Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world
"Is the Internet erasing national borders? Will the future of the Net be set by Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net?"
xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780195152661, 0195152662
61687848
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
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