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Title:
Law and the Internet / edited by Lilian Edwards and Charlotte Waelde.
Author:
Edwards, Lilian.

Waelde, Charlotte.
Publication Information:
Oxford [England] ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2009.
Call Number:
KD667.C65 L39 2009
Abstract:
This new edition of 'Law and the Internet' concentrates on the burgeoning area of electronic commerce. The issues are grouped into three mains areas, and within these sections each author analyses the underlying principles governing the law.
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9781841138152
Physical Description:
il, 713 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
International governance and the Internet / The fall and rise of intermediary liability online / The changing face of electronic consumer contracts in the twenty-first century : fit for purpose? / The jurisdictional challenge of the Internet / EC regulation of audio-visual content on the Internet / 'Appropriate for the digital age?' : Copyright and the Internet : 1. Scope of copyright / 'Appropriate for the digital age'? Copyright and the Internet : 2. Exceptions and licensing / Search engines and copyright : shaping information markets / Search engines, keyword advertising and trade marks : fair innovation or free riding? / Domain names and trade marks : an uncomfortable interrelationship / Protection of computer software / Free and open-source software / Scholarly communications and new technologies : the role of copyright in the open access movement / Intellectual property, competition and the Internet / Privacy and data protection online : the laws don't work? / Consumer privacy law 1 : online direct marketing / Consumer privacy law 2 : data collection, profiling and targeting / Privacy and surveillance : legal and socioeconomic aspects of state intrusion into electronic communications / The retention of communications data in Europe and the UK / Cybercrime and Internet security : a criminological introduction / Pornography, censorship and the Internet / Information security and cybercrime
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