The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Architecture and Public Policy
CIS explores how changes in the architecture of computer networks affect the economic environment for innovation and competition on the Internet, and how the law should react to those changes. This work has lead us to analyze the issue of network neutrality, perhaps the Internet's most debated policy issue, which concerns Internet user's ability to access the content and software of their choice without interference from network providers.
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Network Neutrality - Testimony before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
February 7, 2006
More info about the hearing at U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation website.
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Towards an Economic Framework for Network Neutrality Regulation
The paper develops an economic framework for network neutrality regulation. Network neutrality rules forbid network operators to discriminate against third-party applications, content or portals or to exclude them from their network. Read more about Towards an Economic Framework for Network Neutrality Regulation