Manifest: The role of law in an electronic world dominated by Web 2.0

Hoeren Thomas, Vossen Gottfried


Abstract
Web 2.0 has gained enormous momentum in recent years, and has reached most areas in entertainment, research, business, science, and beyond. It is characterized by a move from a read-only Web to a read-write Web, where users contribute content in a variety of forms. However, there is at the same time a host of legal issues arising for Web 2.0, visible via the huge number of law suits that have already been filed in this context. This paper tries to pinpoint core legal issues, the way they are so far treated, and what is needed for improving the situation.

Keywords
Web 2.0; User-generated content; Legal issues; Regulation



Publication type
Research article (journal)

Peer reviewed
Yes

Publication status
Published

Year
2009

Journal
Computer science - research and development = Informatik, Forschung und Entwicklung

Volume
23

Issue
1

Start page
7

End page
13

Language
English

ISSN
1865-2034 ; 0949-2925

DOI