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4 Ibid.

5 Tribe, Laurence H. The Constitution in Cyberspace. Keynote Address at the First Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy. March, 1991.

6 The Cable Communications Act of 1984

7See Tribe (footnote 7)

8 Stratton Oakmont v. Prodigy, 1995 N.Y. Misc. Lexis 229

9 Prodigy is "Sorry;" Investment Company Drops Suit. New York Times. October 25, 1995.

10 Noam, Eli M. Principles for the Communications Act of 2034: The Superstructure of Infrastructure. Federal Communications Law Journal. Volume 47, Number 2, December 1994.

11 U.S. v. Thomas, CR-94-20019-G (W.D. Tenn. 1994)

12 Barlow, John Perry. The Economy of Ideas: a Framework for Rethinking Patents and Copyrights in the Digital Age. Wired, 1994.

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14 Dyson, Esther. Intellectual Property On The Net. Release 1.0. 1994.

15 Barr, Avron and Tessler, Shirley. An Overview of the Software Industry Study. Working Paper, Stanford Computer Industry Project. June 1995.

16 See Barlow (footnote 12)

17 Ibid.