How state and federal governments are using existing laws (and creating new ones) to regulate the Internet
The new digital economy can expand into existing markets as well as create new markets. In some cases, online companies have expanded into markets and industries where their older, offline counterparts have been traditionally subject to heavy regulation. This has created a tension between the offline companies and their regulators, on the one hand, and the new online companies, on the other. As a result, regulators are grappling with how to regulate new online companies - if at all. In many cases, governments have responded by seeking to apply existing, "analog" laws and regulations to the online world, with varying degrees of success.
