Internet Law

The Internet - Making a difererence?

by Steve Hedley

The early days of Internet Law paid huge attention to the status of the subject, and to the question of the difference... more The early days of Internet Law paid huge attention to the status of the subject, and to the question of the difference between on-line and off-line worlds. Did the same laws which apply off-line also apply in “cyberspace”? How connected is the virtual world to the real world, and can the governments which so effectively assert control over the latter do the same for the former? If they do, should we rejoice at the extension of the rule of law to another realm, or should we mourn lost freedoms?  Should we be looking for analogies between on-line and off-line activities, or insisting on the distinctiveness of the virtual? And where does all of this leave the claim that there is such a thing as “Internet Law”?

Comunicazioni elettroniche: I limiti al controllo della Rete nel Diritto dell'Unione europea

by Manuel David Masseno

Seminário no Programa de Doutoramento "Comparazione e diritti della persona", na Università degli Studi di Salerno, Itália. 09/05/2012

Review : Quand Google Défie Le Droit - Alain Strowel (2011)

by Maxime Lambrecht

Auteurs & Media, 6/2011, p. 605

Dans son dernier livre, Alain Strowel analyse les enjeux juridiques autour des services en ligne proposés par Google.... more Dans son dernier livre, Alain Strowel analyse les enjeux juridiques autour des services en ligne proposés par Google. La thèse principale du livre est que lorsqu'un acteur aussi incoutournable que Google défie le droit, il participe à l'écriture du droit de l'Internet. Les innovations introduites par le géant américain ont souvent suscité d'intéressants développements dans la jurisprudence, qui servent de fil rouge au propos de l'auteur.

Après avoir résumé les principaux chapitres, nous ferons un commentaire critique sur un ouvrage couvrant de manière pédagogique et stimulante une large palette de thématiques du régime juridique des droits intellectuels dans l'environnement numérique.

Data protection ed attività di impresa. Verso dove guardano gli USA?

by alessandro mantelero

published in Diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica, 2011, pp. 457-476

keywords: diritto comparato - dati personali - Stati Uniti [comparative law - data protection - U.S.]
more keywords: diritto comparato - dati personali - Stati Uniti [comparative law - data protection - U.S.]

abstract: il saggio esamina le recenti tendenze emerse nel dibattito istituzionale statunitense in merito alla regolamentazione della protezione dei dati personali  [The paper analyzes from a comparative perspective the recent reform proposals emerged in the U.S. debate about the regulation of the protection of personal data]

Observatory on ICT Law: new rules and technical solutions concerning cookies and other device to profile internet users

by alessandro mantelero

published in "Contratto e Impresa Europa", 2011, pp. 787 ss.

keywords: diritto comunitario - dati personali - profilazione [European Union law - data protection - profiling]more keywords: diritto comunitario - dati personali - profilazione [European Union law - data protection - profiling]

abstract: a partire dalle recenti soluzioni tecniche volte a limitare la profilazione on-line (funzione Do Not Track dei browser), l'autore si sofferma sull'attuazione della direttiva 2009/136/EC, anche nota come "cookie law" [Taking into consideration the recent privacy enhancing technology (Do Not Track technology), the paper analyzes the EU legislation concerning cookies and other device to profile internet users (Directive 2009/136/EC)].

Masters of Big Data: Concentration of Power Over Digital Information

by alessandro mantelero

Working paper, 2012

In our society, information has assumed a fundamental role in every decisional and social process. Governments and big... more In our society, information has assumed a fundamental role in every decisional and social process. Governments and big private companies collect huge amounts of data that represent a strategic and economically relevant asset. The predictive relevance of big data management and the global dimension of this phenomenon has led us to reflect on the nature and the dynamics of a centralized power held by only a few subjects. The increasing power that derives from big data necessitates the adoption of adequate remedies to control and limit the information asymmetries and their consequences in terms of economic advantages and social control. From this perspective it is important to adopt adequate measures to control those who have this power, in order to limit possible abuse and illegitimate advantages, and, at the same time, to increase access to information, in order to spread informational power.

FLYER: THE CYBERCRIME HANDBOOK

by Art Bowker

In the early 1990s, professionals began to question how to address offender computer use while on supervision, but in... more In the early 1990s, professionals began to question how to address offender computer use while on supervision, but in the past ten years, tools emerged that were specifically developed
for triage and field forensics. As these were rapidly embraced, it was still unclear what professionals could look for, how to look for it, and how to interpret what they found. This unique book resolves those issues. The book provides a clear outline of what can and should be done regarding the management of offender computer use. Not only does the text help community
corrections professionals understand how to monitor computer use, but it helps realize how information gained during monitoring can assist in overall case management. The book takes the reader through all the paces of managing offender cyber-risk
and is meant specifically for pretrial, probation, parole, and community sanction officers. The chapters are organized by major areas, such as community corrections and cyberspace, understanding the options, condition legality, operational legality,
accessing cyber-risk, computer education, principles of effective computer monitoring, search and seizure, deploying monitoring software, and online investigations. Additionally, numerous appendices provide a wealth of information regarding model forms, questionnaires, and worksheets. This book moves the reader toward a more informed use of the technology that is now readily available to effectively manage offenders' digital behavior.

