Here the technology is expanding control beyond the balance originally
set, where, as in the previous example, technology was expanding free use
beyond the balance originally set. In both cases, the point is the same: the
balance must reflect the technologies as they exist. And changes in tech-
nologies can significantly change this balance.

The point is more than theoretical. In essence, the changes in the en-
vironment of the Internet that we are observing now alter the balance
between control and freedom on the Net. The tilt of these changes is pro-
nounced: control is increasing. And while one cannot say in the abstract
that increased control is a mistake, it is clear that we are expanding this con-
trol with no sense of what is lost. The shift is not occurring with the idea of
a balance in mind. Instead, the shift proceeds as if control were the only
value.

The aim in the balance of this book is to make this transformation plain.
We are remaking cyberspace, and these remakings will undermine the in-
novation we have seen so far.

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