Chokepoints

Global Private Regulation on the Internet
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-520-29122-5
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 293 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 444 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tusikov, Natasha

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Natasha Tusikov is a visiting fellow with the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University, and a former strategic criminal intelligence analyst with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa, Canada. She holds a PhD in sociology from the Australian National University.