This book explores the past, present, and future of the internet. Based on a generative system zittrain 2006 argues that unpredictability and freedom are essential characteristics of the internet and the reasons why it has generated so many innovative. Jonathan zittrain, who is affiliated with oxford university and harvards berkman center, recently released a provocatively titled book. Jonathan zittrain, author of the future of the internet.
Law and technology the end of the generative internet. A centuryandahalf of engineering ingenuity has brought us from morse telegraphy to the contentstuffed global network available via a broadband socket near you. The book discusses several legal issues regarding the internet. The future of the internetand how to stop it jonathan. The future of the internet is not a positive one, unless we all work collaboratively to ensure its lasting success. As late as the early 1990s, people in the know assumed that one of a handful of proprietary networks would be the network of the future. The future of the internet and how to stop it jonathan. In zittrains word, generative devices and platforms, including the internet itself, offer an opening forward. Just the picture on the hardcover edition is worth the price of the book. The future of the internet and how to stop it article begins on next page the harvard community has made this article openly available.
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Here are a couple of things that might be of interest to members of the class, from jonathan zittrain. Jonathan zittrain, chair in internet governance and regulation at the oxford internet institute argues that with the unwitting help of its users, the generative internet is on a path to a lockdown. That would serve as a rough summary of the thesis jonathan zittrain, cyberlaw professor at oxford, seeks to defend. Most people think the internet is a good thing, so why try to stop it. The future of the internet and how to stop it harvard dash.
The future of the internet will be shaped by millions of choices and decisions by people from all walks of life. It wasnt a telegram that informed me about jonathan zittrains new book, but an email. Opportunities from jonathan zittrain technology, security. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation. Incidentally, if you ever have a chance to hear jonathan speak, i highly recommend you do so. Sep 09, 2008 zittrains work, the future of the internet and how to stop it, praises the generativity of the internet and pcs their ability to absorb new programs and technologies so the cyberworld is in a constant state of reinvention but worries about the movement toward controlled technologies and devices, including the iphone, which. The key idea in the future of the internetand how to stop it is what jonathan zittrain calls generativity. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative internet is on a path. There are a couple hks seats set aside for the class j. Oct 01, 2008 the internet s current trajectory is one of lost opportunity. Its an interesting read and i recommend you pick it up despite what ill say about it in a moment. The internet is a great thingand its largely a historical accident that we have it at all. Essentially, zittrain posits that the feature that makes the internet successful is that it easily allows anyone to build new products, features, and communities on top of an open infrastructure.
The book is made available under the creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 3. You can read jonathan zittrains book for cogent discussions of key issues in, filtering, licensing, censorship, and other pressing issues in computing and networking. The generative capacity for unrelated and unaccredited audiences to build and distribute code and content through the internet to its tens of millions of attached personal computers has ignited growth and innovation in information technology and has facilitated new creative endeavors. The future of the internetand how to stop it jonathan zittrain. Jonathan zittrain the future of the internet and how. Jonathan zittrain the future of the internet youtube. This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the internet from backwater to ubiquity. Klaus schwab, executive chairman and founder of the world economic forum. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. The future of the internetand how to stop it jonathan zittrain 246 pages yale university press. The future of the internetand how to stop it and millions of other books are available for instant access. But youre rewarded even more if you read this book to grasp fundamental questions of law and society the future of the internet offers valuable summaries of current debates, but zittrain also tries always to hack. Zittrain born 24 december 1969 is an american professor of internet law and the george bemis professor of international law at harvard law school.
In the web counterrevolution that jonathan zittrain foresees, users will lose the ability to control content, companies will gain the power to censor data, and security will trump innovation. Designers and programmers like us have the advantage of technical skill and specialized knowledge. Jonathan zittrain the future of the internet and how to. A centuryandahalf of engineering ingenuity has brought us from morse telegraphy to the content. Be wary of saas and internetconnected appliances, and its a good thing if the legal innovation never catches up with technological innovation. Apr 15, 2008 protecting the internet without wrecking it a recent article by prof. Its a gloomy scenario that his new book future of the internet, says is already underway. The book discusses several legal issues regarding the internet the book is made available under the creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 3. Jonathan zittrain, author of the future of the internet, says.
Zittrains work, the future of the internet and how to stop it, praises the generativity of the internet and pcs their ability to absorb new programs and technologies so the cyberworld is in a constant state of reinvention but worries about the movement toward controlled technologies and devices, including the iphone, which. Jonathan zittrain, the future of the internet and how to stop it. Zittrain, the future of the internet and how to stop it. Drawing on generative technologies like wikipedia that have so far survived their own successes, this book shows how to develop new technologies and social structures that allow users to work creatively and. Jonathan zittrain, the future of the internet and how to stop it, yale university press, penguin ukallen lane, oxford legal studies research paper no. Jonathan zittrains the future of the internetand how to stop it,4 and tim wus the master switch. Jul 23, 2008 ive just finished reading jonathan zittrain s the future of the internet and how to stop it, a provocative, wellreasoned, wellinformed and sometimes frustrating book about the power of the. But it goes much deeper on the first page and keeps going. The future of the internet is a book published in 2008 by yale university press and authored by jonathan zittrain. Ive just finished reading jonathan zittrains the future of the internet and how to stop it, a provocative, wellreasoned, wellinformed and sometimes frustrating book about the power of the. He is author of the future of the internetand how to stop it.
The future of the internet, though written before the movie, is about exactly that. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Jan 01, 2008 the key idea in the future of the internet and how to stop it is what jonathan zittrain calls generativity. You may recently have read that it could soon be overwhelmed by an exaflood of streaming video, as people flock to youtube and the bbcs iplayer. In the future of the internetand how to stop it he develops an elaborate and denselyargued sociolegal doctrine designed to do one thing. In the future of the internetand how to stop it he develops an elaborate and denselyargued sociolegal doctrine designed to. The future of the internet and how to stop it by jonathan l. The entire content can be read online and, indeed, commented on, via a click on the banner. From a technical point of view the internet consists of few layers. This book concentrates on the central elements of what zittrain calls generative solutions. Zittrain s research includes digital property, privacy, and speech, and the role played by private middlepeople in internet architecture. He is the author of the future of the internetand how to stop it. On the other hand, you can see from the first two sentences that his prose can be repetitious and dry.
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