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Further Details Title: Chokepoints Condition: New EAN: 9780520291225 ISBN: 9780520291225 Publisher: University of California Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 11/22/2016 Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 18mm Item Weight: 454g Author: Natasha Tusikov Language: English Subtitle: Global Private Regulation on the Internet ISBN-10: 0520291220 Description: 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. Country/Region of Manufacture: US Genre: Law & Politics Topic: Computing & Internet Release Year: 2016 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.