[liberationtech] Talk on Internet Architecture, Innovation and Network Neutrality at Stanford Law School, December 1

Mon Nov 22 15:54:55 PST 2010

You are cordially invited to Barbara van Schewick's book talk at
Stanford Law School on Wednesday, December 1 at 6pm.

Barbara van Schewick, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law
School and Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet
and Society, will discuss her recently released and widely
praised book, Internet Architecture and Innovation.

Professor Marvin Ammori has described the book as "essential
reading for anyone interested in Internet policy-and probably
for anyone interested in the law, economics, technology, or
start-ups." The book analyzes how the Internet's internal
structure, or architecture, has fostered innovation in the past;
why this engine of innovation is under threat; why the "market"
alone won't protect Internet innovation; and which features of
the Internet's architecture we need to preserve so that the
Internet continues to serve as an engine of innovation in the
future. Whether you are tired of or confused by the network
neutrality debate, or simply wondering what is at stake, van
Schewick's talk will be refreshing and illuminating.

More information on the book, including an overview and excerpts,
is available at  [http://netarchitecture.org/].

Where: Stanford Law School, Room 290, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,
Stanford, CA 94305

When: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 6pm-8pm

Reception to follow after the talk. Free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by the  Center for Internet & Society
[http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/].

Please RSVP for this free event »
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About Barbara van Schewick:

Barbara van Schewick is an Associate Professor of Law at Stanford
Law School, an Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical
Engineering at Stanford's Department of Electrical Engineering
and the Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet
and Society. Van Schewick's research focuses on the economic,
regulatory, and strategic implications of communication networks
. In particular, she explores how changes in the architecture of
computer networks affect the economic environment for innovation
and competition on the Internet, and how the law should react to
these changes. This work has made her a leading expert on the
issue of network neutrality. Her papers on network neutrality
have influenced regulatory debates in the United States, Canada
and Europe. In 2007, van Schewick was one of three academics who
, together with public interest groups, filed the petition that
started the Federal Communications Commission's network
neutrality inquiry into Comcast's blocking of BitTorrent and
other peer-to-peer protocols. She has testified before the FCC
in en banc hearings and official workshops. A more complete bio
can be found here:  [http://netarchitecture.org/author/]

Selected Reviews:

Lawrence Lessig, Another Deregulation Debacle, New York Times
Room for Debate, August 10, 2010
[http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/8/9/who-gets-priority-on-the-web/a-deregulation-debacle-for-the-internet]
:

"As much as anything else, the economic success of the Internet
comes from its architecture. The architecture, and the
competitive forces it assures, is the only interesting thing at
stake in this battle over "network neutrality." And yet, the
most senior economic advisers in the White House don't seem to
know what that means. They could, if they took the time. Barbara
van Schewick's extraordinary new book, "Internet Architecture
and Innovation," is perhaps the best explication of this point
so far for those who should be studying these hard, new policy
questions."

Brad Burnham, Internet Architecture and Innovation, Union Square
Ventures Blog, August 10, 2010
[http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2010/08/internet-architecture-and-innovation.php]
:

"Barbara van Schewick's book, Internet Architecture and
Innovation, is out and everyone who cares about the future of
the Internet should click here and buy a copy. It is not an easy
read, but the architecture of the Internet and the ways in which
that architecture is directly responsible for the explosion of
innovation over the last 15 years is not an easy topic. ..
.Barbara makes a compelling case. I hope everyone involved in
this noisy debate reads this book."

Marvin Ammori, Internet Policy: Most Important Book in Years is
Now Out, Marvin Ammori Blog, August 11, 2010
[http://ammori.org/2010/08/11/vanschewic/]:

"There's a new book out on Internet policy that is essential
reading for anyone interested in Internet policy—and probably
for anyone interested in the law, economics, technology, or
start-ups. … Barbara van Schewick's new book, "Internet
Architecture and Innovation," is one of the very few books in my
field in the same league as Larry Lessig's Code, in 2000, and
Yochai Benkler's Wealth of Networks, in 2006, in terms of its
originality, depth, and importance to Internet policy and other
disciplines. I expect the book to affect how people think about
the Internet; about the interactions between law and technical
architectures in all areas of law; about entrepreneurship in
general. I also think her insights on innovation economics,
which strike me as far more persuasive than lawyers' usual
assumptions, should influence "law and economics" thinking for
the better. ..."

Susan Crawford, The FCC Needs to Do the Right (& the Hard) Thing,
Salon - The GigaOM Network, August 12, 2010
[http://gigaom.com/2010/08/12/the-fcc-needs-to-do-the-hard-thing-because-its-whats-right/]
:

"Net neutrality is actually a very old idea. The idea is that
when you're making point-to-point basic transportation (of
information or people) available to the public, you're not
supposed to discriminate against uses of your network. (Barbara
van Schewick has a marvelous new book out about this ...)"

David P. Reed, MIT Media Laboratory, Book Jacket:

"This is an important book, one which for the first time ties
together the many emerging threads that link the economic,
technical, architectural, legal, and social frameworks of the
birth and evolution of the Internet."

Questions? Email  [cis at law.stanford.edu].

Thanks http://enews.law.stanford.edu/t/r/u/edikdk/uyljklirh/
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