Law and the Internet

Lilian Edwards is Professor of Internet Law at the University of Sheffield.Charlotte Waelde is a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Edinburgh.

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 expert authors to write about those aspects of internet law which are of special importance in the global regulation of the internet. The book is focused around three principal themes e-commerce, intellectual property (IP), 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 section on IP contains clearer and more comprehensive analysis of the ways in which IP and the internet intersect, including coverage of open source licenses and the IP problems around search engines. The third edition also takes account of all current cases and l

Introduction - GovernanceIP and IT governance and recurrent themes - Antony TaubmanE-Commerce1. E-Contracts - formalities and encryption and substantive law - Christine Riefa2. Content liability and on-line intermediaries - Lilian Edwards3. E-Payments - Andre Guadamuz4. E-jurisdiction - Julia HornlePrivacy and data protection5. Data Protection basics - Lilian Edwards and Rowena Rodrigues6. Data Protection - Cross border aspects - Andrew Charlesworth7. Data Protection, e-commerce and consumers - Lilian Edwards8. Privacy and Surveillance - RIPA, data retention - Judith RauhoferCyber-crime and Internet Security9. A criminological introduction? - Richard Jones10. Pornography and the Internet - Lilian Edwards11. Cyber-crime and security - Lilian Edwards12. Cyber-crime and forensic evidence - Burkhard ShafferIP and the Internet13. Copyright and the Net - Hector MacQueen14. Trademarks and Domain Names - C Wilson15. Protection of computer software - Arne Kolb16. IP Issues for Search Engines - Charlotte Waelde17. Open Source/FLOSS - Andre Guadamuz18. Digital Open Access Issues - Charlotte Waelde19. Competition, IP and the Internet - Abbe Brown21. Media Convergence - Elizabeth Newman