With my words I seek to outline certain basic legal problems facing the development of democratic society owing to the spread of the Internet.

In the early days of communication between computers, nobody imagined how much social relationships would change, and would continue to change. Internet access, a simple fact of daily life, has reminded us of the bite of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, for it has made it possible for anyone curious to access more and more knowledge and information, a huge universe which we are able to appreciate thanks to technological advances, to the intuition of original explorers and to commercial investment. This is an area for Law to make its own, just as it has done on so many occasions throughout Human History as, after the arrival of explorers, the need has always arisen to fix rules and avoid the abuse of force in order to facilitate the coexistence of free people… (seguir leyendo)