IP: Re: U.S. lawyers mull commission to set Internet rules

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:40:32 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Doug Masson <dmasson@well.com>
>To: Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>
> >``It's as if we've landed on Mars and we're constructing a commercial
> >and business setting,'' he said. ``We have to establish new rules of
> >engagement and we have to get people used to dealing with those new
> >rules.''
>
>The assumption that the Internet is primarily an instrument for commerce
>is fairly disturbing. The Internet is a tool for people to communicate
>with one another. If that facilitates commerce, great, but let's not put
>the cart in front of the horse.