The Last Great Read of Summer

A couple of weeks ago, in "Summer Reading for Wonks," I suggested that for your summer reading pleasure you might want to try the Free State Foundation's #CommActUpdate – A Communications Law Fit for the Digital Age or The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property – A Natural Rights Perspective. This instead of Daniel Silva's latest or James Patterson's (even with Bill Clinton as co-author). Well, sadly, now there may be time for only one last great read of summer – and I have just the book for you, especially if you are a law and policy wonk. The Free State Foundation has just published A Reader on Net Neutrality and Restoring Internet Freedom.

In the context of offering a convincing defense of the adoption of the FCC’s December 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order, this volume provides a wealth of information and key insights into the long-running debate surrounding “net neutrality” regulation. The selected writings in this Reader, most of which were previously published as Perspectives from FSF Scholars or FSF blogs, explore both legal and policy rationales that support the FCC’s action. I understand that there are those with differing views, and I respect them. But this book, a collection of papers put together by my colleague Seth Cooper and me, explains why, in our view, the FCC’s pro-consumer, pro-investment, and pro-innovation approach to regulation of Internet service providers adopted in the Restoring Internet Freedom Ordershould be preserved. In addition to the contributions from the Free State Foundation's in-house scholars, there are contributions in the book from the following members of FSF's Board of Academic Advisors: Tim Brennan, Robert Crandall, Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, Daniel Lyons, James Prieger, Dennis Weisman, and Joshua Wright. And there is an easily digestible Introduction that puts the net neutrality debate in a proper historical context, provides the necessary background for understanding all sides of the controversy, and points to the way forward towards resolution. A Reader on Net Neutrality and Restoring Internet Freedom is available from Amazon here in paperback for $9.95 or for your Kindle here for $2.99. And it is available here from Apple and other booksellers in various e-book formats for $2.99 or less. You'll recall that the Erasmus of Rotterdam, the great scholar of the northern Renaissance, once said: “When I get a little money I buy books; if any is left over, I buy food or clothes.” I don't want to be accused of suggesting that anyone go hungry or unclothed...but hopefully at those low prices, you can buy the book and enjoy a good meal too. With summer rapidly slipping away, here's hoping you indulge in one last great summer read -- A Reader on Net Neutrality and Restoring Internet Freedom.  #NetNeutralityReader