...Barlow's now famous "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" forcefully expresses this sentiment: "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. ... I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies...

...asserted that regulatory authorities had "declared war on Cyberspace," in response to which he exhorted, "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of the mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone."3 Such remarks might seem...

...Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow (barlow@erf.orj) Februarys, 1996 Dovos, Switzerland Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alane. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government,...

...wrote. "Let us show them how cunning, baffling, and powerful we can be in our own defense." Addressing "Governments of the industrial world, you weary giants of flesh and steel," he went on, On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among...

...Usenet's emergence from the state of nature, John Perry Barlow (1996} declared cyberspace's independence: Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, 1 come from Cyberspace, the new home of the Mind. On behalf of the future, 1 ask you of the past to...

...course, we will abandon the only reliable weapon that freedom ever had. A WITHERING AWAY? Governmen/s of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. • • • This quotation from John Perry Barlow's "A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace" illustrates...

...secrecy as our course, we will abandon the only reliable weapon that freedom ever had. A WITHERING AWAY? Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. This quotation from John Perry Barlow's "A Declaration of independence of Cyberspace" illustrates one...

...but also enunciating wider principles. Barlow begins by naming the enemy, establishing a boundary: Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. (Barlow, 1996c) In the middle, he provides a definition of his new world and its fundamental political...

...of such discourse. Barlow writes, and we quote this at length to give a clear sense of its flavor, Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...You have no sovereignty where we gather. . . . We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race, economic power,...

...quote this at length to give a clear sense of its flavor. Governments of the Industrial World. you wean giants of flesh and steel. I come from Cyberspace....us. You have no sovereignty where we gather — We are creating a world that all may enter without privilege or prejudice accorded by race. economic power....