Who controls the internet? : illusions of a borderless world
Aims to dismiss the fashionable talk of both a 'borderless' net and of a single governing 'code'. Examining policy puzzles from e-commerce to privacy, speech and pornography, intellectual property, and cybercrime, this book demonstrates that individual governments, rather than private or global bodies, will play that dominant role in regulation
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations
9780198034803, 9780195152661, 9781280532474, 9781429404044, 9780197561904, 0198034806, 0195152662, 1280532475, 1429404043, 019756190X
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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