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Chokepoints

Global Private Regulation on the Internet

Natasha Tusikov author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:10th Jan '17

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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.

"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." * Surveillance and Society *

ISBN: 9780520291218

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: 590g

320 pages