I think these publications approach the topic really well: This is one _the_ standard works about the history of the Internet:
Abbate, Janet. 1999. Inventing the Internet. Inside Technology. Cambridge, MA etc: The MIT Press. This is a paper from Abbate specifically on privatization: ———. 2010. “Privatizing the Internet: Competing Visions and Chaotic Events, 1987–1995.” IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 32 (1). This paper also has a real matter of fact description, that is very well informed: Frischmann, Brett. 2001. “Privatization and Commercialization of the Internet Infrastructure.” Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 2: 1–25. This book is a page turner that demystifies the relation between business, civil society and the military, and their interrelation, in the invention of the Internet: Turner, Fred. 2006. From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. And there is even an RFC on the topic: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1192 Hope this helps. Niels PS Am currently writing my PhD on this topic, so feel free to hit me up if you would like me to proof-read or anything! On 9/25/19 10:30 AM, Christian Payne wrote: > And this.. > https://a16z.com/2019/08/29/internet-past-crypto-future-crypto-regulatory-summit/ > > _______________________ > *Sent while mobile* > *Christian Payne* > *Newsletter <http://documentally.com/newsletter>* > > > On 25 Sep 2019, at 00:46, Doug Schuler <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> >> For an article I'm writing I'd like to know what are the best references to >> the decision-making that took place in transitioning the internet to private >> industry in the early 1990's (or point me in the right direction). You can >> share this with me personally or with the list. I'll be happy to share what >> I find with this list. Thanks!! >> >> — Doug >> >> >> >> -- >> Douglas Schuler >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Twitter: @doug_schuler >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Public Sphere Project >> http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ >> >> Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good >> _ http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce_ >> >> Creating the World Citizen Parliament >> >> http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament >> >> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution >> (project) >> http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv >> <http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/> >> >> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) >> >> http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601 >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial >> search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest >> mode, or change password by emailing [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. > -- Niels ten Oever Researcher and PhD Candidate Datactive Research Group University of Amsterdam PGP fingerprint 2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3 -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
