Book Description:
In the ever-changing realm of the Internet, lawmakers face a steady stream of new areas potentially requiring regulation and oversight. This book is part of a series exploring the dynamic universe of the 21st century. This volume of the series discusses topics on cybersecurity, innovation and the internet economy; service overlay network use in enabling end-to-end QoS guarantees in the next generation internet; internet governance and the domain name system; state taxation of internet transactions, as well as laws and taxation for "Amazon"; internet policies in China; the application to the internet of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and a statement on the Cable Act at 20. (Imprint: Nova)

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Table of Contents:
Preface
pp. vii

Chapter 1
Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy
(The Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force)
pp. 1-54

Chapter 2
Enabling End-To-End QoS Guarantees in the Next Generation Internet with Service Overlay Networks
(Ngok Lam, Zbigniew Dziong and Lorne G. Mason, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and others)
pp. 55-74

Chapter 3
The Using of and Attitudes Toward Internet and Information and Communication Technologies in Different Age Groups
(Milan Kubiatko, Zuzana Halakova, Tibor Nagy, and Sona Nagyova, Institute for Research in School Education, Faculty of Education,
Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and others)
pp. 75-88

Chapter 4
Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress
(Lennard G. Kruger)
pp. 89-108

Chapter 5
State Taxation of Internet Transactions
(Steven Maguire)
pp. 109-126

Chapter 6
"Amazon" Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis
(Erika K. Lunder and John R. Luckey)
pp. 127-138

Chapter 7
China, Internet Freedom, and U.S. Policy
(Thomas Lum, Patricia Moloney Figliola and Matthew C. Weed)
pp. 139-160

Chapter 8
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Application to the Internet
(James V. DeBergh)
pp. 161-172

Chapter 9
Testimony of Colleen Abdoulah, Chairwoman and CEO, WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone. Hearing on "The Cable Act at 20"
pp. 173-178

Index
pp. 179-188