Legal Issues in the Global Information Society

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Product Description
Leading law firms from around the world analyze the most pressing legal issues facing the UN World Summit on the Information Society in the first and only book to cover the information technology treaty recommendations. This authoritative text provides in-depth analysis of the topics discussed at the November 2005 Tunis Summit. Expert attorneys examine the twelve major topics under discussion, from internet regulation and intellectual property rights to cryptography and taxation, to aid in constructing a legal framework for a global information society. This timely publication is the blueprint for the global digital revolution
Topics analyzed include:
Copyright challenges of the digital age

Cryptography and electronic signatures
Data protection and trans-border data flows Domain names
Fair use and permitted public use of data
Formation of contracts through email and the Internet
Intellectual property rights ? patents
Internet regulation
Liability for defective software
Resolution of disputes over information technology
Technology, privacy and surveillance.

Legal Issues in the Global Information Society

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