Cyberlaw: On-line legal issues on the line...can the law cope?

摘要

Business is being done on the Internet, and it's big business. Businesses are using the Internet for communications, marketing and for conducting electronic commerce - selling goods and services. All of this gives rise to a number of legal issues. Can English law cope with the rapid advances in technology and digital business? Nigel Millar, a partner at City law firm Fox Williams and a founding member of the international Alliance for Interactive Media Law, LLC, examines the issues. Business is being done on the Internet, and it's big business, all of which gives rise to a number of legal issues. But can English law cope with the rapid advances in technology and digital business? In most cases the answer is yes, but the job of the Cyberlawyer is to apply traditional laws to new technologies. That requires an understanding of the technology and a willingness to be innovative.