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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Panellist Barbara van Schewick explains that fundamentally, network fees will lead to a system wherein some companies, which offer popular services, will be charged, while others may be excluded from such levy. A differential treatment among companies based on the services they provide will further lead to “economic discrimination”.
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Network Fees Could Splinter The Internet: Stanford Law Professor Barbara Van Schewick Responds To TRAI’s Consultation On OTT Regulation
Van Schewick is a professor of law at Stanford Law School. Her submission to TRAI focused on pointing out how network usage fees violate the principles of net neutrality. Read more about Network Fees Could Splinter The Internet: Stanford Law Professor Barbara Van Schewick Responds To TRAI’s Consultation On OTT Regulation
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Yes, Network Fees Violate Net Neutrality
Barbara van Schewick, a leading expert on net neutrality, a professor at Stanford Law School, and the director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet Society has joined with other luminaries of the free and open internet to second this opinion. In her latest article, Professor van Schewick also points out that the European Court of Justice has been clear on the interpretation of the Open Internet Regulation. In four different rulings between 2020 and 2021, the ECJ considered that treating traffic differently economically constituted a Net Neutrality violation. Read more about Yes, Network Fees Violate Net Neutrality
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Telecoms Detail Their Dumb Plan To Force Tech Giants To Pay Them Billions For No Reason
Stanford net neutrality expert Barbara van Schewick dropped a statement in my inbox pointing to a broader blog post on the proposal, noting that this was, once again, telecoms attempting to get paid twice for the same service: Read more about Telecoms Detail Their Dumb Plan To Force Tech Giants To Pay Them Billions For No Reason