Excerpt from CyberEthics:Morality and Law in Cyberspace (Sudbu*~ MA: Jones& Bartlett, 2000). ConcludingSectionof Chapter Two: "Governingand Regulatingthe Internet" Reprintedwithpermissionofthepublisher. Richard A. Spinello CarrolISchoolofManagement, BostonCollege Internet Governance While the World Wide Web and the Internet have created many opportunities for data sharing and electronic commerce, they have also posed some formidable problems for lawmakers of national governments. The Internet has traditionally been decentralized and self-governing, and it has so far evaded strict or systemic regulations. However, although the Internet has always been an anarchic technology there will always be a need for some type of stability imposed from above. At a minimum, there must be a central body to manage Internet domain name distribution and to handle trademark disputes. But what exactly is the right mix of topdown regulations and bottoms up control? In order to address this question we should first consider the basic possibilities for Internet regulation. There are at least three basic top-down models that have some plausibility and are worth a cursory review: Direct State Intervention: the existing laws of each nation can govern the Internet; thus the state can amend or extend its current laws so that they apply to pertinent activities in cyberspace
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Excerpt from cyberethics: morality and law in cyberspace
Spinello, Richard A.
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Association for Computing Machinery – Mar 1, 2000
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