Part I: The Information Society 1. The world of bits 2. The network of networks 3. Net neutrality 4. Regulating the information society Part II: Content and the Information Society 5. Cyber-speech 6. Social networking and antisocial conduct 7. Defamation Part III: Digital Content and Intellectual Property Rights 8.

Intellectual property rights and the information society 9. Software 10. Digital creatives and copyright law 11. Copyright in the digital environment 12. Copyright infringement in the digital environment 13. Databases 14. Branding, trade marks and domain names 15. Brand identities, search engines, and secondary ma rkets Part IV: E-Commerce 16.

Electronic contracts 17. Electronic payments and cryptocurrency 18. Consumer protection Part V: Criminal Activity in the Information Society 19. Computer misuse 20. Obscenity in the information society 21. Crime and law enforcement in the information society Part VI: Data Privacy 22. Data protection: the legal framework 23. Data protection: rights and obligations 24.

The international trade in personal data 25. State surveillance and data retention Online only chapters 26. Digital Ownership 27. The digital public sphere 28. Virtual environments 29. The future for IT law.