Internet governance in the UK

Article Abstract:

The three myths of Internet governance are discussed. These include the myth dominant in the public policy that Internet governance is best when market decides, the myth dominant in scholarly discussions that network governance and self-regulation is both pervasive and effective and the myth that Internet governance is quite distinct from governance of 'legacy media' through consideration of Internet governance in the UK.

United Kingdom, Government regulation (cont), Sales & consumption, Government regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Market size, Internet multimedia broadcasting, Internet broadcasting

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When creators, corporations and consumers collide: Napster and the development of on-line music distribution

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The authors examine the effect of "A&M Records et al v. Napster" on the concept of the Internet being a place for the free exchange of ideas and a commercial marketplace where there is no need for a middle man. The decision in favor of the record companies, who were fighting to hold on to their control as distributors of the music industry, reveals the reality of internet commerce.

Licenses, Patents & Trademarks, Company legal issue, Cases, Cable television, Intellectual property, Music industry, Public opinion, Napster Inc., Online music trading, File sharing

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In digital remembrance: vernacular memory and the rhetorical construction of web memorials

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The article discusses the individually crafted web memorials relating to 9/11 with a view to illuminating the process through which memory is constructed on the Internet.

Other General Government Support, Memorials (Honors), Company Web site/Web page, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Memorials, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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