Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0

著者 : LawrenceLessig

• Basic Books (2006年12月5日発売)

作品紹介・あらすじ

There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. Code, first published in 2000, argues that this belief is wrong. It is not in the nature of cyberspace to be unregulable; cyberspace has no "nature." It only has code-the software and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of oppressive control. Under the influence of commerce, cyberspace is becoming a highly regulable space, where behavior is much more tightly controlled than in real space. But that's not inevitable either. We can-we must-choose what kind of cyberspace we want and what freedoms we will guarantee. These choices are all about architecture: about what kind of code will govern cyberspace, and who will control it. In this realm, code is the most significant form of law, and it is up to lawyers, policymakers, and especially citizens to decide what values that code embodies. Since its original publication, this seminal book has earned the status of a minor classic. This second edition, or Version 2.0
, has been prepared through the author's wiki, a web site that allows readers to edit the text, making this the first reader-edited revision of a popular book.

感想・レビュー・書評

[zerobaseさんの感想 · 2012年1月30日]

Kindle

[midnighterさんの感想 · 2007年11月7日]

原書。山形裕生の訳が評判がよくなかったので。<BR><BR>翻訳版はversion1だけど、内容はかなり違っている。<BR>１では、政府や巨大企業体などの社会的権力によるCODE(アーキテクチュアみたいなもの)によるコントロールの危険性の指摘<BR>２では、CODEによるコントロールにより、現時点でインターネット上で許容されてる自由が制限されるであろう前提の上で、それはいかに行われるかが主な内容。<BR><BR>
近代初期にルソーやロックなどに記された、数々の(近代の根本を論じたゆえに未だに意味を持つ)古典的名著と同様に、<BR>CODEは、情報化社会における古典になる本だと思う。読むべし。<BR><BR>１と違い、wikiで様々な人により編集されたというのが面白い。