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“National law has no place in cyberlaw. Where is cyberspace? If you don't like banking laws in the United States, set up your machine on the Grand Cayman Islands. Don't like the copyright laws in the United States? Set up your machine in China. Cyberlaw is global law, which is not going to be easy to handle, since we seemingly cannot even agree on world trade of automobile parts.”

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Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte is an American author, scholar, and entrepreneur renowned for his contributions to the fields of information technology and media. Born on December 1, 1943, he is a co-founder of the MIT Media Lab and the founder of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project. more

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