8 Local Nets on a Global Network

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Perspectives on the Global Flow of Information 1
5. 2 McDonald’s, Wienerwald, and the Corner Deli 23
6. I. CULTURE
7. 3 Internet TV and the Global Flow of Filmed Entertainment 41
8. 4 Piracy, Creativity, and Infrastructure 54
9. 5 Prospects for a Global Networked Cultural Heritage 90
10. 6 The Cultural Exception to Trade Laws 103
11. II. POLITICS AND LAW
12. 7 Weighing the Scales 121
13. 8 Local Nets on a Global Network 139
14. 9 Law as a Network Standard 156
15. III. SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
16. 10 Emerging Market Pharmaceutical Supply 175
17. IV. WAR
18. 11 The Flow of Information in Modern Warfare 193
19. 12 Information Flows in War and Peace 202
20. V. POWER
21. 13 Power over Information Flow 217
22. 14 Information Power 232
23. About the Contributors 247
24. Index 251