Download or read book Network neutrality written by Christopher T. Marsden and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) open access license. Net neutrality is the most contested Internet access policy of our time. This book offers an in-depth explanation of the concept, addressing its history since 1999, its engineering, the policy challenges it represents and its legislation and regulation. Various case studies are presented, including Specialized Services and Content Delivery Networks for video over the Internet, and the book goes on to examine the future of net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and developing countries, as well as offering co-regulatory solutions based on FRAND and non-exclusivity. It will be a must-read for researchers and advocates in the net neutrality debate, as well as those interested in the context of communications regulation, law and economic regulation, human rights discourse and policy, and the impact of science and engineering on policy and governance.
Download or read book Net Neutrality in Europe written by Alain Strowel and published by Emile Bruylant. This book was released on 2013 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book summarizes the state of discussions regarding net neutrality in Europe. It comes at the time the European Commission intends to legislate to guarantee the right of all citizens to access the open internet. Net neutrality is not only about how to ensure the fundamental right to receive and impart online information. The rules on the protection of consumers, by fostering transparency, also contribute to Internet neutrality and openness. Similarly competition law prohibits anti-competitive discrimination, including in Internet communications. Net neutrality thus appears at the juncture of various areas of the law. The contributions of this book compare the merits of various forms of regulation and discuss the policy dimensions of the net neutrality debate."--Back cover.
Download or read book The Open Internet and Net Neutrality in Europe written by European Commission and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I own the pipes you call the tune The net neutrality debate and its ir relevance for Europe written by Andrea Renda and published by CEPS. This book was released on 2008 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The debate of the so-called "net neutrality" has been under the spotlight in the US for many years, whereas many believed it would not become an issue in Europe. However, over the past few months the need to revise the current regulatory framework to encourage investment in all-IP networks has led to greater attention for net neutrality and its consequences for investment and competition. After the Commission adopted a "light-touch" approach to the issue at the end of 2007, the European Parliament has started to reconsider the issue, and it is reportedly considering a move towards more pro-neutrality rules. This paper summarises the main issues at hand in the net neutrality debate and the views expressed by advocates and opponents of the neutrality principle. The problem is described from a multi-sided market perspective, stressing the role of network operators as intermediaries in the "layered" architecture of all-IP networks. Finally, the paper discusses whether the European regulatory framework and its interaction with ex post competition policy are likely to solve many of the concerns of net neutrality advocates without any need for ad hoc regulation; and whether currently proposed solutions are likely to prove welfare-enhancing and conducive to a better regulatory environment for future e-communications."--Cover.
Download or read book Regulatory Approaches to Net Neutrality in Europe and Beyond written by Angela Daly and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Net neutrality, the principle of non-discrimination by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) between different kinds of Internet traffic and non-restriction of legal content, sites and platforms, has become increasingly prominent in telecommunications policy agendas in various countries. The debate on net neutrality has been provoked by concrete instances of ISPs prioritising certain types of information, and blocking access to other types. Regulatory bodies have responded to this issue in different ways and at different points in time. This paper will set out what these regulatory responses have been to date, with particular regard to the European context. Net neutrality has been approached at a domestic as well as European level so far, with inter alia Norway already issuing Guidelines on Net Neutrality, France currently running a public consultation on it, and the European Commission expected also to do so in the next few months. These measures will be analysed, with a comparison made to approaches to net neutrality in other parts of the world, such as the USA, where a fierce debate has been raging, and Chile, which has already adopted rules to govern the issue. The extent to which these measures accord with the promotion of competition (for the economic welfare of consumers), and protect and enhance Internet users' rights (especially free expression, right to information, and privacy) will be assessed. In addition, an examination will be made as to whether a consensus, either at the European or global level, on net neutrality is being established by these regulatory actions. Suggestions for any appropriate future action on net neutrality will conclude the paper.
