Book description
In The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It Jonathan
Zittrain explores the dangers the internet faces if it fails to
balance ever more tightly controlled technologies with the flow of
innovation that has generated so much progress in the field of
technology.
Zittrain argues that today's technological market is dominated by
two contrasting business models: the generative and the
non-generative. The generative models - the PCs, Windows and Macs of
this world - allow third parties to build upon and share through them.
The non-generative model is more restricted; appliances such as the
xbox, iPod and tomtom might work well, but the only entity that can
change the way they operate is the vendor.
If we want the internet to survive we need to change. People must
wake up to the risk or we could lose everything.
Acclaimed cyber-law scholar, Professor Jonathan Zittrain holds the
Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and is
also the Jack N. & Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for
Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. His recent research
includes the study of internet filtering by national governments, the
role of intermediaries as points of control in internet architecture,
and the taxation of internet commerce.
