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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, <EM>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 <EM>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.
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Internet Policy and Economics Second Edition
William H. Lehr • Lorenzo Maria Pupillo Editors
Internet Policy and Economics Challenges and Perspectives Second Edition
Editors William H. Lehr Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA USA
Lorenzo Maria Pupillo Telecom Italia Rome Italy and CITI Columbia University New York, NY USA
ISBN 978-1-4419-0037-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0038-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0038-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926041 The first edition of this book was published as Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age, Copyright © 2002 by Kluwer Academic Publishers © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Part I 1
Introduction
Internet Policy: A Mix of Old and New Challenges ................................ William H. Lehr and Lorenzo Maria Pupillo
Part II
3
Policy Challenge
2
Regulating Telecommunications in Europe: Present and Future .......... Martin Cave
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3
Infrastructure Commons in Economic Perspective ................................ Brett M. Frischmann
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4
Dumbing Down the Net: A Further Look at the Net Neutrality Debate ..................................................................... Mark A. Jamison and Janice A. Hauge
Part III
Development Challenge
5 Why Broadband Internet Should Not Be the Priority for Developing Countries...................................................... Eli Noam 6
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Intellectual Property, Digital Technology and the Developing World .........................................................................