Download or read book Net Neutrality Compendium written by Luca Belli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ways in which Internet traffic is managed have direct consequences on Internet users’ rights as well as on their capability to compete on a level playing field. Network neutrality mandates to treat Internet traffic in a non-discriminatory fashion in order to maximise end users’ freedom and safeguard an open Internet. This book is the result of a collective work aimed at providing deeper insight into what is network neutrality, how does it relates to human rights and free competition and how to properly frame this key issue through sustainable policies and regulations. The Net Neutrality Compendium stems from three years of discussions nurtured by the members of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality (DCNN), an open and multi-stakeholder group, established under the aegis of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
Download or read book Net Neutrality Contributions to the Debate written by Jorge Pérez Martínez (Coord.) and published by Fundación Telefónica. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade of discussion on how to guarantee an open, sustainable internet and often intense debate regarding the Federal Communications Commission's 2009 public hearing on the application of the principles of net neutrality, on 21st December 2010 the various elements that comprise the solution to this now famous controversy were passed. This solution has not satisfied many people, and nearly everyone agrees that it will not end the debate and nor will it resolve the underlying structural problems. This book examines the source, development and viewpoints on this issue based on contributions from leading experts from the academic and business worlds in the USA and Europe who have been involved in the debate. This is a highly important book for understanding the various points of view on the very current and controversial issue of web neutrality.
Download or read book Net Neutrality written by Christopher T. Marsden and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-01-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Chris Marsden maneuvers through the hype articulated by Netwrok Neutrality advocates and opponents. He offers a clear-headed analysis of the high stakes in this debate about the Internet's future, and fearlessly refutes the misinformation and misconceptions that about' Professor Rob Freiden, Penn State University Net Neutrality is a very heated and contested policy principle regarding access for content providers to the Internet end-user, and potential discrimination in that access where the end-user's ISP (or another ISP) blocks that access in part or whole. The suggestion has been that the problem can be resolved by either introducing greater competition, or closely policing conditions for vertically integrated service, such as VOIP. However, that is not the whole story, and ISPs as a whole have incentives to discriminate between content for matters such as network management of spam, to secure and maintain customer experience at current levels, and for economic benefit from new Quality of Service standards. This includes offering a 'priority lane' on the network for premium content types such as video and voice service. The author considers market developments and policy responses in Europe and the United States, draws conclusions and proposes regulatory recommendations.
Download or read book From Telecommunications Liberalization to Net Neutrality Rules written by Simon P. Rinas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EU communications policy has massively changed due to both global competition on the ICT market and technological developments that led to the emergence of Internet technology. This book analyzes the structural and procedural transformation processes inside the EU legislative processes and concludes that EU communications policy struggles to reflect today's internet-enabled communications reality. It provides insights in the institutional conditions that maintained specific patterns of EU communications policy since the beginning of telecommunications regulation and concludes with an outlook on the technological and regulatory challenges ahead.
Download or read book The Closing of the Net written by Monica Horten and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational book provides the backstory to current attempts by states and corporations to control the Internet. It explains key issues such as privacy, net neutrality and copyright in a way that is accessible to non-experts, as well as providing a clear, authoritative context for academic study. The Closing of the Net explains: •Why apps are never 'free', and how data profiling got into politics •How the entertainment industries went head-to-head with Internet companies over online copyright •Why we got the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and why Europe has stronger privacy laws than the US •How post-Snowden surveillance politics is embedded in data retention law •Why net neutrality matters •How cloud service Megaupload was brought down Monica Horten’s compelling account of these issues concludes with an outline of the risks we face in the future if monitoring and blocking of the Internet becomes the norm. And the results are chilling. This book is a must-read for all followers of cyber-policy, and is suitable for courses addressing digital media and society, communications policy, Internet and copyright law.
Download or read book European Law and Regulation of Mobile Net Neutrality written by Christopher Marsden and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobile is a rapidly growing and potentially major element of the future Internet, and its environment cannot be sensibly considered in isolation from fixed networks. A note on terminology: Europe uses the term Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) while the United States uses 'wireless' Internet Service Providers (ISPs). 'Wireless' is somewhat more open in the United States. In Europe, mobile has always made special pleading for forms of self-regulation, as we will see. The article introduces mobile broadband, then considers net neutrality in the fixed environment including the new laws passed in November 2009 in the European Parliament, before considering the mobile net neutrality debate, the degree of price control regulation exerted on European mobiles and the MNOs' vigorous rear-guard anti-regulation defence. Finally, I look at the effects of this regulatory asymmetry and whether MNO calls for mobile to be treated differently from other ISPs can be justified. I conclude by examining what the effect of price and content control on mobile is likely to be for incentives for fixed ISPs and produce a result that I describe as the 'fixed' strategy.
Download or read book EU Internet Law written by Andrej Savin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book provides a detailed overview of EU internet regulation in all its key areas, as well as giving a critical evaluation of EU policymaking and governance. This thoroughly revised second edition includes latest developments in the case law of the Court of Justice. It also discusses pending proposals in telecommunications, copyright and privacy laws as well as the new directions in internet regulation resulting from the Commission’s 2015 strategy document.
