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.

• Introduction - Governance IP and IT governance and recurrent themes - Antony Taubman E-Commerce 1.E-Contracts - formalities and encryption and substantive law - Christine Riefa 2.Content liability and on-line intermediaries - Lilian Edwards 3.E-Payments - Andre Guadamuz 4.E-jurisdiction - Julia Hornle Privacy and data protection 5.Data Protection basics - Lilian Edwards and Rowena Rodrigues 6.Data Protection - Cross border aspects - Andrew Charlesworth 7.Data Protection, e-commerce and consumers - Lilian Edwards 8.Privacy and Surveillance - RIPA, data retention - Judith Rauhofer Cyber-crime and Internet Security 9.A criminological introduction? - Richard Jones 10.Pornography and the Internet - Lilian Edwards 11.Cyber-crime and security - Lilian Edwards 12.Cyber-crime and forensic evidence - Burkhard Shaffer IP and the Internet 13.Copyright and the Net - Hector MacQueen 14.Trademarks and Domain Names - C Wilson 15.Protection of computer software - Arne Kolb 16.IP Issues for Search Engines - Charlotte Waelde 17.Open Source/FLOSS - Andre Guadamuz 18.Digital Open Access Issues - Charlotte Waelde 19.Competition, IP and the Internet - Abbe Brown 21.Media Convergence - Elizabeth Newman

Written by an impressive list of expert contributors, this will be a very valuable resource for practitioners working in the field as well as teachers and students. Michael Benge, IPIT & Communications PLC magazine Volume XX Number 11, December 2009 ...this third edition is a welcome update to a dynamic and complex area of law...After a preface, the book is divided into 4 parts: Governance, Electronic Commerce, Intellectual Property and Privacy, Data Protection and Cybercrime. The beauty of this structure is that it is very easy for readers to zoom in on the area they are interested in, as readers are presented with a choice of essays within each part. One of the features that this writer found particularly helpful was the very comprehensive index...It would make a worthy course text and would also be useful reading for anyone interested in internet law, including lawyers, technologists and social scientists. Sneha Balakrishnan Copyright Reporter Volume 27 No 4, December 2009 Law and the Internet is the Las Vegas five-star buffet of internet law. The dishes are fresh ... well-prepared and of high quality ... all hungry readers will find that ... they will come away with a personal selection which will satisfy them well. Andrew Katz International Free and Open Source Software Law Review Volume 1. Issue 2 There should be something here to please every aspiring aficionado of Internet law... the exposes are consistent in approach, and reader-friendly and controversial in tone. The discussion does not feel rushed which should make it pleasant reading for everyone Uta Kohl International Journal of Law and Information Technology Volume 18, Number 2 This new edition of Law and the Internet, a favourite of mine as a student, is ... warmly welcomed. Those investing time into the text will ... find their efforts hugely rewarded: the sheer quality of the articles, and the substantial footnotes, make it essential reading for any self-respecting internet lawyer. Lawyers interested or practising in this area of the law will find Law and the Internet an invaluable collection of articles on the latest hot topics. ...it will continue to be a favourite of students and practitioners for years to come. Student Law Journal 30th Sept 2010 There are thought-provoking essays within the chapters that repay careful study. Altogether this is a very useful book. Susan Singleton Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Issue 7, 2010 The editors have succeeded in again crafting connections between individual contributions... the reader will dip in and out of this book using it as a specialist reference tool where necessary. Essential further reading to develop a greater insight into the subjects covered. Andrew Murray Edinburgh Law Review Volume 14, 2010

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.

• Introduction - Governance IP and IT governance and recurrent themes - Antony Taubman E-Commerce 1.E-Contracts - formalities and encryption and substantive law - Christine Riefa 2.Content liability and on-line intermediaries - Lilian Edwards 3.E-Payments - Andre Guadamuz 4.E-jurisdiction - Julia Hornle Privacy and data protection 5.Data Protection basics - Lilian Edwards and Rowena Rodrigues 6.Data Protection - Cross border aspects - Andrew Charlesworth 7.Data Protection, e-commerce and consumers - Lilian Edwards 8.Privacy and Surveillance - RIPA, data retention - Judith Rauhofer Cyber-crime and Internet Security 9.A criminological introduction? - Richard Jones 10.Pornography and the Internet - Lilian Edwards 11.Cyber-crime and security - Lilian Edwards 12.Cyber-crime and forensic evidence - Burkhard Shaffer IP and the Internet 13.Copyright and the Net - Hector MacQueen 14.Trademarks and Domain Names - C Wilson 15.Protection of computer software - Arne Kolb 16.IP Issues for Search Engines - Charlotte Waelde 17.Open Source/FLOSS - Andre Guadamuz 18.Digital Open Access Issues - Charlotte Waelde 19.Competition, IP and the Internet - Abbe Brown 21.Media Convergence - Elizabeth Newman

