Intellectual Property and the Internet

The book will be a history of intellectual property laws, and their effects on the internet.

Table of Contents

• SOPA
• PROTECT IP Act
• OPEN Act

Legal Concepts

• Intellectual property
• Copyright
• Copyright infringement
• Injunction

Technical Concepts

• Domain Name System
• Internet service providers
• Cloud computing
• Digital media
• Hyperlinks
• Virtual private networks
• Deep packet inspection
• IP address
• Web browsers
• Streaming media
• Proxy servers
• Search engines
• Anonymizers
• Online Advertising

History and Legislation

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• PRO-IP Act
• Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
• DDL intercettazioni
• First Amendment to the United States Constitution
• Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
• Italian Wikipedia

Societal Issues

• Free and open source software
• DNS hijacking
• Freedom of speech
• Network neutrality
• Internet security
• Internet censorship
• Chilling effect
• Whistleblowing
• Electronic commerce
• Counterfeit consumer goods