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The Resource Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu

Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu

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  • "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?"
  • "In this new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world. It's a book about the fate of one idea - that the Internet might liberate us forever from government, borders, and even our physical selves. We learn of Google's struggles with the French government and Yahoo's capitulation to the Chinese regime; of how the European Union sets privacy standards on the Net for the entire world; and of eBay's struggles with fraud and how it slowly learned to trust the FBI. In a decade of events the original vision is uprooted, as governments time and time again assert their power to direct the future of the Internet. The destiny of the Internet over the next decades, argue Goldsmith and Wu, will reflect the interests of powerful nations and the conflicts within and between them."
  • "While acknowledging the many attractions of the earliest visions of the Internet, the authors describe the new order, and speaking to both its surprising virtues and unavoidable vices. Far from destroying the Internet, the experience of the last decade has lead to a quiet rediscovery of some of the oldest functions and justifications for territorial government. While territorial governments have unavoidable problems, it has proven hard to replace what legitimacy governments have, and harder yet to replace the system of rule of law that controls the unchecked evils of anarchy. While the Net will change some of the ways that territorial states govern, it will not diminish the oldest and most fundamental roles of government and challenges of governance. Filled with examples, including colorful portraits of many key players in Internet history, this is a work that is bound to stir heated debate in the cyberspace community."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 226 pages
Contents
  • 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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9780195152661
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Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world
Title
Who controls the Internet?
Title remainder
illusions of a borderless world
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Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu
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Contributor
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "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?"
  • "In this new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world. It's a book about the fate of one idea - that the Internet might liberate us forever from government, borders, and even our physical selves. We learn of Google's struggles with the French government and Yahoo's capitulation to the Chinese regime; of how the European Union sets privacy standards on the Net for the entire world; and of eBay's struggles with fraud and how it slowly learned to trust the FBI. In a decade of events the original vision is uprooted, as governments time and time again assert their power to direct the future of the Internet. The destiny of the Internet over the next decades, argue Goldsmith and Wu, will reflect the interests of powerful nations and the conflicts within and between them."
  • "While acknowledging the many attractions of the earliest visions of the Internet, the authors describe the new order, and speaking to both its surprising virtues and unavoidable vices. Far from destroying the Internet, the experience of the last decade has lead to a quiet rediscovery of some of the oldest functions and justifications for territorial government. While territorial governments have unavoidable problems, it has proven hard to replace what legitimacy governments have, and harder yet to replace the system of rule of law that controls the unchecked evils of anarchy. While the Net will change some of the ways that territorial states govern, it will not diminish the oldest and most fundamental roles of government and challenges of governance. Filled with examples, including colorful portraits of many key players in Internet history, this is a work that is bound to stir heated debate in the cyberspace community."--Jacket
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DLC
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Goldsmith, Jack L
Dewey number
303.48/33
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HM851
LC item number
.G65 2006
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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Wu, Tim
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  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Rede de computador
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
  • Internet
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Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-217) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
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
Control code
ocm61687848
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xii, 226 pages
Isbn
9780195152661
Lccn
2005027404
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o61687848
  • (OCoLC)61687848
Label
Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-217) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
ocm61687848
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xii, 226 pages
Isbn
9780195152661
Lccn
2005027404
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o61687848
  • (OCoLC)61687848

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