John Perry Barlow
Lyricist · Author · Community figure
Why they are here
GD lyricist and EFF co-founder; CONFIRMED corpus poster as barlow@eff.org / barlow@icecube.pinedale.wy.us (1992). Authored the all-caps denial of a 1992 Jerry-health net-rumor ('THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT FOUNDATION... Bobby said nothing of this sort to me') and a firsthand recollection of the 1982 Jamaica World Music Festival. The 1993 'Being In Nothingness' Microtimes essay (VR + cyberspace, name-checking Garcia and Leary) was reposted to the group by david@c-cat, not self-posted.
Evidence
corpus-confirmed: barlow@eff.org, barlow@icecube.pinedale.wy.us (netnews 1992); name:john perry barlow (gg 1992-1995). Sig block: 'John Perry Barlow barlow@eff.org P.O. Box 1009 / 168 South Franklin, Pinedale WY'.
Recordings made possible
The archive carries no recordings crediting this person yet. This section lights up as taper and engineer credits land - it is wired, never fabricated.