@article{1386576,
      recid = {1386576},
      author = {Biegel, Stuart.},
      title = {Beyond our control? : confronting the limits of our legal  system in the age of cyberspace /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 452 pages)},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {This book provides a framework for thinking about the law  and cyberspace, examining the extent to which the Internet  is currently under control and the extent to which it can  or should be controlled. It focuses in part on the  proliferation of MP3 file sharing, a practice made possible  by the development of a file format that enables users to  store large audio files with near-CD sound quality on a  computer. By 1998, software available for free on the Web  enabled users to copy existing digital files from CDs.  Later technologies such as Napster and Gnutella allowed  users to exchange MP3 files in cyberspace without having to  post anything online. This ability of online users to  download free music caused an uproar among music executives  and many musicians, as well as a range of much-discussed  legal action. Regulation strategies identified and  discussed include legislation, policy changes,  administrative agency activity, international cooperation,  architectural changes, private ordering, and  self-regulation. The book also applies major regulatory  models to some of the most volatile Internet issues,  including cyber-security, consumer fraud, free speech  rights, intellectual property rights, and file-sharing  programs.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386576},
}