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Continuing Lessig's "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace.
Cyberspace is regulated by four major types of forces:
- Market
- Law
- Norms
- Architecture.
Think first about the market: talk of a "free" market notwithstanding, there is no more heavily regulated aspect of our life. (p. 91)
To say that the law plays a role is not to say that it always plays a positive role. The law can muck up norms as well as improve them. The point is just to see the role, not to praise or criticize it. The aim is
descriptive; the normative comes later.
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