Principle of proportionality and licensing of the internet

by Bronislav Totskyi

Published in "Development of international and national law in modern times: international scientific-practical conference, devoted to the 20 year anniversary of Higher school of social technologies. // Collection of the abstracts. – Riga: Socialo tehnologiju augustskola, 2011 – pp.22-23"

Little abstract about possibility of licensing of internet. I try to model this situation and imagine in what... more Little abstract about possibility of licensing of internet. I try to model this situation and imagine in what situations it could be proportional.

fighting nazi and anti-semitic material on the internet: the yahoo! case and its global implications

by Benoit Frydman

with Isabelle Rorive, published on the website of the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy (PCMLP) at Oxford University.

The paper provides an analysis of the French Yahoo! case, a landmark case in global internet law, which led to the... more The paper provides an analysis of the French Yahoo! case, a landmark case in global internet law, which led to the removal of Nazi paraphernalia from Yahoo! auction website and was the starting point of a fierce and spectacular transatlantic judicial battle about freedom of speech and content monitoring on the Internet.

Regulating Internet content through intermediaries in Europe and the USA

by Benoit Frydman

with Isabelle Rorive, published in Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie 23 (2002), Heft 1, pp. 41-59

This paper emphasises the key role played by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the current developments in Internet... more This paper emphasises the key role played by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the current developments in Internet content regulation. At present, no common international standards govern free speech limits on the Internet. Racist speech constitutes the most controversial issue between Europe and the US. The enforcement of domestic law online has recently led to surprising court rulings in several European countries, putting transatlantic ISPs under pressure. The paper provides a detailed account of three of these cases: the early German Compuserve case, the famous French Yahoo! case and most recently the French J’accuse! case. Both European and American legislators have endeavoured to provide ISPs with “safe havens” (limitations of liability) and tentative procedural solutions like “notice and take down”. These new regimes and their likely effects on ISPs are presented and discussed. It is suggested that, despite the lack of common standards, the combination of the American and the European provisions would strongly incite transatlantic ISPs to take down racist material. This, however, also risks affecting other controversial data, otherwise subject to free speech protection. The danger of a massive scheme for private censorship is compelling.

Digital content regulations: comparing the campaing visibility in UK and Spain

by Jorge Luis Salcedo Maldonado

"Fourth draft-work in progress", this is a new version of the paper "Anti-Piracy laws: Mobilization process at the European Union" with some changes.Specifically in the theoretical framework and with more robust findings.

Current regulations and policy initiatives concerning the use of copyright contents in the Internet in multiple... more Current regulations and policy initiatives concerning the use of copyright contents in the Internet in multiple countries have generated strong lobby processes which include a media campaign between the different agents who consider these regulations essential for their interests. The entertainment industry argues that some uses of new technologies are a risk for their business and because of that they lobby for strong policies against piracy and the free use of content by search engines. The Internet Service Providers (ISP) do not want to assume the supervision cost of internet users´ behaviour although they would like to participate in the profits of the digital content business. Activists believe that regulation proposals and policies threaten fundamental rights such as personal privacy, freedom of speech, free circulation of information and knowledge as well as the right of Internet access. In this paper we focus our attention in the case of UK and Spain and the media visibility of actors who are part of this conflict. We assess if different sides in the conflict have the same media visibility in order for their statements to be followed by the public opinion. We draw upon a content analysis of documents on multiple online channels (organization web sites, news and blogs) and we do a network analysis in order to identify hyperlinks between the sites of the organizations involved in the conflict. In this way we identify the visibility of the policy agents on the Web and asses if there is a correlation between the visibility on the different online spheres (blogosphere, news sphere, web sphere, social network sphere). We find that visibility levels depend on the agents profile and the contextual features of the countries that we analyze.

O Direito perante os riscos tecnológicos na União Europeia

by Manuel David Masseno

Conferência/Palestra promovida pelo escritório Diamantino Advogados Associados e organizado pela Comissão de Direito... more Conferência/Palestra promovida pelo escritório Diamantino Advogados Associados e organizado pela Comissão de Direito Agrário da OAB-MG, com o apoio da Facthus – Faculdade de Talentos Humanos e da Uniube – Universidade de Uberaba, em Uberaba, 25/11/2011.

Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet.

by Ulf-Dietrich Reips

Co-authored with Buchanan, T., Paine, C., Joinson, A., published 2007 in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58, 157-165.

Potenzialità economiche della cultura e v@lorizzazione negata in Sicilia

by Elisa Bonacini

paper presented at "Un'altra Siracusa - Primo Incontro: Il 'valore' della cultura per il turismo", Siracusa, Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi, 21 ottobre 2011

Dopo un inquadramento generale sul potenziale economico inespresso del nostro patrimonio culturale, il contributo... more Dopo un inquadramento generale sul potenziale economico inespresso del nostro patrimonio culturale, il contributo approfondisce il ‘peso’ economico di Internet e l’arretratezza digitale dell’Italia, che corre il rischio di entrare a far parte di un Terzo Mondo Digitale anche a causa di una serie di impedimenti legislativi allo sviluppo. Infine, si anticipano alcuni risultati di una ricerca in c.d.s. (La visibilit@ sul web del patrimonio culturale siciliano: criticità e prospettive attraverso un survey on-line. Con Guida multimediale ai musei siciliani sul web) nella quale si evidenzia come, tranne alcune rare eccezioni, sia ancora scadente la qualità della comunicazione del patrimonio culturale siciliano.

Cultura mediática, autoría y derechos de autor

by Felip Vidal Auladell

Internet governance in a multipolar world: challenging American hegemony

by David Drissel

Legal requirements for the personalization of commercial Internet applications in Europe

by Petra Schubert

Co-authored with Uwe Leimstoll and Mathias Kummer
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Vol. 16, Issue 3/4, 2006, pp. 201-221.

Most e-commerce applications require the collection and storing of information about customers. As a consequence, the... more Most e-commerce applications require the collection and storing of information about customers. As a consequence, the performed transactions involve legal issues. For three years, the authors have been involved in a project that studies the potentials of personalization of e-commerce systems from the particular angle of SMEs. The paper picks up a couple of scenarios that many e-commerce vendors face when implementing personalization on their Web sites. The specific focus of the discussion is the legal use of costumer profiles for e-commerce applications. Since most legal issues are difficult to understand for non-lawyers the paper makes use of a case study, which shows explicitly what e-commerce vendors need to keep in mind when implementing personalization on their Web sites.

Internet et identité virtuelle des personnes

by Philippe Mouron

Revue de la recherche juridique - Droit prospectif, n° 124, 2008/4, pp. 2409-2438

Analyse de la notion d'identité virtuelle dans le droit - Protection des données personnelles et des identifiants -... more Analyse de la notion d'identité virtuelle dans le droit - Protection des données personnelles et des identifiants - Respect de la vie privée et familiale - Droit et nom et usurpation d'identité sur Internet - Statut de l'avatar de jeu vidéo

L’identité virtuelle et le droit "sur" l’identité – Réflexions sur les projets de réforme relatifs à l’usurpation d’identité et l’identification des blogueurs

by Philippe Mouron

Revue Lamy Droit de l’Immatériel, n° 64, octobre 2010, pp. 58-62

Analyse de plusieurs dispositions de la loi LOPPSI II portant sur la sanction de l'usurpation d'identité sur Internet... more Analyse de plusieurs dispositions de la loi LOPPSI II portant sur la sanction de l'usurpation d'identité sur Internet - Analyse de la proposition de loi relative à l'identification des blogueurs - Intérêt de ces propositions pour la protection d'un droit subjectif sur l'identité personnelle

Internet Co-Regulation: European Law, Regulatory Governance and Legitimacy in Cyberspace

by Chris Marsden

Monograph published 18 August - launch at SLS, Cambridge Uk 6 September

Chris Marsden argues that co-regulation is the defining feature of the Internet in Europe. Co-regulation offers the... more Chris Marsden argues that co-regulation is the defining feature of the Internet in Europe. Co-regulation offers the state a route back into questions of legitimacy, governance and human rights, thereby opening up more interesting conversations than a static no-regulation versus state regulation binary choice. The basis for the argument is empirical investigation, based on a multi-year, European Commission-funded study and is further reinforced by the direction of travel in European and English law and policy, including the Digital Economy Act 2010. He places Internet regulation within the regulatory mainstream, as an advanced technocratic form of self- and co-regulation which requires governance reform to address a growing constitutional legitimacy gap. The literature review, case studies and analysis shed a welcome light on policymaking at the centre of Internet regulation in Brussels, London and Washington, revealing the extent to which states, firms and, increasingly, citizens are developing a new type of regulatory bargain.