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The original title, "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace," is more compelling. Also, note that this is from 1996.
by carbocation 16y ago
The original title, "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace," is more compelling. Also, note that this is from 1996.
- Palomides 16y agointeresting how it is pertinent again with the .p2p effort to make a decentralized DNS system, independent of governmental authority.
- organicgrant 16y agoWikiLeakiaspora?
- afterburner 16y agoSo, two links near the top of HN are from 1996? Is December Internet History Month?
- sukuriant 16y agoOr internet discovery month, for those that did not travel this part of the internet during those times. The age of an article does not necessarily negate its worthiness of being read or spoken about.
- afterburner 16y agoSure, I just thought it was a funny coincidence.
- sukuriant 16y agoFair enough
- fjarlq 16y agoNote the title used here is from a tweet by John Perry Barlow yesterday: "The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops." -- http://twitter.com/JPBarlow/status/10627544017534976 http://twitter.com/JPBarlow/status/10627544017534976
- carbocation 16y agoThat is very helpful context; thank you for sharing.
- Alex3917 16y agoGiven JPB's personal history and the climate of censorship at Harvard, I'm wondering if there will be any fallout from that tweet.
- YuriNiyazov 16y agoGiven JPB's record of saying what he wants when he wants and rarely seeing any fallout, I am guessing that the answer is "no".