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Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet

Current price: $95.00
Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet
Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet

Barnes and Noble

Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet

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In January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous “Internet blackout” against the , 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.

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