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Uses And Abuses Of Cyberspace, Andrew D. Murray
Uses And Abuses Of Cyberspace, Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
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Transparency, Scrutiny And Responsiveness: Fashioning A Private Space Within The Information Society., Andrew D. Murray
Transparency, Scrutiny And Responsiveness: Fashioning A Private Space Within The Information Society., Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
No abstract provided.
Nodes And Gravity In Virtual Space, Andrew D. Murray
Nodes And Gravity In Virtual Space, Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
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The World Of Bits, Andrew D. Murray
The World Of Bits, Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
This is Chapter One of my forthcoming book Information Technology Law: The Law and Society to be published by Oxford University Press in May 2010. It is made available as a limited preview.
The Reclassification Of Extreme Pornographic Images, Andrew D. Murray
The Reclassification Of Extreme Pornographic Images, Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
Legal controls over the importation and supply of pornographic imagery promulgated nearly half a century ago in the Obscene Publications Acts have proven to be inadequate to deal with the challenge of the internet age. With pornographic imagery more readily accessible in the UK than at any time in our history, legislators have been faced with the challenge of stemming the tide. One particular problem has been the ready accessibility of extreme images which mix sex and violence or which portray necrophilia or bestiality. This article examines the Government’s attempt to control the availability of such material through s.63 of …
Symbiotic Regulation, Andrew D. Murray
Symbiotic Regulation, Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
In this paper the author examines the development and design of regulatory structures in Cyberspace. The paper considers and models how all forms of control – including design and market controls, as well as traditional command and control regulation are to be applied within the complex and flexible environment of Cyberspace. Drawing on the work of Cyber-regulatory theorists such as Yochai Benkler, Joel Reidenberg and Lawrence Lessig and matching it with an examination of social ordering from the English Peasant’s Revolt to the more modern theories of Jurgen Habermas and Nicklaus Luhmann this paper suggests a model of Cyber-regulation which …
Regulation And Rights In Networked Space, Andrew D. Murray
Regulation And Rights In Networked Space, Andrew D. Murray
Professor Andrew D Murray
The Internet is often described as inherently free from regulation; a space where freedoms and liberties are guaranteed by the design of the network environment. The naivety of this view has, however, been exposed by commentators such as Andrew Shapiro, Joel Reidenberg and Lawrence Lessig who have clearly demonstrated the inherent regulability of networked space. The question no longer is: can networked space be regulated? But rather: how and by whom is it regulated? This paper examines the regulation of rights in networked space. In seeking to address this issue, property rights and rights to free speech, or free expression, …