Re: Extending US Juridiction to Foreign

Mark Kolber <mkolber[_at_]sprynet.com> wrote:
>
> It seem to me that if we think of a site "broadcasting over the
> internet", rather than a person "searching for" and "surfing to"
> a site, we've put a weapon in the hands of the would-be regulators.

You are probably right with respect to the term "broadcasting"; I think the best wisdom lies with the use of the term "publishing." You're on the wrong track, however, when you encourage use of the term "surfing to a site," since it perpetuates the myth that the Web is a kind of space through which users travel. It isn't, and suggesting that it is only invites mass misunderstanding of what actually happens technologically when a user accesses or publishes a file via the Internet. That kind of misunderstanding can create serious misapplication of legal standards in such areas as jurisdiction and copyright.

Bob Cumbow
<cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> Received on Mon Jun 09 1997 - 15:53:38 GMT