy that barring few ...

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