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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ...ge intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Press New Haven & London A Caravan boo... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ...d cyber café, just as automated teller machines (ATMs) are dispersed around cities today. People could perform electronic document research over anot... ...rfone decision permitted the use of modems to connect users’ computers, a PC host- ing a BBS was limited to one incoming call at a time unless its own... ...nothing else, the In- ternet first linked to and then functionally replaced a host of proprietary con- sumer network services. 24 The Rise and Stall of... ...es facilitates the technology’s deployment in unanticipated ways. T able 4.1 lists examples of generative tools. For comparison, the table also includ... ... THE LESSONS OF WIKIPEDIA 1. See Matthias Schulz, Controlled Chaos: European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs, S O I’, Nov. 16, 2006, htt... .... L. R. 1699 (2006). 96. For example, dodgeball.com combines online friend lists and cell-phone text messag- ing to allow users to advertise their w...

...xtraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation?and facilitating unsettling new kinds of control. (futureoftheinternet.org)...

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