Cyberspace a Separate Place?

Posted by michael on Friday October 5, 2001 @12:55AM from the stranger-than-we-can-imagine dept.

Sierran writes: "According to the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of appeals (and reported by The New York Times) cyberspace (and a person's or corporation's activities therein) exist in 'a place' distinct from their physical location. This has some interesting legal ramifications; does this mean we'll see Internet 'virtual estate' zoning as in Stephenson's Snow Crash?" Most courts have held the opposite - that internet activities are firmly rooted in the real world, located wherever the computers and people are.

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Suck onto my Cyberspatial penis! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 01:22 · Score: -1, Troll

SUCK 8======D onto my PENIS!
Re:I donn't know about everyone else but .... by vslashg · 2001-10-05 02:11 · Score: 2, Troll

You need to up your connection to some form of broadband. Or at least install a second phone line.