Who controls the Internet?: illusions of a borderless world

Aims to dismiss the fashionable talk of both a 'borderless' net and of a single governing 'code'. Examining policy puzzles from e-commerce to privacy, speech and pornography, intellectual property, and cybercrime, this book demonstrates that individual governments, rather than private or global bodies, will play that dominant role in regulation

Examining issues from e-commerce to privacy and pornography, intellectual property rights, and cybercrime, 'Who Controls the Internet' demonstrates that individual governments, rather than private or global bodies will play the dominant role in regulation.

Introduction: Yahoo! -- Visions of a post-territorial order -- The god of the Internet -- Why geography matters -- How governments rule the Net -- China -- The filesharing movement -- Virtues and vices of government control -- Consequences of borders -- Global laws -- Conclusion: Globalization meets governmental coercion