Chokepoints global private regulation on the Internet

"In January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous "Internet blackout" against the Stop Online Piracy Act, protesting the power it would have given intellectual property holders over the Internet. However, while SOPA's withdrawal was heralded as a victory for an open Int...

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1. Verfasser: Tusikov, Natasha (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:"In January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous "Internet blackout" against the Stop Online Piracy Act, protesting the power it would have given intellectual property holders over the Internet. However, while SOPA's withdrawal was heralded as a victory for an open Internet, a small group of corporations, tacitly backed by the US and other governments, have implemented much of SOPA via a series of secret, handshake agreements. Drawing on extensive interviews, Natasha Tusikov details the emergence of a global regime in which large Internet firms act as regulators for powerful intellectual property owners, challenging fundamental notions of democratic accountability."--Provided by publisher
Secret handshake deals -- Internet firms become global regulators -- Revenue chokepoints -- Access chokepoints -- Marketplace chokepoints -- Changing the enforcement paradigm -- A future for digital rights
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index
Beschreibung:xvii, 295 pages
23 cm
ISBN:9780520291225
978-0-520-29122-5
9780520291218
978-0-520-29121-8