The law of global digitality
London; New York:
Routledge
(2022), xiii, 258 pp.
ISBN 978-1-032-07369-9 (hbk); 978-1-032-25550-7 (pbk); 978-1-003-28388-1 (ebook)
CC BY-NC-ND
"The book compares six different areas of law that have been particularly exposed to global digitality, namely laws regulating consumer contracts, data protection, the media, fnancial markets, criminal activity and intellectual property law. Comparing how these very different areas of law have evolved with regard to cross-border online situations, the book considers whether cyberlaw is little more than “the law of the horse”, or whether the law of global digitality is indeed special and, if so, what its characteristics across various areas of law are. The book brings together legal academics with expertise in how law has both reacted to and shaped cross-border, global Internet communication and their contributions consider whether it is possible to identify a particular mediality of law in the digital age." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction: The Law of Global Digitality / Alexander Peukert, Matthias C. Kettemann, 1
PART I. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1 Towards a Legal Methodology of Digitalisation: The Example of Digital Copyright Law / Thomas Riis, Jens Schovsbo, 17
2 Transnational Intellectual Property Governance on the Internet / Alexander Peukert, 50
PART II. DATA PROTECTION/PRIVACY
3 The More the Merrier: A Dynamic Approach Learning From Prior Misgovernance in EU Data Protection Law / Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann, 77
4 Giving the Invisible Hand a Relatively Free Hand: Data Privacy in the US and the Unfortunate, but Lawful, Commodification of the Person / Ronald J. Krotoszynski, 96
PART III. CONSUMER CONTRACT LAW
5 The Challenge of Globalized Online Commerce for U.S. Contract and Consumer Law / Christopher G. Bradley, 125
6 Paradigms of EU Consumer Law in the Digital Age / Felix Maultzsch, 144
PART IV. MEDIA LAW
7 Law of Digitality: Media Law-U.S. Perspectives / Ellen P. Goodman, 165
8 European Media Law in Times of Digitality / Stephan Dreyer, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz, Theresa Josephine Seipp, 182
PART V. FINANCIAL REGULATION AND CRIMINAL LAW
9 Regulating Virtual Currencies / Roland Broemel, 205
10 Criminal Law of Global Digitality: Characteristics and Critique of Cybercrime Law / Beatrice Brunhöber, 223
CONCLUSION
The Law of Global Digitality: Findings and Future Research / Matthias C. Kettemann, Alexander Peukert, 250
PART I. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1 Towards a Legal Methodology of Digitalisation: The Example of Digital Copyright Law / Thomas Riis, Jens Schovsbo, 17
2 Transnational Intellectual Property Governance on the Internet / Alexander Peukert, 50
PART II. DATA PROTECTION/PRIVACY
3 The More the Merrier: A Dynamic Approach Learning From Prior Misgovernance in EU Data Protection Law / Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann, 77
4 Giving the Invisible Hand a Relatively Free Hand: Data Privacy in the US and the Unfortunate, but Lawful, Commodification of the Person / Ronald J. Krotoszynski, 96
PART III. CONSUMER CONTRACT LAW
5 The Challenge of Globalized Online Commerce for U.S. Contract and Consumer Law / Christopher G. Bradley, 125
6 Paradigms of EU Consumer Law in the Digital Age / Felix Maultzsch, 144
PART IV. MEDIA LAW
7 Law of Digitality: Media Law-U.S. Perspectives / Ellen P. Goodman, 165
8 European Media Law in Times of Digitality / Stephan Dreyer, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz, Theresa Josephine Seipp, 182
PART V. FINANCIAL REGULATION AND CRIMINAL LAW
9 Regulating Virtual Currencies / Roland Broemel, 205
10 Criminal Law of Global Digitality: Characteristics and Critique of Cybercrime Law / Beatrice Brunhöber, 223
CONCLUSION
The Law of Global Digitality: Findings and Future Research / Matthias C. Kettemann, Alexander Peukert, 250
