[p2p-research] the destruction of the internet's end to end principle through corporate enclosures

[Michel Bauwens]

Dear Sepp,

I hope you can dive into this, as this is right up your alley,

if possible thanks for having a look at the sample chapters and getting a
few excerpts for publication in our blog,

Michel


** Book: Internet Architecture and Innovat**ion. Barbara van Schewick. MIT
Press, 2010*

URL = http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12162

Sample chapters via
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12162&mode=toc


[edit<http://p2pfoundation.net/Internet_Architecture_and_Innovation?title=Internet_Architecture_and_Innovation&action=edit&section=1>
] Abstract

"The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. New
applications continually enable new ways of using the Internet, and new
physical networking technologies increase the range of networks over which
the Internet can run. Questions about the relationship between innovation
and the Internet's architecture have shaped the debates over open access to
broadband networks, network neutrality, nondiscriminatory network
management, and future Internet architecture. In Internet Architecture and
Innovation, Barbara van Schewick explores the economic consequences of
Internet architecture, offering a detailed analysis of how it affects the
economic environment for innovation.

Van Schewick describes the design principles on which the Internet's
original architecture was based—modularity, layering, and the end-to-end
arguments—and shows how they shaped the original architecture. She analyzes
in detail how the original architecture affected innovation—in particular,
the development of new applications—and how changing the architecture would
affect this kind of innovation.

Van Schewick concludes that the original architecture of the Internet
fostered application innovation. Current changes that deviate from the
Internet's original design principles reduce the amount and quality of
application innovation, limit users' ability to use the Internet as they see
fit, and threaten the Internet's ability to realize its economic, social,
cultural, and political potential. If left to themselves, network providers
will continue to change the internal structure of the Internet in ways that
are good for them but not necessarily for the rest of us. Government
intervention may be needed to save the social benefits associated with the
Internet's original design principles."


[edit<http://p2pfoundation.net/Internet_Architecture_and_Innovation?title=Internet_Architecture_and_Innovation&action=edit&section=2>
] About the Author

Barbara van Schewick is Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School,
Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, and
Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering in Stanford
University's Department of Electrical Engineering.


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