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Record Nr.

UNISA996552372703316

Autore

Marsden Christopher T.

Titolo

Network neutrality : from policy to law to regulation / / Christopher T. Marsden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2017

Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

384.334

Soggetti

Network neutrality - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Network neutrality - Law and legislation - European Union Countries

Network neutrality - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: neutrality, discrimination and common carriage --1. A brief history of net neutrality law --2. The limits of competition law and communications regulation --3. Noam's Ark and the Zettaflood: towards specialized services? --4. European Open Internet regulation --5. Three wise monkeys of net neutrality: privacy, liability and interception --6. Open Internet self-regulation in the UK --7. Implementing mobile net neutrality --8. Net neutrality postponed --References --Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study explains the concept of network neutrality and its history as an extension of the rights and duties of common carriers, as well as its policy history as examined in US and European regulatory proceedings from 1999. The book compares national and regional legislation and regulation of net neutrality from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. It also examines the future of net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and in developing countries such as India and Brazil, and explores the case studies of Specialized Services and Content Delivery Networks for video over the Internet, and zero rating or sponsored data plans. Finally, Network neutrality offers co-regulatory solutions based on FRAND and non-exclusivity. This is a



must-read for researchers and advocates in net neutrality debate, and those interested in the context of communications regulation, law and economic regulation, human rights discourse and policy, and the impact of science and engineering on policy and governance.