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Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control (Spring 2019)
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PDF DISTRIBUTED “Who Controls the Internet?” by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu (2006) (Chapter 2).

Read Chapter 2 – “Visions of a Post Territorial Order.”

John Bowers

The early internet was, Goldsmith and Wu argue, a rather intimate place with a distinct culture. This chapter traces the ethos and design principles of the early internet, with an eye towards governance and intergovernmental cooperation. What do you think of the “Internationalist” view of internet governance identified here? Has it come to fruition in a meaningful way?

PDF DISTRIBUTED “Who Controls the Internet?” by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu (2006) (Chapter 2).

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