IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations

Since the last edition of the book was published, there have been a number of important developments in the telecommunications industry.

Although over 100 countries have developed data privacy laws, there is a lack of expert guidance on these laws.

Although over 100 countries have developed data privacy laws, there is a lack of expert guidance on these laws.

Mass digitization of texts, images, and other creative works promises to unprecedentedly enhance access to culture and knowledge.

Mass digitization of texts, images, and other creative works promises to unprecedentedly enhance access to culture and knowledge.

This book examines the disclosure and withholding of all forms of confidential information handled by professionals.

This book examines the disclosure and withholding of all forms of confidential information handled by professionals.

The digital era shows an unprecedented worldwide flow of data within multinational companies and their external service providers.

The digital era shows an unprecedented worldwide flow of data within multinational companies and their external service providers.

Providing a scholarly analysis of how to govern and make the right kinds of laws for cyberspace, in this work, Professor Reed investigates the vast majority of cyberspace users who wish to act lawfully and asks whether the current state of law in cyberspace makes it possible for them to do so.

Providing a scholarly analysis of how to govern and make the right kinds of laws for cyberspace, in this work, Professor Reed investigates the vast majority of cyberspace users who wish to act lawfully and asks whether the current state of law in cyberspace makes it possible for them to do so.

This book presents a transnational and transsystemic perspective on the role of contract in Internet Governance, and considers parameters for assessing the utility and legitimacy of contracts in this context.

This book presents a transnational and transsystemic perspective on the role of contract in Internet Governance, and considers parameters for assessing the utility and legitimacy of contracts in this context.

In this much anticipated sequel to the legal bestseller, The Future of Law, Susskind lays down a challenge to all lawyers to ask themselves, with their hands on their hearts, what elements of their current workload could be undertaken differently - more quickly, cheaply, efficiently, or to a higher quality - using alternative methods of working.

Internet intermediaries play a central role in modern commerce and society.

Internet intermediaries play a central role in modern commerce and society.

Nearly two decades after the EU first enacted data protection rules, key questions about the nature and scope of this EU policy, and the harms it seeks to prevent, remain unanswered.

Although the law on infringement is relatively straightforward in relation to thecopying of literal and textual elements of software, it is the copying of non-literaland functional elements that poses complex and topical questions in the contextof intellectual property (IP) protection.

Although the law on infringement is relatively straightforward in relation to thecopying of literal and textual elements of software, it is the copying of non-literaland functional elements that poses complex and topical questions in the contextof intellectual property (IP) protection.

The new edition of this acclaimed book gives a fully updated overview of European data protection law affecting companies, incorporating the important legal developments which have taken place since the last edition was published.

Cloud computing continues to expand dramatically and the 'as a Service' model is now both mainstream and ubiquitous.

Cloud computing continues to expand dramatically and the 'as a Service' model is now both mainstream and ubiquitous.

Cybercrime and cybersecurity are of increasingly high profile not only within law enforcement but among policy makers, legal professionals and the general public.

Cybercrime and cybersecurity are of increasingly high profile not only within law enforcement but among policy makers, legal professionals and the general public.

An established authority in the field, this is the core reference work for practitioners on electronic communications in the European Union.

This edition is fully updated to reflect the Digital Economy Act 2010 and changes to consumer protection law at EU level including the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.

A detailed argument of how our government has interfered in the direction of America's media landscape that traces major transformations in media since the printing press and charts a path for reform.

A detailed argument of how our government has interfered in the direction of America's media landscape that traces major transformations in media since the printing press and charts a path for reform.

A much-needed corrective on what privacy is, why it matters, and how we can protect in an age when so many believe that the concept is dead.

A much-needed corrective on what privacy is, why it matters, and how we can protect in an age when so many believe that the concept is dead.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

The scope of criminal justice surveillance has expanded rapidly in recent decades.

The scope of criminal justice surveillance has expanded rapidly in recent decades.

Stefan Larsson's Conceptions in the Code makes a significant contribution to sociolegal analysis, representing a valuable contribution to conceptual metaphor theory.

Stefan Larsson's Conceptions in the Code makes a significant contribution to sociolegal analysis, representing a valuable contribution to conceptual metaphor theory.

A look inside the weaponization of social media, and an innovative proposal for protecting Western democracies from information warfare.

Improving access to justice has been an ongoing process, and on-demand justice should be a natural part of our increasingly on-demand society.

Improving access to justice has been an ongoing process, and on-demand justice should be a natural part of our increasingly on-demand society.

A work of ambitious interdisciplinary scholarship that explores the ways that law and technology interact.

China's emergence as a great power in the twenty-first century is strongly enabled by cyberspace.

China's emergence as a great power in the twenty-first century is strongly enabled by cyberspace.

Cryptoassets represent one of the most high profile financial products in the world, and fastest growing financial products in history.

Cryptoassets represent one of the most high profile financial products in the world, and fastest growing financial products in history.

Blockbuster lawsuits, artificial intelligence, backroom deals, millions in lobbying dollars and grand Silicon Valley idealism - the story of Google and copyright law is action-packed.

Blockbuster lawsuits, artificial intelligence, backroom deals, millions in lobbying dollars and grand Silicon Valley idealism - the story of Google and copyright law is action-packed.

This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of a general attempt to place current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches.

This volume tackles a quickly-evolving field of inquiry, mapping the existing discourse as part of a general attempt to place current developments in historical context; at the same time, breaking new ground in taking on novel subjects and pursuing fresh approaches.