Global Flow of Information

Ramesh Subramanian is Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Information Systems at Quinnipiac University and Visiting Fellow at the Information Society Project, Yale Law School. He is the editor of Computer Security, Privacy and Politics: Current Issues, Challenges and Solutions.Eddan Katz is International Affairs Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before EFF, Eddan was the Executive Director of the Yale Information Society Project and Lecturer-in-Law at Yale Law School. He is co-editor of Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment.

The Global Flow of Information is an outstanding and cohesive map of the dynamic transition to a globally networked society. Subramanian and Katz have brilliantly assembled clear, concise and insightful chapters that enduringly show remarkable interconnections between the internets power to change information flows and governance and the information flows power to change the internet and society. A must have, must read book. - Joel R. Reidenberg,Director, Center on Law and Information Policy, Fordham University Global struggles over the control of information increasingly determine the extent of our political, economic and cultural freedom online. This important and thought-provoking collection offers a much needed conceptual framework for understanding the linkages between globalization, Internet governance, and power in modern society. - Dr. Laura DeNardis,author of Protocol Politics: the Globalization of Internet Governance Subramanian and Katz have gathered an all-star group, offering a sweep of visions for the future of the Internet and its impact on both global and regional culture. These essays are deep and thoughtful, and together they beautifully show us where the Internet can, and ought to, go. - Jonathan Zittrain,author of The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It

• Preface and Acknowledgments 1 Perspectives on the Global Flow of Information Ramesh Subramanian and Eddan Katz 2 Mcdonald's, Wienerwald, and the Corner Deli Victoria Reyes and Miguel Angel CentenoI Culture 3 Internet TV and the Global Flow of Filmed Entertainment Eli Noam 4 Piracy, Creativity, and Infrastructure 5 Prospects for a Global Networked Cultural Heritage Stanley N. Katz 6 The Cultural Exception to Trade Laws C. Edwin BakerII. Politics and Law 7 weighing the Scales Daniel W. Drezner 8 Local Nets on a Global Network John G. Palfrey Jr. 9 Law as a Network Standard Dan L. BurkIII Science and Medicine 10 Emerging Market Pharmaceutical Supply Frederick M. AbbottIV War 11 The Flow of Information in Modern Warfare Jeremy M. Kaplan 12 Information Flow in War and Peace James Der DerianV Power 13 Power Over Information Flow Dorothy E. Denning 14 Information Power Jack M. Balkin About the Contributors Index