The Electronic Frontier Foundation has organized an impressive list of about 90 prominent Internet engineers, among them David Farber, Richard Clayton, John Gilmore, Steve Bellovin and Karl Auerbach, urging the U.S. Senate to abandon its “Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act” (COICA).
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace tells the story of the struggle between governments and the global Internet community over control of the Internet registries (IANA). It offers new insights into a pressing question with profound implications: is state sovereignty the immutable foundation of global governance, or can new technological capabilities change the model?
“This is a book that needed to be written, and no one is better placed to write it than Milton Mueller. This full, rigorous account provides researchers and policymakers with a precious resource on global internet governance.”
Jan Aart Scholte, Leiden University