Download or read book Net Neutrality in Europe La neutralit de l Internet en Europe written by Alain Strowel and published by Primento. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La neutralité de l’Internet requiert de garantir aux usagers un accès égal à tous les services et contenus en ligne. En pratique, la gestion du trafic oblige les opérateurs à différencier certains paquets d’information circulant sur les réseaux, par exemple pour lutter contre les messages indésirables. Parfois le traitement différencié des contenus engendre des discriminations non justifiées. Ainsi, en est-il si un opérateur en place dégrade un service concurrent de téléphonie sur Internet, tel que Skype. Le droit de la concurrence permet a priori de sanctionner un tel comportement anti-concurrentiel. Mais cela suffit-il à assurer la neutralité des réseaux ? Par ailleurs, l’augmentation rapide du trafic et l’ampleur des investissements à faire dans les infrastructures du futur incitent les opérateurs à limiter les débits de base, tout en garantissant la qualité de services spécialisés, par exemple de vidéoconférence. Cette différenciation des offres a un prix. On s’éloigne du principe originel de l’Internet qui veut que toutes les communications soient traitées de la même manière. Depuis quelques années, des académiques et pionniers de l’Internet dénoncent le risque d’un Internet « à plusieurs vitesses ». Aujourd’hui, les voix des consommateurs se font entendre. Faut-il adopter une législation spécifique ? Le cadre actuel des télécommunications en Europe suffit-il pour garantir la neutralité ? Mais d’abord, comment définir la neutralité de l’Internet ? Telles sont quelques-unes des questions que cet ouvrage examine à un moment où la neutralité de l’Internet revient dans l’actualité. En juin 2013, la Commission européenne a en effet affiché sa volonté de légiférer en la matière. Le présent recueil de contributions vient donc à point nommé. This book summarizes the state of discussions regarding net neutrality in Europe. It comes at the time the European Commission intends to legislate to guarantee the right of all citizens to access the open Internet. Net neutrality is not only about how to ensure the fundamental right to receive and impart online information. The rules on the protection of consumers, by fostering transparency, also contribute to Internet neutrality and openness. Similarly competition law prohibits anti-competitive discrimination, including in Internet communications. Net neutrality thus appears at the juncture of various areas of the law. The contributions of this book compare the merits of various forms of regulation and discuss the policy dimensions of the net neutrality debate.
Download or read book Device Neutrality written by Jan Krämer and published by Centre on Regulation in Europe asbl. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the ‘net neutrality’ debate began in the early 2000s, the internet ecosystem has evolved and European policymakers now face a different type of gatekeeper. This CERRE Tech, Media, Telecom report identifies the main competitive bottlenecks and discusses whether the key pillars of net neutrality regulation – openness, non-discrimination and transparency – should also apply to certain types of devices, such as smartphones and laptops. Assuming that smartphones are likely to be the first choice for consumers accessing the internet and that they are, therefore, a crucial element of the internet access value chain, the authors of the CERRE report make concrete suggestions, focusing on operating systems, app stores and browsers. “Crucially, the policy objective should be to enable consumers to bypass gatekeepers and access content via multiple channels, but not ‘neutrality’ in the narrow sense,” said Jan Krämer (co-author of the report and CERRE Academic Co-Director). “Non-neutral conduct is important for innovation, investment, security and privacy.” In light of existing EU regulation, specifically the Platform-to-Business (P2B) Regulation and the Digital Markets (DMA) and Digital Services (DSA) Acts, the report makes a number of recommendations, aiming to ensure openness, non-discrimination and transparency when accessing the internet on mobile devices. More accessible and less discriminatory app stores As they represent a gateway for consumers to access other content and apps, the authors, Jan Krämer and Richard Feasey, make several policy recommendations for app stores that aim to strike a balance between mitigating the competitive gatekeeper advantage and maintaining the user convenience offered by pre-installed apps. These include: Enabling alternative app stores to be easily installed on devices, including by requiring the pre-installed app stores to host rival app stores with independent payment systems. Unbundling the dominant app store from other apps. Banning self-preferencing of apps in app stores or browsers. Careful consideration of how the transparency and redress mechanisms for dominant app stores under P2B, DMA and DSA obligations may interact when imposed concurrently. “In important areas, including app stores and browsers, our recommendations build upon, but go further than, the obligations under the P2B regulation and the foreseen obligations under the DMA and DSA.” – Richard Feasey (co-author of the report and CERRE Senior Advisor) Openness, transparency and data portability for operating systems As third parties may face discriminatory access to operating system (OS) functionality or system resources, as well as limited browser functionality on an OS, CERRE makes four main suggestions to improve competition and choice: Enabling side-loading of apps in dominant operating systems, such that consumers can install any lawful and safe app on their device. More stringent user consent rules for pre-installed apps, to align them with the consent required for apps that are installed later, the same access privileges for both pre-installed and alternative apps, and the possibility to truly de-install pre-installed apps. Transparency obligations on interfaces (APIs) for third-party (app developer) access to operating systems and minimum notice periods in case those interfaces are changed. The right to data portability (as well as codes of conduct and common interfaces) for devices, so that consumers can switch from one device (operating system) to another as smoothly as possible. “By intervening at the operating system and app discovery layer to ensure access to alternative content, the Commission can foster fairer competition in the internet access value chain without hindering innovation, investment and the European principles of consumer safety and security.” – Jan Krämer The report was presented and debated on Tuesday 8 June, 14:00 CEST, during the CERRE public webinar “Device neutrality: regulating mobile devices”.
