Law and Internet Cultures or Social Responsibility in the Global Market

Law and Internet Cultures

Author: Kathy Bowrey

This book is about the Internet and the technological and cultural baggage that accompanies it and affects its regulation. It considers the ways decisions about Internet technologies are made; ideas behind global trade and innovation; power of engineers and programmers; influence of multinationals; and questions about global marketing and consumer choice. Although the volume draws upon current debates from globalization, communications and socio-legal theory, it will be comprehensible to a general audience interested in issues associated with technology and innovation.

Table of Contents:

1	Defining Internet law	1
2	Defining Internet cultures	23
3	Universal standards and the end of the universe : the IETF, global governance and patents	47
4	Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds	81
5	In a world without fences who needs Gates?	101
6	Telling tales : digital piracy and the law	137
7	Participate/comply/resist	171

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Social Responsibility in the Global Market: Fair Trade of Cultural Products

Author: Mary Ann Littrell

"This book unfolds rather like a good novel; it is compelling and convincing. The authors approach their topic with a great deal of background and superb organizational abilities. As the premise unwinds, readers are provided with excellent explanation and justification, as well as real-life accounts of people and their experiences. As a side benefit, the book also yields an admirable example of well-done qualitative case studies that are triangulated effectively with survey methods." --Sara U. Douglas, University of Illinois Social Responsibility in the Global Market illuminates an alternative way of conducting business that bridges the consumer's social concerns and the producer's financial concern through a compatible, nonexploitive, and humanizing system of fair trade. In-depth case studies introduce past successes and failures for seven Alternative Trading Organizations (ATOs) as they foster artisan empowerment, cultural integrity, and business sustainability. An integrative model synthesizes business conditions, tasks, and skills imperative for effective functioning of a fair trade system in an increasingly competitive global market. Mary Ann Littrell and Marsha Ann Dickson's treatment of ATOs provides useful insights for academics in marketing, international development, entrepreneurship, and anthropology. In addition, this book offers practical finance for practitioners in international development, socially responsible businesses, and consumers concerned about impacts of their marketplace decisions.

Booknews

Littrell (textiles and clothing, Iowa State U.) and Dickson (consumer and textile sciences, Ohio State U.) use in-depth case studies to explore an alternative way to do business that is both profitable and nonexploitive. The case studies examine the histories of seven Alternative Trade Organizations (ATOs), evaluating their successes and failures as they have tried to foster artisan empowerment, cultural integrity, and business sustainability. Their model for successful ATOs synthesizes business conditions, tasks, and skills required for an effective fair trade system, particularly in light of the increasingly global markets. The book also provides practical financial advice for practitioners in international development, socially responsible businesses, and consumers who want to make informed marketplace decisions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)