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Code: Version 2.0 (2006) is a book by Lawrence Lessig.

The book is an update to Lessig's book Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace.

The first edition of this book, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, was written in response and opposition to the notion that state governments could not regulate cyberspace and the Internet. The original argument that Lessig took issue with was weakened in the years following the books release, as it became widely acknowledged that government regulation of the Internet was imminent, and so the author thought it necessary to update the work. Lessig acknowledges that there are those who continue to disagree with his viewpoint, but adamantly maintains that the Internet will increasingly evolve in a more regulable direction. Code: Version 2.0 is an update of the first edition and was developed by Lessig, a group of Stanford Law Schoolstudents, and with the help of the JotspotCode V2 wiki.