Long, long ago in the history of the Internet-way back in February 1996-John Perry Barlow, an Internet activist, published a "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace". It was a well-meaning stunt that captured the spirit of the time, when great hopes were pinned on the emerging medium as a force that would encourage freedom and democracy. "Governments of the industrial world," Mr Barlow declared, "on behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. You have no moral right to rule us nor do you possess any methods of enforcement we have true reason to fear. Cyberspace does not lie within your borders."
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机译：早在1996年2月的互联网历史上，互联网活动家约翰·佩里·巴洛（John Perry Barlow）就发表了《网络空间独立宣言》。这是一个善意的特技，捕捉了时代精神，当时人们对新兴媒体寄予厚望，因为它是鼓励自由与民主的力量。巴洛先生宣布：“工业世界的政府，代表未来，我请过去的你离开我们。不欢迎我们。你们在我们聚集的地方没有主权。您没有道德权利。统治我们，您也没有任何执行手段，我们有真正的理由担心。网络空间不在您的权限之内。”
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