In modern society, almost everything we do is intimately connected to information creation, retrieval, processing or management, and the internet is at the heart of this growing information society or knowledge economy.

Technology has a real impact on people’s rights, and laws have become increasingly significant, whether in the enforcement of copyright law regarding the downloading of MP3-formatted songs through file sharing technologies or in the application of the general principles of contract law to online contracts. Cyberlaw@SA IV: the law of the internet in South Africa is therefore directed at advancing the principles of digital jurisprudence.

Comprehensively updated, the fourth edition of Cyberlaw@SA IV: the law of the internet in South Africa covers a wide range of topics and areas of discussion in the field of cyberlaw, from protection of domain names and personal information to identity theft and privacy. This edition provides in-depth discussions of e-taxation, protection of data, cybercrime laws, copyright law, consumer law and the processing of e-evidence and its value in civil and criminal proceedings.

The internet has transformed the world of work in ways that could not have been imagined even a decade ago. Almost anything we do is intimately connected to information creation, retrieval, processing or management. Regardless of perceived ethical or enforcement limitations, laws have become increasingly significant, from the protection of copyright to the enforcement of online contracts. Cyberlaw@SA III: the law of the internet in South Africa provides specialist insight into the myriad legal issues generated by the convergence of technologies and the rise of the internet. The third edition of Cyberlaw@SA is a comprehensive and updated version of the original text and covers a wide range of topics and new areas of discussion in the field of cyberlaw, including going more in-depth on issues of e-taxation, cybercrime laws, and the processing of e-evidence and its value in civil and criminal proceedings. Contents include the following: ISP liability and take down notice procedure; IT risk management, cyber liability and dispute resolution; Internet defamation, pornography and hate speech; Telecommunication licences and regulation; Interception of online communications at the workplace; Online consumer protection and spamming; Electronic signatures, encryption and authentication; Software patents, trademarks and domain names. Cyberlaw@SA III is a specialist work aimed at researchers, lawyers, magistrates, judges, students as well as other professionals such as auditors, accountants, law enforcement offi cers, forensic investigators, IT managers and company directors who deal with the use and implications of technology on a daily basis.

Modern competition law was first employed by countries over one hundred years ago in order to address issues relating to restrictions of trade at the national level. Recent international economic integration has weakened the distinction between the domestic and the international in several fields of economic activity, and consequently the laws which regulate such activity, competition law included. Several attempts to address the paradox of adopting national competition rules to address international issues have been made at the international, regional and (lately) bilateral levels. This book discusses the international dimension of EU competition law, and examines the position taken by the EU in four distinct categories of international agreements which are devoted to competition or include competition provisions. In particular, it analyses the EU's position with regard to bilateral enforcement cooperation agreements, bilateral free trade agreements, plurilateral-regional agreements and the long negotiations for the adoption of a multilateral competition regime.