Self Regulation And The Internet - 9041123067 - 9789041123060

Self Regulation And The Internet by Monroe E. Price, Stefaan G. Verhulst

by: Monroe E. Price, Stefaan G. Verhulst
December 2004, ISBN 9041123067
ISBN 13: 9789041123060
216 pp. Paperback

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Every day, societal demand grows for some form of control or supervision over something that appears inherently beyond governance: the Internet. The gulf between community aspiration and the perceived limits on government capacity forces each entity, industry, and regulator to conduct a thorough and painstaking search for an appropriate solution. The resolution to this dilemma requires the innovation of regulatory design for the Internet. Without flexibility and responsiveness, traditional law and regulation cannot adequately address the transnational, intangible, and ever changing Internet space.

Attempts at Internet regulation generally have moved away from direct legal control and toward more flexible variations of what can be termed ¿self-regulation.¿ This ground-breaking book by two leading authorities in this new field of law concerns the mushrooming growth of institutions and systems of self-regulation on the Internet. Internet self-regulation involves many issues, including e-commerce, technical protocols, and domain names management, but most public concern and debate has been over illegal and harmful content on the Internet.

Self-Regulation and the Internet examines how self-regulatory entities for content relate to other quasi-legal and state institutions, what powers are accorded to or seized by self-regulatory institutions, and how the use of self-regulation can contribute to the more effective and more efficient realization of both economic and societal goals. This book offers:

a general and theoretical examination of self-regulation, focusing on codes of conduct;

approaches to the methodology and process for adopting such codes;

descriptions and evaluations of technical devices as self-regulatory tools; and

an analysis of Internet self-regulation in a converged and digital environment.

The analysis encompasses a wide spectrum, from technical matters of filters and transmission streams to such important legal issues as the possible meanings of such terms as ¿illegal and harmful.¿ Crucial topics include ISP service agreements, anti-spam measures, regulation of hate speech, digital television, defining a common language for metainformation, and a great deal more. The geographic scope is global, with numerous detailed references to developments in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.

The breadth and depth of this analysis, and the vast quantity of information that underpins it, give this book an authoritative preeminence not to be found elsewhere. In the coming years, as the material it examines continues to grow and change in ever more dramatic ways, it will be turned to again and again for its invaluable insights and recommendations.

Introduction. Chapter 1. The Concept of Self-Regulation and the Internet. Chapter 2. Internet Codes of Conduct. Chapter 3. Internet Filters and Rating Mechanisms as Self-Regulatory Tools. Chapter 4. Shifting Paradigms: Reconsidering Regulation of Digital Content. Appendix 1. Model Code: A Toolkit for Planning. Appendix 2. Content Filters on the Internet. Appendix 3. Council Recommendation. Appendix 4. The ¿Layer Cake Model¿. Index

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