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Internet Governance and Regulation

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Books and Book Chapters

"Regulation of Electronic Speech and Commerce," Chapter 30, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Who Rules the Net? edited by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (2003).

"Telecommunications and Broadband Policy," Chapter 41, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress (2003).

"Regulation of Electronic Speech and Commerce," Chapter 14, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

Cato Studies

"Reputation under Regulation: The Fair Credit Reporting Act at 40 and Lessons for the Internet Privacy Debate," by Jim Harper, Policy Analysis no. 690, December 8, 2011

"The Durable Internet: Preserving Network Neutrality without Regulation," by Timothy B. Lee, Policy Analysis no. 626, November 12, 2008

"Amateur-to-Amateur: The Rise of a New Creative Culture," by F. Gregory Lastowka and Dan Hunter, Policy Analysis no. 567, April 26, 2006

"Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," by Timothy B. Lee, Policy Analysis no. 564, March 21, 2006

""Net Neutrality": Digital Discrimination or Regulatory Gamesmanship in Cyberspace?," by Adam D. Thierer, Policy Analysis no. 507, January 12, 2004

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Articles and Newsletters

"Why Prohibitions on Internet Gambling Won't Work," by Koleman Strumpf, TechKnowledge no. 72, January 23, 2004.

"Everybody Wants to Rule the Web," by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TechKnowledge no. 69, December 31, 2003.

"Google as a Public Utility? No Results in This Search for Monopoly," by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TechKnowledge no. 65, November 14, 2003.

"Federalism and Regulation," by Robert W. Hahn, Anne Layne-Farrar, and Peter Passell, Regulation, vol. 26, no. 4, Winter 2003.

"The Coming Internet Tax Quid Pro Quo?," by Adam D. Thierer and Veronique de Rugy, TechKnowledge Newsletter, October 7, 2003.

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Opinion and Commentary

"A Safe Bet: Online Gambling's Good for U.S.," by Patrick Basham, Huffington Post, March 6, 2012

"Blackout Protesting SOPA, PIPA Bills Makes Statement on Censorship," by Julian Sanchez and David Segal, Newark Star-Ledger, January 19, 2012

"SOPA, Internet Regulation And the Economics of Piracy," by Julian Sanchez, Wired (Online), January 18, 2012

"Focus on Innovation Instead," by Julian Sanchez, The New York Times (Online), January 18, 2012

"The Internet Is Not Government's to Regulate," by Jim Harper, Orange County Register, January 18, 2012

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Events

"Unintended Consequences of the Rogue Website Crackdown," January 19, 2012 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Updating ECPA: An Electronic Privacy Law for the 21st Century," May 21, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace ," February 4, 2009 [Book Forum]

"The Dangers of Network Neutrality Regulation," January 13, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Consumer Online Privacy," by Jim Harper, before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; United States Senate, July 27, 2010.

"Concerning The Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act (H.R. 1966); The Adolescent Web Awareness Requires Education Act (H.R. 3630)," by Harvey Silvergate, Congressional Testimony, September 30, 2009.

"Assessing Cybersecurity Activities at NIST and DHS," Jim Harper, Congressional Testimony, June 25, 2009.

"Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Regulation," Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr., Congressional Testimony, May 10, 2001.




Multimedia

Cato Video Jim Harper Discusses Cybersecurity and Federal Regulation (April 16, 2012) [Cato Video, 11:46]

Cato Video Jerry Brito Discusses Cybersecurity Threats (April 13, 2012) [Cato Video, 14:19]

Cato Video Adam Thierer Discusses Internet Taxation (April 3, 2012) [Cato Video, 15:03]

Cato Video Daniel J. Mitchell on Internet Taxation (March 29, 2012) [Cato Video, 12:20]

Events Cybersecurity: Will Federal Regulation Help? featuring Jim Harper and Jerry Brito (March 23, 2012) [Events, 38:33]

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