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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.
Table des matières
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
A propos de l'auteur
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.
Résumé
In January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous "Internet blackout" against the Stop Online Piracy Act. This book 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.
Texte suppl.
"A timely, necessary intervention. ... Chokepoints offers a compelling interrogation into regulatory systems that intersect with issues of state and private surveillance and the digital rights of users online."
