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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451683203321

Autore

Goldsmith Jack L

Titolo

Who controls the Internet? [[electronic resource] ] : illusions of a borderless world / / Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-756190-X

1-280-53247-5

0-19-803480-6

1-4294-0404-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

WuTim

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Internet - Social aspects

Internet - Government policy

Internet - Law and legislation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Yahoo! -- Visions of a post-territorial order -- The god of the Internet -- Why geography matters -- How governments rule the Net -- China -- The filesharing movement -- Virtues and vices of government control -- Consequences of borders -- Global laws -- Conclusion: Globalization meets governmental coercion.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining issues from e-commerce to privacy and pornography, intellectual property rights, and cybercrime, 'Who Controls the Internet' demonstrates that individual governments, rather than private or global bodies will play the dominant role in regulation.