Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet AgeWilliam Lehr, Lorenzo M. Pupillo Springer Science & Business Media, 2002 - 274 pages As the Internet has more and more influence on our economic, social, and private lives, regulating its development poses complex and increasingly urgent challenges. The collapse of traditional boundaries between nations, industries, and private versus public sectors in cyberspace has vast political, economic, and cultural implications. What must we take into account to promote Internet-aware national and international policies that stimulate the Internet's potential to enrich human life, without jeopardizing hard-earned offline rights, freedoms, and security? This book offers a collection of essays. It provides an accessible introduction to critical issues that policymakers, businesspeople, and the public will need to confront in coming years: universal access, appropriate content (pornography, free speech, cultural values), Internet broadcasting, intellectual property, Internet taxation, consumer protection, privacy, fair E-business competition, regulation of the Internet infrastructure, and more. |
Contents
Living in an Internet Age | 3 |
The Policy Challenge | 17 |
The Three Digital Divides | 19 |
The Next Generation Internet Where Technologies Converge and Policies Collide | 27 |
Broadcasting Policy Hits the Internet | 43 |
Globalization and the Internet Challenge | 61 |
The Internet Governance Challenge | 71 |
Names Numbers and Global Governance | 73 |
Economic Aspects of Personal Privacy | 127 |
Cybercrimes v Cyberliberties | 139 |
The Economics Challenge | 155 |
Implications of Electronic Commerce for Fiscal Policy | 157 |
P2P Digital Commodities and the Governance of Commerce | 169 |
Spectrum Allocation and the Internet | 197 |
Editors and Contributors | 219 |
Notes | 229 |
Intellectual Property and the Information Economy | 95 |
The Privacy Challenge | 113 |
Protecting Privacy The Canadian Experience | 115 |
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Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age William H. Lehr,Lorenzo M. Pupillo No preview available - 2002 |
Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age William H. Lehr,Lorenzo Pupillo No preview available - 2013 |
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