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Description
Is the Internet erasing national borders? Who's really in control ofwhat's happening on the Net-Internet engineers, rogue programmers, theUnited Nations, or powerful countries? In this provocative book, JackGoldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet'schallenge to governmental rule in the 1990s and the ensuing battleswith governments around the world. It's a book about the fate of oneidea- that the Internet might liberate us forever from government,borders, and even our physical selves. We learn of Google's struggleswith the French government and Yahoo's capitulation to the Chineseregime; of how the European Union sets privacy standards on the Net forthe entire world; and of eBay's struggles with fraud and how it slowlylearned to trust the FBI. In a decade of events, the original visionwas uprooted, as governments time and time again asserted their powerto direct the future of the Internet. The destiny of the Internet overthe next decades, argue Goldsmith and Wu, will reflect the interests ofpowerful nations and the conflicts within and between them. Wellwritten and filled with fascinating examples, this is a work that isbound to stir heated debate in the cyberspace community.
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Contents
I - Introduction: Yahoo!
Part 1 - The Internet Revolution
Visions of a Post-Territorial Order
The God of the Internet
Part 2 - Government Strikes Back
Why Geography Matters
How Governments Rule the Net
China
The Filesharing Movement
Part 3 - Vices, Virtues, the Future
Virtues and Vices of Government Control
Consequences of Borders
Global Laws
Conclusion: Globalization Meets Governmental Coercion
Acknowledgments
Frequently Used Abbreviations
Notes
Index
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Author Details
Jack Goldsmith is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author most recently of The Limits of International Law
Tim Wu is Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and previously worked in the Internet telecommunications industry in Silicon Valley
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