Subject: Re: A reply to Lessig's _Code_
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:55:02 -0800
From: Brian Holtz <Brian.Holtz@sun.com>
Organization: Sun Microsystems
To: Larry Lessig <lessig@pobox.com>

> A reply to 4 pages of Lessig's _Code_?

Perhaps the 4-page excerpt labeled "Conclusion" was not so conclusive after all?
:-)

I look forward to reading more about latent ambiguities, the potentialities of
open source, re-enabled local sovereigns, and the limits of tort in software
commerce.  However, I remain skeptical that a strong case could be made for the
propositions that

   * "laissez faire will mean let government regulate";
   * code can protect data IP more than law can;
   * non-coercive free association can sensibly be called "censorship";
   * problems like Y2K can sensibly be called "environmental damage".

On the last point, I recommend "The Dangers of Calling Everything Pollution" in
_Reason_:
http://reason.com/9911/ed.vp.external.html