The Common Information Environment (CIE) recently released a report concerning the possibility of using Creative Commons licenses for information produced by public sector bodies (Barker et al. 2005). One of the issues that came up during the study was the compatibility of Creative Commons (CC)...

This paper examines the legal and regulatory implications of wireless mesh networking. Current approaches to internet regulation focus on centralized points of control, such as traditional ISPs. Following the Lessig concept of code, wireless mesh networking is a decentralized architecture, thus...

Problems with consumer trust and confidence in the Internet as a safe environment in which to shop, browse and associate are well documented, as are the correlations between this lack of consumer trust and fears about privacy and security online. This paper attempts first to show why existing...

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

Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 , once one of the more obscure provisions of the UK cybercrime world, has become notorious in 2012 for being used capriciously to suppress online speech in causes celebre such as the "Twitter joke trial" of Paul Chambers. After a brief survey of recent...

The problems created by the rise of social networks for user privacy have become well known throughout the world since the early paper co-authored by Edwards with Ian Brown of Oxford on data self regulation (http://ssrn.com/abstract=1148732). Reconciling the desire to self-disclose information...

This chapter provides a critical account of the substantive content of the GDPR. Particular emphasis is put on the concepts of personal data, data controller/processor and consent. New user rights including the co-called right to be forgotten, the alleged "right to an explanation" and data...

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...

Post-mortem privacy is not a recognised term of art or institutional category in general succession law or even privacy literature. It may be termed the right of a person to preserve and control what becomes of his or her reputation, dignity, integrity, secrets or memory after their death. While...