but the TV will not become part of the computer. - Adam Beberg
It is a waste of resources to use the Internet as a broadcast medium. What will change is better control of traditional communication channels through the Internet, such that a browser control panel can "tune in," or record in advance of viewing, specific broadcasts over a traditional medium. - Roy T. Fielding
What future privacy threats should people start to think about now?
Location-based profiling: cars, cell phones and other wireless devices that allow their location-specific information to be combined with other personal data. And biometrics: The real question in 2000 is who owns your identity and your wake. - Tara Lemmey
People should think about how increasingly ubiquitous digital certificates, depending on their design and use, can cause us to reveal more information than we intend. - Andrew Shapiro
Will self-governance work in the near-term?
It has to, since it's all we have. It's just a question of which "self" is acting through which mechanism of collective "governance." Is it industry regulating itself through best practices and codes of conduct? Or Internet users shaping the network through new global entities such as ICANN? Or citizens governing themselves through traditional lawmaking? In different circumstances, different forms of self-governance will be appropriate, but all must be responsive to public needs. - Andrew Shapiro
Self-governance is a misnomer. This period is one of testing. Not testing self-governance, but testing systems. The question will be to see where these systems have failures and how to shore them up either within the system or via technical and legal frameworks. - Tara Lemmey
How can government help rather than hurt the development of the Net?
Lawmakers and government officials can - if they act carefully - protect consumers, preserve competition, safeguard fundamental rights and ensure that the benefits of the Internet reach as many people as possible. If they don't, it's doubtful that anyone else will. - Andrew Shapiro
By continuing to open the path for innovation - not just technical innovation but business and governance innovation - I think we'll find the courts leading in making sure we don't allow old thinking and models to get in the way of advancement, as well as [making sure] we don't let new models infringe on important rights. - Tara Lemmey
