A quibble, because I agree with almost all of Ernie’s observation: Is regulating “information” flow really the endpoint of copyright, and telecom, and the First Amendment? Or is regulating information flow really an indirect way of regulating people flow?
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1 Ernest Miller // Jun 7, 2005 at 6:24 pm
It isn’t the endpoint, it is the means. I’m not really sure how it is related to regulating people flow. I’m not really sure what that means.
2 Mike Madison // Jun 8, 2005 at 11:40 am
What we label “information” is a set of structures for mediating how people relate to one another, in a wide variety of contexts. To control information (or to free information) is to limit or to enable different forms of social interaction.
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