Detail

Title

Who controls the Internet? : illusions of a borderless world

Call Number

HM 851 G65 2006

Author

Goldsmith, Jack L.

Wu, Tim

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Physical Description

xii, 226 p. : ill.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Language

English / Anglais

Subject

Internet - Social aspects

Internet - Government policy

Internet - Law and legislation

ISBN

13: 9780195152661

10: 0195152662 (cloth)

Location

Policy Development & Research

Access

Public

ID

CAT 16186