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Komal - Question Formation 6
Nov 13 2008, 9:02 AM EST | Post edited: Nov 13 2008, 9:02 AM EST
Zittrain suggests "banning the creation and distribution of harmful code" to increase overall security of online mediums. This method is admittedly over-inclusive and under-inclusive. Who can police the development of codes, or regulate methods by which it is transported? Would such a law be too easy to break to ever be implemented? (Zittrain 150).

Zittrain describes a sense of individual responsibility that could be enforced in, for instance, office technologies, with the development of virtual machines. How do "virtual PCs" differ from traditional PCs? Are they physical devices, or a medium of software that can enable multiple PCs to run on a single machine, with customized settings and unique user abilities? (Zittrain, 152).

"Network Neutrality" is a much-debated faction of Internet Law, by which ISPs are relieved of the responsibility of online actions of their subscribers. Zittrain points out that, if allowed regulation of or involvement with their users online activity, ISPs could charge them for access to certain web sites, or ban certain software for them. Does the future for ISPs appear consistent with today, or with the sensitive state of our economy, will ISPs start to charge and regulate their users to up their business? If so, then will these actions ultimately hurt ISPs' business, and will people just find a way around paying/regulations?
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