http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/
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The Digital Imprimatur
How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the
bottle.
by John Walker
September 13th, 2003
Revision 3 -- October 9th, 2003
imprimatur 1. The formula (=`let it be printed'), signed by an
official licenser of the press, authorizing the printing of a book;
hence as sb. an official license to print.
The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd. ed.)
Introduction
Over the last two years I have become deeply and increasingly
pessimistic about the future of liberty and freedom of speech,
particularly in regard to the Internet. This is a complete reversal of
the almost unbounded optimism I felt during the 1994-1999 period when
public access to the Internet burgeoned and innovative new forms of
communication appeared in rapid succession.
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