Download or read book EU Internet Law in the Digital Era written by Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a detailed overview and analysis of important EU Internet regulatory challenges currently found in various key fields of law directly linked to the Internet such as information technology, consumer protection, personal data, e-commerce and copyright law. In addition, it aims to shed light on the content and importance of various pending legislative proposals in these fields, and of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent case law in connection with solving the different problems encountered. The book focuses on challenging legal questions that have not been sufficiently analyzed, while also presenting original thinking in connection with the regulation of emerging legal questions. As such, it offers an excellent reference tool for researchers, policymakers, judges, practitioners and law students with a special interest in EU Internet law and regulation.
Download or read book The Value of Network Neutrality to European Consumers written by René Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEREC's recognition of network neutrality as a key policy priority in 2010 has led to various related activities, for instance a fact-finding on traffic management practices and an assessment of IP interconnection. In consequence, European regulators have gained a solid basis for determining next steps. However, this is only the case for network neutrality questions related to the supply side of Internet Access Service (IAS). The demand side has been tackled to a much lesser extent. How do consumers understand and conceptualize network neutrality? Do consumers value aspects of net neutrality in their preferences for IAS offers? These questions drive the consumer research, for which BEREC commissioned an extensive study. One particularly relevant research objective for the study was to understand the effect that information has on consumer behavior. This addresses this research objective and sheds light on the relevance of qualitative insights in developing meaningful consumer information on the complex subject of network neutrality. Furthermore, the paper describes the effects of such consumer information as measured by a representative online survey in four European countries (CR, CZ, EL SE). In the survey, one half of respondents received an information package on network neutrality and its effects, whilst the other half did not. Our results show clearly that respondents who received the information package had a significantly better understanding of the issue of network neutrality and its effects on their quality of experience. However, this additional knowledge did not affect their choices for IAS products nor their attitudes towards network neutrality. Our paper highlights the importance of mixed-methods consumer research guiding policymaking and regulation in particular with respect to topics such as network neutrality that immediately affect consumers' quality of experience. Furthermore, our paper illustrates that consumer information should use vivid animation in order to be effective. Furthermore, we found that network neutrality-related product attributes play an important role in consumer purchase decisions for IAS products. Given the complex nature of the subject, stakeholders and among them in particular ISPs who want to bring new IAS offers to market will need to understand consumer behavior and preferences in more depth.
Download or read book Regulating the Medium written by Daithi Mac Sithigh and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this contribution on network neutrality, the expression-related elements of this issue are considered, including a case study of Ireland, highlighting the broad powers enjoyed by ISPs, and discussing whether the problem is a genuine one. While noting that the matter has been the subject of various publications by a sizable number of US scholars, space is then given to comparing the state of the debate in Europe, Canada, and the United States, drawing on principles of telecommunications law. It is argued that the link between telecommunications and media regulation is at the heart of the net neutrality debates in Canada and (to a lesser extent) the European Union, and that the non-applicability of certain US doctrines in these jurisdictions (due to different market conditions and the established role of competition law) does not mean that regulatory or legislative action is unnecessary. Finally, it is contended that the consideration of net neutrality in the context of important social and political debates regarding speech, plurality, and innovation is a better approach than one focused on ex post identification of the most egregious examples of discriminatory practices.
