Architecture and regulation

• What is the Internet's architecture?

• • Traditionally: decentralised, open, egalitarian, anonymous

• Does the architecture of the Internet facilitate regulation (or governance)?

• • Sometimes: well suited to commerce and communication
  • But: bad at IPR protection (information wants to be free!)
  • However, per Lessig, (some) architecture can be changed

• Try sorting the cases on the first slide

• Is such regulation also democratic?