<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Karl Auerbach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karl@cavebear.com" target="_blank">karl@cavebear.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Here's what I came up with:<br>
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First Law of the Internet<br>
<a href="http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000059.html" target="_blank">http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000059.html</a><br>
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+ Every person shall be free to use the Internet in any way<br>
that is privately beneficial without being publicly<br>
detrimental.<br>
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- The burden of demonstrating public detriment shall<br>
be on those who wish to prevent the private use.<br>
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- Such a demonstration shall require clear and<br>
convincing evidence of public detriment.<br>
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- The public detriment must be of such degree and extent<br>
as to justify the suppression of the private activity.<br>
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I have found this useful. However, it represents a balance between "me"<br>
and "we" that tends to favor the former over the latter. That may be a<br>
balance that reflects my US/Canadian roots. It would not surprise me to<br>
learn that people from other cultures would strike a different balance.<br>
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To my mind, finding these kinds of statements of principle would be<br>
useful to help us navigate our way through the maze of choices that we<br>
have to make as we figure out how to govern - or not govern - various<br>
aspects of the internet.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>m.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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--karl--<br>
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