Internet Policy and Economics (eBook)

Challenges and Perspectives

William H. Lehr, Lorenzo Maria Pupillo (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2nd ed. 2009
VI, 228 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-1-4419-0038-8 (ISBN)

Infos

For over a decade, William Lehr, Lorenzo Pupillo, and their colleagues in academia, industry, and policy have been on the electronic frontier, exploring the implications of the technologies that are revolutionizing communication and culture. In 2002, Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age featured essays that focused on such emerging economic and policy-related issues of universal access, appropriate content, spectrum allocation, taxation, consumer protection, and regulation, with respect to the Internet. In this fully revised and updated edition, entitled Internet Policy and Economics: Challenges and Perspectives, the editors and contributors tackle the most current topics and issues, as the Internet continues to permeate all facets of society. New chapters cover dynamics in the developing world, the implications of e-commerce for fiscal policy, and the impact of peer-to-peer networks on music and the arts, as well as debates over intellectual property rights, privacy issues, and cybercrime. Applying insights from economics, political science, law, business, and communications, the book will serve as essential resource for researchers and students, policymakers and regulators, and industry analysts and practitioners.

Inhalt

Contents 5
Part I Introduction 7
Chapter 1 Internet Policy: A Mix of Old and New Challenges 8
Introduction 8
The Policy Challenge 10
The Development Challenge 12
The Privacy Challenge 13
The Economic Challenge 14
Conclusion 16
Notes 17
Part II Policy Challenge 18
Chapter 2 Regulating Telecommunications in Europe: Present and Future 19
Introduction 19
Lessons of the 1998 Package 19
The New Regime in Outline 22
Experience 27
Evaluation and Proposed Reforms 30
Notes 32
Chapter 3 Infrastructure Commons in Economic Perspective 33
Introduction 33
Infrastructure Resources and Commons Management 34
Conclusion 54
Notes 54
References 56
Chapter 4 Dumbing Down the Net: A Further Look at the Net Neutrality Debate 60
Introduction 60
Background 61
Effects of Premium Transmission on Innovation, Subscription, and Incentives to Harm Rivals 67
Conclusion 69
Notes 69
References 72
Part III Development Challenge 73
Chapter 5 Why Broadband Internet Should Not Be the Priority for Developing Countries 74
Chapter 6 Intellectual Property, Digital Technology and the Developing World 80
Introduction 80
Entertainment Industry, Digital Technology, and Economics 81
IPRs Policies and Digital Technology in the Developing World 87
Notes 95
Part IV Privacy Challenge 100
Chapter 7 Economic Aspects of Personal Privacy 101
Introduction 101

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.6.2009
• Zusatzinfo: VI, 228 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Outlook
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Communications Policy • Communications technology • Content • cybercrime • Cyber Policy • E-Commerce • Electronic Commerce • Electronic Media • Information Technology • Intellectual Property • Internet • Internet Economics • Internet Policy • Peer-to-Peer • privacy • Spectrum Allocation • Telecommun
• ISBN-10: 1-4419-0038-1 / 1441900381
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0038-8 / 9781441900388