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Readership: This book is suitable for LLB and LLM students taking a module which is usually called IT law but can be called internet law, e-commerce law, law and the information society or computer law. The book will also be of interest to students of computer science, IT, IS etc.
Andrew Murray, Reader in Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
Part I Information and Society 1.: The world of bits 2.: The network of networks 3.: Digitisation and society Part II Governance in the Information Society 4.: Regulating the digital environment 5.: Digital ownership 6.: Cyber-speech 7.: Defamation Part III Digital Content and Intellectual Property Rights 8.: Intellectual property rights and the information society 9.: Software 10.: Copyright in the digital environment 11.: Databases 12.: Branding and trade marks in the information society Part IV Criminal Activity in the Information Society 13.: Computer misuse 14.: Pornography and obscenity in the information society 15.: Crime and law enforcement in the information society Part V E-Commerce 16.: Electronic contracts 17.: Electronic payments and taxation Part IV Privacy in the Information Society 18.: Data protection 19.: Data and personal privacy Part VII Future Challenges for Information Law 20.: The digital public sphere 21.: Virtual environments 22.: What way next?
