Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regulating information technologies -- Regulatory competence over the Internet -- Intermediaries within online regulation -- Copyright and the Internet -- Domain names -- Electronic commerce -- Cybercrime -- Content crimes -- Privacy and data protection -- Surveillance, data retention, and encryption -- Intellectual property rights in software -- Software licences, free and open source licensing (F/OSS), and "software as a service" (SaaS).

"The fifth edition of [this title is an ...] analysis of and commentary on the latest developments within this burgeoning field of law ... The contents have been restructured and the reordering of the chapters provides a coherent flow to the subject matter. Criminal law issues are now dealt with in two separate chapters to enable a more focused approach to content crime. The new edition contains both a significant amount of incremental change as well as substantial new material and, where possible, case studies have been used to illustrate significant issues. In particular, new additions include: social media and the criminal law; the impact of the decision in Google Spain and the 'right to be forgotten'; the Schrems case and the demise of the Safe Harbour agreement; the judicial reassessment of the proportionality of ICT surveillance powers within the UK and EU post the Madrid bombings; and the expansion of the ICANN gTLDs and the redesigned domain name registration and dispute resolution processes."-- Provided by publisher.

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