The Internet has brought about unprecedented changes to modern life, creating a connected society but also radically opening up the question of how to design and apply legal rules in a connected world. This innovative Handbook provides an overview of the latest developments and controversies in European Internet law. The Handbook questions the extent to which the Internet forces us to rethink existing legal concepts and institutions. It includes sections that correspond to the most disputed areas, looking consecutively at policy and governance, copyright, private international law, e-commerce, consumer protection and citizens and their position on the Internet. By highlighting the challenges that European law and policy-makers face when attempting to regulate the Internet, this Handbook raises important issues regarding free speech, accessibility and privacy. This timely Handbook will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students specializing in international law, e-commerce, consumer law and IT law. It will also be a useful reference tool for practitioners, including governmental officials and data protection officers.
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Preface Part I: Policy and Governance 1. EU Internet Policy 2. Net Neutrality Law 3. EU Internet Law in the Era of Convergence: The Interplay with EU Telecoms and Media Law Part II: Intellectual Property Law 4. Copyright law, An Ancient History, A Contemporary Challenge 5. Limitations to Copyright in the Digital Age 6. Trademark Law and Advertising Keywords 7. Software Patents and the Digital Environment Part III: Jurisdiction and Choice-Of-Law 8. Where Does the Act of “Making Available” Occur? 9. Information Society Perspectives on Choice of Law and Jurisdiction - Party Autonomy in Transition 10. Jurisdiction Over Cyber-Torts under the Brussels I Regulation 11. Consumer Contracts and the Internet in EU Private International Law Part IV: Internal Market and Electronic Commerce 12. E-Commerce in the Single Market Context – The Invisible Framework 13. Developments in Intermediary Liability 14. The Concept of European Regulation of B2C Internet Sales 15. Information Requirements Overload? Assessing Disclosure Duties Under the E-commerce Directive, Services Directive and Consumer Directive 16. Online Marketing: Advertisers know you are a Dog on the Internet! 17. Commercial Communication in Social Media 18. Legal Evidence in a Digital Context: Will Signatures Disappear? Part V: Citizens and the Internet 19. Crowdsourcing and User Empowerment: A Contradiction in Terms? 20. Hate and Harm: The Law on Hate Speech 21. Free Speech, Defamation and the Limits to Freedom of Expression in the EU: a Comparative Analysis 22. Data Protection Reform and the Internet: the Draft Data Protection Regulation 23. An Analysis of the European Union's Law and Policy Relating to Website Accessibility Index