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Internet issues and trends : selected analyses.

The Internet is often described as a ""network of networks"" because it is not a single physical entity, but hundreds of thousands of interconnected networks linking hundreds of millions of computers around the world. As such, the Internet is international, decentralized, and com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science, 2014.
Colección:Internet theory, technology and applications.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • INTERNET ISSUES AND TRENDS: SELECTED ANALYSES; INTERNET ISSUES AND TRENDS: SELECTED ANALYSES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ACTIVITY; INDUSTRY INITIATIVES; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; THE POLICY DEBATE; CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY; Chapter 2: Net Neutrality: The FCC's Authority to Regulate Broadband Internet Traffic Management ; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT.
  • THE OPEN INTERNET RULESVERIZON V. FCC; CURRENT REGULATORY OPTIONS; Chapter 3: Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress; SUMMARY; WHAT IS INTERNET GOVERNANCE?; HOW IS THE INTERNET CURRENTLY GOVERNED?; ROLE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT; DEBATE OVER FUTURE MODEL OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE; ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; APPENDIX. ICANN BASICS; Chapter 4: Safe Harbor for Online Service Providers Under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS; JUDICIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE 512(C) SAFE HARBOR.
  • RECENT LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIESChapter 5: State Taxation of Internet Transactions; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; STATE AND LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES; DESCRIPTION OF THE SSUTA; CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ISSUES; Chapter 6: ""Amazon Laws"" and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis; SUMMARY; CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY TO ACT; RECENT STATE LEGISLATION; Chapter 7: Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; DOING BUSINESS WITH REPRESSIVE REGIMES: U.S. INDUSTRY DILEMMA.
  • U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY PROMOTING INTERNET FREEDOMU. S. INDUSTRY ACTIVITY PROMOTING INTERNET FREEDOM: THE GLOBAL NETWORK INITIATIVE; LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE 113TH CONGRESS; LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE 112TH CONGRESS; APPENDIX A. FOR FURTHER READING; APPENDIX B. METHODS/TECHNOLOGIES USED TO MONITOR AND CENSOR WEBSITES AND WEB-BASED COMMUNICATIONS; APPENDIX C. TECHNOLOGIES USED TO CIRCUMVENT CENSORSHIP; Index.