Transcending Net Neutrality: Ten Steps Toward an Open Internet

dc.contributor.authorMeinrath, Sascha
dc.contributor.authorPickard, Victor
dc.date2023-05-17T11:45:22.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T11:58:33Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T11:58:33Z
dc.date.issued2008-12-01
dc.date.submitted2015-06-12T08:31:30-07:00
dc.description.abstractThe past few years have witnessed a once-obscure issue known as “net neutrality” blow up into arguably the most publicized policy debate in US telecommunications history. An untold story is how this relatively technical debate spilled outside the rarefied airs of Congressional Committees and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) eighth floor to rage across the blogosphere, major newspapers, YouTube clips, and episodes of The Daily Show to become, if not a household phrase, a topic of popular debate involving millions of Americans. One explanation is that, at its root, the net neutrality debate is far more significant than a squabble among technocrats. Rather, it is first and foremost a normative debate, one that will determine the role of the Internet in a democratic society, with profound implications for the daily welfare of millions of citizens who rely on the Internet as a critical resource. Unfortunately, it is such normative concerns, along with related political and historical contexts, that have been least explored in much of the net neutrality scholarship to date. This article aims to address these gaps while expanding the parameters of the existing debate.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/2041
dc.legacy.articleid1425
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1425&context=asc_papers&unstamped=1
dc.rightsReprinted from Journal of Internet Law, 12, 6, December 2008, 1,12-21, with permission of Kluwer Law International.
dc.source.beginpage1, 12
dc.source.endpage21
dc.source.issue387
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (ASC)
dc.source.journaltitleEducation Week Commentary
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume12
dc.subject.otherInternet Law
dc.subject.otherLaw
dc.subject.otherScience and Technology Policy
dc.titleTranscending Net Neutrality: Ten Steps Toward an Open Internet
dc.typeArticle
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digcom.identifier.contextkey7209248
digcom.identifier.submissionpathasc_papers/387
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upenn.schoolDepartmentCenterDepartmental Papers (ASC)
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