April 24 Assignment: U.Miami School of Law: Law & Internet Seminar

April 24 Assignment: Law & Internet Seminar (LAW 745)

Deep Questions: What will the Internet do to the ?

Tim May's Crypto Anarchist Manifesto. "A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy."
Dorothy Denning's, The Future of Cryptography (a reply to Tim May). This copy also contains a response by an EFF staff member. This is the original copy, which is much easier to read, but doesn't have the response attached.
Consider the amazing netcam. Be sure to visit the lastest views. Will we all be wearing "smart underwear"?
Some people think the tax system is doomed. I don't agree, and you can read Part 2 and Part 3 of my essay on The Internet as a Source of Regulatory Arbitrage to see why.
Netaction, From Microsoft Word to Microsoft World: How Microsoft is Building a Global Monopoly.

Doing:
In lieu of our virtual makeup, please e-mail me a short essay (say, 300-500 words) with your ideas as to how the Internet will change EITHER:

The legal profession, or
The U.S.A., or
The World
by 12:00 noon on Monday April 22. I will anonymize these, and post them on a web page. We will discuss them in class.

Optional

Tim May's The Cyphernomicon. More a reference work than something you read.
Repression vs. Rebellion, Part 7 of "Anarchy Online" by Charles Platt.
Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare
Ingrid Volkmer has an essay on Universalism and Particularism: The Problem of Cultural Sovereignty and Global Program Flow
Wired Magazine speculates as to the future of the future
Timothy Leary's Homepage.

Seminar homepage.
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