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Data Haven Down?

Jesse Walker | 8.4.2003 7:20 AM


In the heady days of 2000, a company called HavenCo made a splash by announcing that it would offer a Cryptonomicon-style offshore haven for "zero-regulation e-commerce." Three years later, CNet is reporting that the enterprise may be on the rocks.

Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.