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Summary
Summary
This is the third edition of a successful book which offers students and practitioners an up-to-date overview of developments in Internet law and practice. The editors have once again assembled a team of specialist authors to write about those aspects of Internet law which are of special importance in the global regulation of the Internet and focussed around three principal themes- e-commerce, intellectual property, and privacy, data protection and cyber-crime with, in addition a major contribution on Internet Governance. This edition incorporates for the first time areas such as data protection, privacy and electronic surveillance, cyber crime and cyber security, jurisdiction and dispute resolution online. The sectionon IP contains clear and comprehensive analysis of the many and varied ways in which IP and the internet intersect including open source licenses and the IP problems around search engines. The new edition also takes account of all current cases and legislation, including the draft revised EC Telecoms Package and the Audio Visual Media Services Directive.
This book will be essential reading for students, teachers and practitioners interested in Internet law and practice as well as technologists and social scientists.
'The book is easy to read, and...has been well edited...and flows smoothly through the various topics. ...the book provides a worthwhile overview of this developing area of law throughout the world.'
Peter Walsh, International Trade Law Annual
'a thorough and stimulating survey. ...a good introduction for lawyers and students approaching Internet and e-commerce law for the first time, and a useful course text.'
Brian Hutchinson, The Irish Jurist
Author Notes
Lilian Edwards is Professor of Internet Law at the University of Sheffield.
Charlottle Waelde is a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Edinburgh.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition | p. vii |
List of Contributors | p. xii |
Table of Cases | p. xv |
Table of Legal Instruments | p. xxvii |
Part I Introduction: Governance | p. 1 |
International Governance and the Internet | p. 3 |
Part II Electronic Commerce | p. 45 |
1 The Fall and Rise of Intermediary Liability Online | p. 47 |
2 The Changing Face of Electronic Consumer Contracts in the Twenty-first Century: Fit for Purpose? | p. 89 |
3 The Jurisdictional Challenge of the Internet | p. 121 |
4 EC Regulation of Audio-visual Content on the Internet | p. 159 |
Part III Intellectual Property | p. 181 |
5 'Appropriate for the Digital Age'? Copyright and the Internet: 1. Scope of Copyright | p. 183 |
6 'Appropriate for the Digital Age'? Copyright and the Internet: 2. Exceptions and Licensing | p. 203 |
7 Search Engines and Copyright: Shaping Information Markets | p. 227 |
8 Search Engines, Keyword Advertising and Trade Marks: Fair Innovation or Free Riding? | p. 267 |
9 Domain Names and Trade Marks: An Uncomfortable Interrelationship | p. 311 |
10 Protection of Computer Software | p. 335 |
11 Free and Open-Source Software | p. 361 |
12 Scholarly Communications and New Technologies: The Role of Copyright in the Open Access Movement | p. 395 |
13 Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet | p. 417 |
Part IV Privacy, Data Protection and Cybercrime | p. 441 |
14 Privacy and Data Protection Online: The Laws Don't Work? | p. 443 |
15 Consumer Privacy Law 1: Online Direct Marketing | p. 489 |
16 Consumer Privacy Law 2: Data Collection, Profiling and Targeting | p. 511 |
17 Privacy and Surveillance: Legal and Socioeconomic Aspects of State Instrusion into Electronic Communications | p. 545 |
18 The Retention of Communications Data in Europe and the UK | p. 575 |
19 Cybercrime and Internet Security: A Criminological Introduction | p. 601 |
20 Pornography, Censorship and the Internet | p. 623 |
21 Information Security and Cybercrime | p. 671 |
Index | p. 693 |