Research handbook on EU internet law

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. Research Handbook on EU Internet Law 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.

The 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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Contents:

Part I: Policy and Governance
1. EU internet policy - Gerald Spindler
2. Net neutrality law - Christopher Marsden
3. EU internet law in the era of convergence: the interplay with EU telecoms and media law - Søren Sandfeld Jakobsen

Part II: Intellectual Property Law
4. Copyright law: an ancient history, a contemporary challenge - Eleni-Tatiani Synodinou
5. Limitations to copyright in the digital age - Christoph Geiger and Franciska Schönherr
6. Trademark law and advertising keywords - Ilanah Simon Fhima
7. Software patents and the digital environment - Philip Leith

Part III: Jurisdiction and Choice-of-Law
8. Where does the act of 'making available' occur? - Jane C. Ginsburg
9. Information society perspectives on choice of law and jurisdiction: party autonomy in transition - Ulf Maunsbach
10. Jurisdiction over cyber-torts under the Brussels I Regulation - Sandrine Brachotte and Arnaud Nuyts
11. Consumer contracts and the internet in EU private international law - Zheng Sophia Tang

Part IV: Internal Market and Electronic Commerce
12. E-commerce in the single market context: the invisible framework - Andrej Savin
13. Developments in intermediary liability - Andrés Guadamuz
14. The concept of European regulation of B2C internet sales - Hans-W. Micklitz
15. Information requirements overload? Assessing disclosure duties under the E-commerce Directive, Services Directive and Consumer Directive - Arno R. Lodder
16. Online marketing: advertisers know you are a dog on the internet! - Christine Riefa and Christiana Markou
17. Commercial communication in social media - Jan Trzaskowski
18. Legal evidence in a digital context: will signatures disappear? - Jos Dumortier and Niels Vandezande

Part V: Citizens and the Internet
19. Crowdsourcing and user empowerment: a contradiction in terms? - Emily M. Weitzenböck
20. Hate and harm: the law on hate speech - Alisdair A. Gillespie
21. Free speech, defamation and the limits to freedom of expression in the EU: a comparative analysis - Oreste Pollicino and Marco Bassini
22. Data protection reform and the internet: the draft Data Protection Regulation - Collette Cuijpers, Nadezhda Purtova, and Eleni Kosta
23. An analysis of the European Union's law and policy relating to website accessibility - Catherine Easton