The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Transforming the Network

The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Changing the Network offers a comprehensive history of the Internet and efforts to regulate its use. University of Pennsylvania law professor Christopher S. Yoo contends that rather than engaging in prescriptive regulatory oversight, the government should promote competition in other ways, such as reducing costs for consumers, lowering entry barriers for new producers, and increasing transparency. These reforms would benefit consumers while permitting the industry to develop new solutions for emerging problems. It is fruitless for government to attempt to lock the burgeoning online industry into any particular architecture; rather, policymakers should act with the knowledge that no one actor can foresee how the network is likely to evolve in the future.

Author: Christopher Yoo
Publisher: AEI Press
Published: 09/14/2012
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.09h x 6.39w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780844772271

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2013

About the Author
Christopher Yoo is a professor of law, communication, and computer and information science and director of the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.