IP: the most important legal developments in technology this year.

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/cyber/cyberlaw/24law.html


The Year in Internet Law

Cyber Law Journal asked experts what they thought were the most important 
legal developments in technology this year.


The Microsoft Wars, disputes over the right to hyperlink, panic about 
children's access to pornography on the Internet. Looking back, which of 
1999's events and issues involving technology and the law stand out for 
sheer long-term significance? Cyber Law Journal asked some experts for 
their thoughts on what were the two or three most important or interesting 
cyberlaw developments of the past year. Here are excerpts from some of 
their clear-eyed answers.