Written by an impressive list of expert contributors, this will be a very valuable resource for practitioners working in the field as well as teachers and students. Michael Benge, IPIT & Communications PLC magazine Volume XX Number 11, December 2009 ...this third edition is a welcome update to a dynamic and complex area of law...After a preface, the book is divided into 4 parts: Governance, Electronic Commerce, Intellectual Property and Privacy, Data Protection and Cybercrime. The beauty of this structure is that it is very easy for readers to zoom in on the area they are interested in, as readers are presented with a choice of essays within each part. One of the features that this writer found particularly helpful was the very comprehensive index...It would make a worthy course text and would also be useful reading for anyone interested in internet law, including lawyers, technologists and social scientists. Sneha Balakrishnan Copyright Reporter Volume 27 No 4, December 2009 Law and the Internet is the Las Vegas five-star buffet of internet law. The dishes are fresh ... well-prepared and of high quality ... all hungry readers will find that ... they will come away with a personal selection which will satisfy them well. Andrew Katz International Free and Open Source Software Law Review Volume 1. Issue 2 There should be something here to please every aspiring aficionado of Internet law... the exposes are consistent in approach, and reader-friendly and controversial in tone. The discussion does not feel rushed which should make it pleasant reading for everyone Uta Kohl International Journal of Law and Information Technology Volume 18, Number 2 This new edition of Law and the Internet, a favourite of mine as a student, is ... warmly welcomed. Those investing time into the text will ... find their efforts hugely rewarded: the sheer quality of the articles, and the substantial footnotes, make it essential reading for any self-respecting internet lawyer. Lawyers interested or practising in this area of the law will find Law and the Internet an invaluable collection of articles on the latest hot topics. ...it will continue to be a favourite of students and practitioners for years to come. Student Law Journal 30th Sept 2010 There are thought-provoking essays within the chapters that repay careful study. Altogether this is a very useful book. Susan Singleton Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Issue 7, 2010 The editors have succeeded in again crafting connections between individual contributions... the reader will dip in and out of this book using it as a specialist reference tool where necessary. Essential further reading to develop a greater insight into the subjects covered. Andrew Murray Edinburgh Law Review Volume 14, 2010

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.

• Introduction - Governance IP and IT governance and recurrent themes - Antony Taubman E-Commerce 1.E-Contracts - formalities and encryption and substantive law - Christine Riefa 2.Content liability and on-line intermediaries - Lilian Edwards 3.E-Payments - Andre Guadamuz 4.E-jurisdiction - Julia Hornle Privacy and data protection 5.Data Protection basics - Lilian Edwards and Rowena Rodrigues 6.Data Protection - Cross border aspects - Andrew Charlesworth 7.Data Protection, e-commerce and consumers - Lilian Edwards 8.Privacy and Surveillance - RIPA, data retention - Judith Rauhofer Cyber-crime and Internet Security 9.A criminological introduction? - Richard Jones 10.Pornography and the Internet - Lilian Edwards 11.Cyber-crime and security - Lilian Edwards 12.Cyber-crime and forensic evidence - Burkhard Shaffer IP and the Internet 13.Copyright and the Net - Hector MacQueen 14.Trademarks and Domain Names - C Wilson 15.Protection of computer software - Arne Kolb 16.IP Issues for Search Engines - Charlotte Waelde 17.Open Source/FLOSS - Andre Guadamuz 18.Digital Open Access Issues - Charlotte Waelde 19.Competition, IP and the Internet - Abbe Brown 21.Media Convergence - Elizabeth Newman

Written by an impressive list of expert contributors, this will be a very valuable resource for practitioners working in the field as well as teachers and students. Michael Benge, IPIT & Communications PLC magazine Volume XX Number 11, December 2009 ...this third edition is a welcome update to a dynamic and complex area of law...After a preface, the book is divided into 4 parts: Governance, Electronic Commerce, Intellectual Property and Privacy, Data Protection and Cybercrime. The beauty of this structure is that it is very easy for readers to zoom in on the area they are interested in, as readers are presented with a choice of essays within each part. One of the features that this writer found particularly helpful was the very comprehensive index...It would make a worthy course text and would also be useful reading for anyone interested in internet law, including lawyers, technologists and social scientists. Sneha Balakrishnan Copyright Reporter Volume 27 No 4, December 2009 Law and the Internet is the Las Vegas five-star buffet of internet law. The dishes are fresh ... well-prepared and of high quality ... all hungry readers will find that ... they will come away with a personal selection which will satisfy them well. Andrew Katz International Free and Open Source Software Law Review Volume 1. Issue 2 There should be something here to please every aspiring aficionado of Internet law... the exposes are consistent in approach, and reader-friendly and controversial in tone. The discussion does not feel rushed which should make it pleasant reading for everyone Uta Kohl International Journal of Law and Information Technology Volume 18, Number 2 This new edition of Law and the Internet, a favourite of mine as a student, is ... warmly welcomed. Those investing time into the text will ... find their efforts hugely rewarded: the sheer quality of the articles, and the substantial footnotes, make it essential reading for any self-respecting internet lawyer. Lawyers interested or practising in this area of the law will find Law and the Internet an invaluable collection of articles on the latest hot topics. ...it will continue to be a favourite of students and practitioners for years to come. Student Law Journal 30th Sept 2010 There are thought-provoking essays within the chapters that repay careful study. Altogether this is a very useful book. Susan Singleton Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Issue 7, 2010 The editors have succeeded in again crafting connections between individual contributions... the reader will dip in and out of this book using it as a specialist reference tool where necessary. Essential further reading to develop a greater insight into the subjects covered. Andrew Murray Edinburgh Law Review Volume 14, 2010