Description
This book addresses the laws as they apply to digital media and the internet, covering brands/trademarks, data, e-privacy regulations/PECR, defamation, malicious falsehood, legislation relating to minors/children, video on demand, and audio-visual media services.
With a focus on how real world principles apply to e-commerce, the Fifth Edition has been fully updated and:
Sets out the law on digital media from selling online to copyright law, to data protection and domain names
Contains descriptions of the technology and origins so that lawyers and those advising on legal issues can understand the background to the digital media laws
Covers new legislation including the EU copyright directive and the EU geo-blocking regulation
Outlines the UK implemented changes in relation to EU law in the revised 2018 Audio-visual Media Services Directive (AVMS)
References Brexit and how that affects issues such as the EU regulations on jurisdiction and choice of law
Includes the Distance Selling Legislation in the Consumer Contracts
