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Digital consumers and the law : towards a cohesive European framework / Bart van der Sloot, Lodewijk Pessers, Chantal Mak, Marco B.M. Loos, Natalie Helberger, Lucie Guibault.
2013
T 24 HEL.D
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Title
Digital consumers and the law : towards a cohesive European framework / Bart van der Sloot, Lodewijk Pessers, Chantal Mak, Marco B.M. Loos, Natalie Helberger, Lucie Guibault.
Item Type
Book
Description
xvii, 284 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN
9789041140494
Alternate Call Number
T 24 HEL.D
Summary
This book provides a critical analysis of how digitisation affects established concepts and policies in consumer law. Based on evidence of the actual experience and problems encountered by consumers in digital markets, the book offers a ground-breaking study of the main issues arising in relation to the application of general consumer and sector-specific law. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL) and the Institute for Information Law (IViR), both University of Amsterdam, combine their expertise in general consumer and contract law, telecommunications law, media law, copyright law and privacy law in a joint effort to point the way to a truly cohesive European Framework for Digital Consumers and the Law. Topics in this book include the characteristics of digital content markets and how they relate to traditional consumer law; consumer concerns, reasonable expectations and how they are protected by law; the difficult question of the classification of digital content; legal questions triggered by prosumers and underage consumers; the feasibility and future of the information approach to consumer protection; the role of fundamental rights considerations, and the legal implications of an economy that uses personal data as the new currency. Digital Consumers and the Law is an important analysis for all those interested or involved in the regulation of digital content markets. With its comprehensive discussion of a wide range of fundamental as well as praxis-oriented questions, it is an essential read for academics, policy makers, members of the content industry as well as consumer representatives.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-277) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Digital Content Markets for Consumers: Characteristics, Challenges, and Legal Context
Chapter 2: Classifying Digital Content: Good, Service or Else?
Chapter 3: Somewhere between ‘B’ and ‘C’: The Legal Status of the ‘Prosumer’ in European Consumer Laws
Chapter 4: Pre-contractual Information Requirements for Digital Content
Chapter 5: Conformity and Non-conformity of Digital Content
Chapter 6: Educating the Regulator: A More Mature Approach Towards the Underage Consumer
Chapter 7: Fundamental Rights and Digital Content Contracts
Chapter 8: Money Does Not Grow on Trees, It Grows on People: Towards a Model of Privacy as Virtue
Chapter 9: Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Digital Content Markets for Consumers: Characteristics, Challenges, and Legal Context
Chapter 2: Classifying Digital Content: Good, Service or Else?
Chapter 3: Somewhere between ‘B’ and ‘C’: The Legal Status of the ‘Prosumer’ in European Consumer Laws
Chapter 4: Pre-contractual Information Requirements for Digital Content
Chapter 5: Conformity and Non-conformity of Digital Content
Chapter 6: Educating the Regulator: A More Mature Approach Towards the Underage Consumer
Chapter 7: Fundamental Rights and Digital Content Contracts
Chapter 8: Money Does Not Grow on Trees, It Grows on People: Towards a Model of Privacy as Virtue
Chapter 9: Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.
Series
Published
Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International, 2013.
Language
English
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