How US-made rules shape internet governance in China

The United States is shaping Chinese internet governance by embedding US-preferred standards for the protection of intellectual property rights within Chinese platforms. As a result, the China-based Alibaba e-commerce giant has instituted US-drafted rules to deal with the sale of counterfeit goods....

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Vydáno v:Internet policy review Ročník 8; číslo 2; s. 1 - 22
Hlavní autor: Tusikov, Natasha
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Berlin Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 01.06.2019
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China
Intellectual property
Internet governance
Platforms
United States of America
ISSN:2197-6775, 2197-6775
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Shrnutí:The United States is shaping Chinese internet governance by embedding US-preferred standards for the protection of intellectual property rights within Chinese platforms. As a result, the China-based Alibaba e-commerce giant has instituted US-drafted rules to deal with the sale of counterfeit goods. To explain this development, the article introduces the concept of compliance-plus regulation, which draws from regulatory theory and socio-legal studies to account for the state coercively pressuring one set of private actors (platforms) to regulate "voluntarily" on behalf of another set of private actors (rights holders). Drawing upon an analysis of documents from the US government, US industry, and Alibaba, the article finds that while economic pressure on Alibaba was a central factor, there are also common economic interests between Alibaba and US and European rights holders.
ISSN:2197-6775
2197-6775
DOI:10.14763/2019.2.1408