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Chokepoints

Global Private Regulation on the Internet

By (author) Natasha Tusikov
Format: Hardback
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkerley, United States
Published: 22nd Nov 2016
Dimensions: w 152mm h 229mm d 23mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN-10: 0520291212
ISBN-13: 9780520291218
Barcode No: 9780520291218
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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.

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"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 *