Larry Downes

One of the problems is we don’t set sunset provisions. Some regulations, some laws do have sunset provisions, but they say … it doesn’t mean it necessarily goes away, it just says, “If you don’t renew this in two years or five years, then it will sunset, it will go away.” That’s a technique that I think is especially appropriate when, again, we’re talking about innovative technologies. We’ve got laws on the books dealing with spam, dealing with computer security — they’re so outdated, they’re so obsolete, they can cause unintended harm because now they’re there, and they can be misused. source Unverified