Rethinking cyberlaw : a new vision for Internet law / Jacqueline Lipton, David L. Brennan Chair in Law and Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology, University of Akron School of Law, USA.

The scope of cyberlaw -- Digital copyright law -- Digital trademark law -- Online defamation and other harmful speech -- Digital privacy and cyber-victimization -- Conclusions on the future of cyberlaw.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The rapid increase in Internet usage over the past several decades has led to the development of new and essential areas of legislation and legal study. Jacqueline Lipton takes on the thorny question of how to define the field that has come to be known variously as cyberlaw, cyberspace law or Internet law. Unlike much of the existing literature, this book tackles the question with the benefit of hindsight and draws on several decades of legal developments in the United States and abroad that help illustrate the scope of the field. The author argues that cyberlaw might best be considered a law of the 'online intermediary', and that by focusing on the regulation of online conduct by search engines, online retail outlets, Internet service providers and online social networks, a more cohesive and comprehensive concept of cyberlaw may be developed. Topics covered include current comparative and global strategies, suggestions for future approaches to cyberspace regulation, and the creation of a cohesive and comprehensive framework for the cyberlaw field. Providing an excellent summation of current, past and future cyberlaw, this volume will be extremely valuable to students, scholars, policy makers and legal practitioners with an interest in digital information and technology"--Unedited summary from book cover.