Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World, Goldsmith Jack, Wu Tim. Oxford University Press, USA (2006), ISBN: 0-19-515266-2
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In 1990, John Perry Barlow described the Internet as the “electronic frontier”, a new world “unspoiled, self-governing and best left to inhabitants to run as they pleas[e].” Utopian visions of the Internet, like Barlow’s, saw this new technology as a way to connect people like never before, and the potential to start new societies beyond the control of government and the confines of territorial borders. Others, with less noble visions, simply opportunities to exploit this seemingly unregulated new medium. In their new book, Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu set out to debunk the myth that the Internet is beyond the control of traditional territorial governments. Using a variety of recent examples ranging from journalism in China to Napster, Grokster and illegal filesharing, the authors successfully achieve their goal. Goldsmith and Wu present a fascinating look at how promises of territorial governments demise are evaporating, and why this might not be such a bad thing. The authors’ thesis is that the “new” Internet is not a borderless world, but rather “a bordered network where territorial law, government power and international relations matter as
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Int J. Information Management
دوره 28 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008