I spent the weekend in West Virginia, where folks are more than happy to gossip with (and about) their neighbors. Nobody would try to shut
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through force of law. This principle does not disappear when the information being shared is digital.
That's a bold assertion, but not one that squares easily with the half-dozen or so privacy laws already on the books at the federal level. I would like to go to those small-town folk of whom urban intellectuals write so eloquently and ask them what they would think of their neighbors posting all their gossip to a place where millions can read it. Something tells me they wouldn't see those two actions as one in the same. There is a qualitiative difference between the two. That's about as far as I'm going on that one. I'm sure Bernstein, DeFalco et al. will have clear reasons for why none of us should care less. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNCaES9ZgKT/Hvj9iEQJ03QCeLN5sLVLPLOqxtCXSBd85lBwFeMYAoKKI KAT20ILcFXUM7hFuBdocaomq =rWy6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Will Rodger Voice: +1 202-408-7027 Washington Bureau Chief Fax: +1 202-789-2036 Inter@ctive Week http://www.interactiveweek.com A Ziff-Davis Publication PGP 5.0: 584D FD11 3035 0EC2 B35C AB16 D660 293F C7BE 3F62 PGP 2.6.2: D83D 0095 299C 2505 25FA 93FE DDF6 9B5F