Chokepoints : Global Private Regulation on the Internet / Natasha Tusikov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tusikov, Natasha, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet governance.

Intellectual property.

Internet--Censorship.

Internet.

Piracy (Copyright)--Prevention.

Piracy (Copyright).

Data protection--Law and legislation.

Data protection.

Privacy, Right of.

Internet service providers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous "Internet blackout" against the Stop Online Piracy Act, protesting the power it would have given intellectual property holders over the Internet. However, while SOPA's withdrawal was heralded as a victory for an open Internet, a small group of corporations, tacitly backed by the US and other governments, have implemented much of SOPA via a series of secret, handshake agreements. Drawing on extensive interviews, Natasha Tusikov details the emergence of a global regime in which large Internet firms act as regulators for powerful intellectual property owners, challenging fundamental notions of democratic accountability.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1. Secret Handshake Deals

2. Internet Firms Become Global Regulators

3. Revenue Chokepoints

4. Access Chokepoints

5. Marketplace Chokepoints

6. Changing the Enforcement Paradigm

7. A Future for Digital Rights

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520965034

0520965035

OCLC:

1005300980