45: Internet (A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects)
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Zittrain, Jonathan. 2019. 45: Internet. In A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects, eds. Claudy Op den Kamp and Dan Hunter, 369-375. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.Abstract
In a book chartered to demonstrate intellectual property in objects, what concrete thing can represent the Internet, a phenomenon that exists only as a well-elaborated idea? Perhaps the best physical representation of the genius of the Internet—and in particular, “Internet Protocol”—is found in an hourglass.Terms of Use
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