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Protocol Politics The Globalization of Internet Governance Laura DeNardis The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2009 Laura DeNardis All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email special_sales@ . This book was set in Stone Sans and Stone Serif by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data DeNardis, Laura, 1966– Protocol politics : the globalization of Internet governance / Laura DeNardis. p. cm.—(Information revolution and global politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-04257-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Internet governance. 2. Tele- communication—International cooperation. I. Title. TK5105.8854.D46 2009 384.3′3–dc22 2008044249 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Scarcity and Internet Governance Will we shoot virtually at each other over the Internet? Probably not. On the other hand, there may be wars fought about the Internet.1 —Vinton Cerf The Internet is approaching a critical point. The world is running out of Internet addresses. A tacit assumption of the twenty-fi rst century is that sustained Internet growth will accompany the contemporary forces of economic and technological globalization. The ongoing global spread of culture and ideas on the Internet is expected to promote economic oppor- tunity, human fl ourishing, and the ongoing decentralization of innovation and information produc