Barlow Home(stead)Page
Former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Photographs, short biography, essays, interviews, lyrics, and photo album.
Cyberspace Independence Declaration
Barlow's manifesto posted to the net on February 8, 1996, the day after the Telecom Reform Act of 1996 was signed into law.
The Debate Over Internet Governance: John Perry Barlow
Barlow's comments on ICANN, the marketplace of ideas, laws in cyberspace, government vs. governance, and the future.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded by Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow, working to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet.
The Hacker Crackdown: The Civil Libertarians
Part four of the electronic release of Bruce Sterling's book detailing how illicit copies of Apple source code led to the FBI visiting Barlow and triggered the founding of the EFF.
India Today: What Stops Free Flow of Information is Dangerous
An interview by Roshni Jayakar during Barlow's visit to India. (December 6, 2000)
Arnold King: Bobos in Camden
Essays on the Pop!Tech 2000 Conference, including one on Barlow's comment that "India gets it" and his selective reality. (October 30, 2000)
ZDNet India: Freedom on the Internet
Vivek Shankar's report on Barlow's talk about India and the Internet at the Nehru Center, Mumbai. (October 25, 2000)
The Music Magazine: Grateful for a Virtual Apple Pie
A review of Barlow's talk in Bangalore. (October 23, 2000)
CNN: Law Chat Transcript
Barlow talks about Napster and the MP3 controversy. (June 5, 2000)
WebReview: Consider the Source
An article by Michael Swaine, who doesn't comment on Barlow's position on Recording Industry Association of America. (May 19, 2000)
The Atlantic: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Copyright?
A roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age with panelists Barlow, Lawrence Lessig, Charles C. Mann, and Mark Stefik. (September 10, 1998)
Red Herring Magazine: What Does John Perry Barlow Do?
An interview of the self-described "anticompany guy" by Alex Gove. (March 1, 1998)
Wired: Africa Rising
An article by Barlow about his ideas to bridge the digital divide and the reality he found on a trip to Africa. (January, 1998)
Life: The Net Frontier
An interview by Seth Goddard about the baby boomer generation and the Internet. (June, 1996)
Wired: It's a Poor Workman Who Blames His Tools
Article by Barlow about the perceived threats of technological change. (November 30, 1995)
ZKP: Interview of John Perry Barlow
Interview by János Sugár about cyberspace and the goals of the EFF. (October, 1995)
Shambhala Sun: John Perry Barlow
An interview by Bell Hooks on personal and metaphysical topics. (September, 1995)
Wired: The Economy of Ideas
An article by Barlow about patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (March, 1994)
Wired: Jackboots on the Infobahn
An article by Barlow about the Clipper Chip and the export ban on encryption products. (February 9, 1994)
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