Borders in Cyberspace
Subtitle: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure
Contributors: Brian Kahin (Editor); Charles Nesson (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780262611268
Subjects: Communication Studies; Electronic mail (email); POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Science; Politics/International Relations; General; Information Storage & Retrieval; Political Science / General; Data protection; Law and legislation; Online information services; Privacy, Right of; Transborder data flow
First sentence: Global computer-based communications cut across territorial borders, creating a new realm of human activity and undermining the feasibility-and legitimacy-of applying laws based on geographic boundaries.