PublicAffairs So much of what we read or hear about the Internet points to extremes that have little to do with our actual experience of this new technology. The Control Revolution addresses these questions in a way that everyone will find relevant.
Dissidents use the Net to evade censorship to get their message out.
Cyber-gossips send dispatches to thousands via email. Musicians bypass record companies and put their songs on the world wide web for fans to download directly. Shapiro argues that there is a common thread underlying these developments. It is not just a change in how we compute or communicate. Along the way, The Control Revolution explores electronic commerce, cyberporn and censorship, customized news delivery, online democracy, Microsoft's market power, encryption and law enforcement, copyright in the digital age, virtual communities, Matt Drudge, privacy, and the role of interactive technology in struggles against political tyranny.