This editorial focusses on the topic of internet security; its real, or perceived threats to individuals, and the regulatory framework in place to deal with cybercrime. Edwards suggests some obligations for computer owners as an attempt to ensure the security of their computer

The Declaration on The Future of the Internet Economy, adopted at the OECD meeting at Ministerial level in Seoul in 2008, invited the OECD to: examine “the role of various actors, including intermediaries, in meeting policy goals for the Internet economy in areas such as combating threats to...

Claims by the music, film and video industries that downloading via peer to peer (P2P) networks is destroying their ability to make profits have become ubiquitous in print and on screen . Whether they are true is the stuff of heated battle in the blogosphere. This short article asks whether the...

Over a decade since the Internet became an acknowledged mainstream commercial medium, it still retains its less than savoury reputation as a happy hunting ground for pornography and other types of distasteful content. Some of the basic issues in this area which this chapter addresses, from a...