About the Book
In January 2012 millions participated in the now-infamous “Internet blackout” against the Stop Online Piracy Act protesting the power it would have given intellectual property holders over the Internet. However while SOPA’s withdrawal was heralded as a victory for an open Internet a small group of corporations tacitly backed by the US and other governments have implemented much of SOPA via a series of secret handshake agreements. Drawing on extensive interviews Natasha Tusikov details the emergence of a global regime in which large Internet firms act as regulators for powerful intellectual property owners challenging fundamental notions of democratic accountability.
