Editing John Walker (programmer) (section)

==The digital imprimatur==
Among other things, he is noted for a frequently cited article entitled ''The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle'', an article about [[Internet censorship]] written in 2003.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2004/04/digital-imprimatur-nutshell "Digital Imprimatur in a Nutshell"], Donna Wentworth and Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved April 7, 2004.</ref><ref name=Milberry-2008>[http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=17 "The digital imprimatur and the right to read"], M. Kathleen Milberry, Geeks & Global Justice, April 23, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2014.</ref> It was published in the magazine ''Knowledge, Technology & Policy''.<ref name=DI>John Walker (2003), [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ "The Digital Imprimatur: How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105014841/http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ |date=November 5, 2011 }}, ''Knowledge, Technology & Policy'', Volume 16, Issue 3 (Fall 2003), Springer, pages 24-77, {{ISSN |0897-1986}} (print), {{ISSN |1874-6314}} (online), {{doi | 10.1007/s12130-003-1032-6}}. Retrieved August 11, 2014.</ref> In the article, Walker argues that there is increasing pressure limiting the ability for Internet users to voice their ideas, as well as predicting further Internet censorship. Walker said that the most likely candidate to usher what he calls "the digital [[imprimatur]]" is [[digital rights management]], or DRM.<ref name=DI />