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Chokepoints : Global Private Regulation On The Internet
Paperback Edition: 1
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 SOPAs 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.
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Pages : 320
Publisher : University of California Press
Publication date : 2016-12
Subjects: Non-fiction, Business / Law