Christopher T. Marsden 
Network neutrality 
From policy to law to regulation

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) open access license. Net neutrality is the most contested Internet access policy of our time. This book offers an in-depth explanation of the concept, addressing its history since 1999, its engineering, the policy challenges it represents and its legislation and regulation. Various case studies are presented, including Specialized Services and Content Delivery Networks for video over the Internet, and the book goes on to examine the future of net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and developing countries, as well as offering co-regulatory solutions based on FRAND and non-exclusivity. It will be a must-read for researchers and advocates in the net neutrality debate, as well as those interested in the context of communications regulation, law and economic regulation, human rights discourse and policy, and the impact of science and engineering on policy and governance.

Table of Content

Introduction: neutrality, discrimination and common carriage 1. A brief history of net neutrality law 2. The limits of competition law and communications regulation 3. Noam’s Ark and the Zettaflood: towards specialized services? 4. European Open Internet regulation 5. Three wise monkeys of net neutrality: privacy, liability and interception 6. Open Internet self-regulation in the UK 7. Implementing mobile net neutrality 8. Net neutrality postponed Index

About the author

Christopher T. Marsden is Professor of Internet Law at the University of Sussex