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Lawrence Lessig, Tyranny in the Infrastructure, Wired (Aug. 15, 1997, 12:00 PM).


Abstract: Activists are pleased that the CDA went down. In this rant, I worry over the politics of what might rise up in its place. One target of this attack is PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection.) PICS is a regulator, this essay argues. As with any regulator, we need to be careful about the politics of its rules.