Legal Issues in the Global Information Society

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.