...community. For instance, Barlow (1996) states: 'Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giant of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.' 21 He calls explicitly for the autonomy of the regulation of Cyberspace: 'Where there are real conflicts,...

...the Independence of Cyberspace, urging, among other things, "Governments of the Industrial World ... I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. .. . You have no moral right to rule us nor do you possess any methods of enforcement we have true...

...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...

...publishers' rights too rigorously. In his Declaration of the Independence of'Cyberspace (1996) Barlow wrote: Governments of the industrial world, you weary giants of flesh and steel, on behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You...

...expect in the future. In 1996 John Perry Barlow articulated a principal challenge to state sovereignty: "Governments of the Industrial world, you weary giants...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather." ' Anarchy, the absence of authority which might compare to present nation state sovereignty, is the...

...and wrote the "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace." It opens with the heroic indignation: "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather."29 Debate about the declaration did not pick up immediately. There were holes in the communication,...

...America, but now turned against the American government. A few quotations will give the reader an idea: Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. 4 Http://numedia. tddc.net/scott/declaration. html We have no elected government, nor are we likely...

...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...

...Cyberspace," John Perry Barlow proclaims that national governments have no authority over online communities: "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants...steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. . . . You have no sovereignty where we gather. . . . Cyberspace does not lie within your borders. Do...

...and government world who were trying to muzzle the burgeoning Internet.45 It opened with these words: "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. You are not welcome among...