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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...aw and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. The author has made an online version of this work a... ... 004.67 80112—dc22 2007050361 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for... ...II was quintessentially generative technology. It was a platform. It invited people to tinker with it. Hobbyists wrote programs. Businesses began to p... ...quitous Windows for Mac. Rather, they pose a fundamental dilemma: as long as people control the code that runs on their machines, they can make mistak... ...romising link—I share my awe and gratitude. They are Ryan Budish, Tim Hwang, Blair Kaminsky, Sarah Kimball, Jon Novotny, Elisabeth Oppenheimer, Elizab... ...e End-to-End Principle, 21 W. U. J.L. & P’ 31, 52 (2006) (discussing a Pennsylvania law re- quiring ISPs to deny access to Web sites containing ... ...al- tered the way courtrooms incorporate new technologies). 49. The Anderson County jailcam was discontinued as of November 27, 2006; the Web site no ... ...es/2006/11/25/tenn_jail_web_cam_jeopardizes _security/ (noting that Maricopa County, Arizona, also shut down its camera after los- ing a lawsuit by in...

...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation?a...

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