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A Personal History of Internet Policy
by Joseph Reagle, W3C

Table of contents

• A Personal History of Technology Policy
• 1993-1995: First Wave - The Cypherpunk Years
• 1995-1996: The CDA and PICS
• 1997-1999: The Birth and Adolescence of P3P
• 1998-1999: Second Wave - The Rise of Free and Open Source, and P2P
• 1998: Sabbatical
• 1998: Internet Regulation
• 1998: Questions of Governance
• 1998: Real World Governance
• Internet Governance
• Internet Policy Formation (1/2)
• Internet Policy Formation (2/2)
• 1999: An Entangling Patent
• 2000: The Crackdown - Naspter and the DMCA (DeCSS/2600)
• 2002: The Race - Open Source and Standards versus Intellectual Right Monopolies