[liberationtech] Barbara van Schewick Talk on Internet Architecture, Innovation and Network Neutrality at Stanford, December 1

[Joshua Cohen]

If you are in the neighborhood, be sure to come....


Josh

> TALK ON INTERNET ARCHITECTURE, INNOVATION AND NETWORK NEUTRALITY AT  
> STANFORD
> LAW SCHOOL, DECEMBER 1
>
> You are cordially invited to Barbara Van Schewick's book talk at  
> Stanford
> Law School on Wednesday, December 1 at 6:00 pm.
>
> 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/.
>
> EVENT DETAILS:
>
> When: Wednesday, December 1, 6pm-8pm. Reception to follow after the  
> talk.
> Where: Stanford Law School, Room 290, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,  
> Stanford, CA
> 94305
> Free and open to the public.
>
> Please RSVP at http://goo.gl/LEoek.
> More information about the event at
> http://netarchitecture.org/events/201012-sls/.
>
> The event is sponsored by the Center for Internet & Society.
>
> 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:
> " 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:
> "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:
> " 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:
> "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."
>