"'Cyberspace' is the emerging invisible, intangible world of electronic information and processes stored at multiple interconnected sites. The digital revolution leads to 'convergence' (of telecommunications, computer/Internet and broadcasting) and to dynamic multimedia value chains. Deregulation and competition are major driving forces in the new interactive electronic environment. This volume contains normative proposals for 'cyber'-regulation, including self-regulation, grounded on developments in the EU, US and the Far East, in international organisations (WTO, OECD, WIPO, ITU), in business fora, in NGOs, in the 'Internet community' and in academic research.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-376) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: approach and workplan Cyberspace Development and cyberspace: finance -"universal acces"- cultural identity Competing "cyber" policies: US, EU, Japan "Cyber" regulation: access the European example Trust: digital signatures and encryption Internet "domain names" Intellectual property rights Freedom of expression and human dignity privacy Governance: stakeholders, jurisdiction, principles implementation.
"'Cyberspace' is the emerging invisible, intangible world of electronic information and processes stored at multiple interconnected sites. The digital revolution leads to 'convergence' (of telecommunications, computer/Internet and broadcasting) and to dynamic multimedia value chains. Deregulation and competition are major driving forces in the new interactive electronic environment. This volume contains normative proposals for 'cyber'-regulation, including self-regulation, grounded on developments in the EU, US and the Far East, in international organisations (WTO, OECD, WIPO, ITU), in business fora, in NGOs, in the 'Internet community' and in academic research.