"The Internet is in the midst of a kind of 'constitutional crisis,' with contending parties struggling, largely out of public view, for control of the 'root,' the one central point of authority on which the functioning of the Internet depends. It is a complicated story, but Mueller tells it well, demystifying the complex web of technical and policy questions at the very heart of this struggle; anyone interested in whether, and how, the Internet might continue its remarkable growth into the future would be well advised to start here."--David Post, Temple University Law School
Milton L. Mueller is Professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and XS4All Professor at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is the author of Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2002) and other books.
"In Milton L. Mueller's hands, the story of how the Net came to be administered is riveting, illuminating, depressing, and enraging. In effortless, lucid prose Mueller documents and explains precisely how 'Internet governance' has evolved from the enlightened despotism of a technological elite to a tool of special interests intent on protecting and expanding the control of intellectual property online." - Andrew Leonard, Salon"
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