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About Me
- Chris Reed
- Professor of Electronic Commerce Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, where he was formerly Director of the Centre and subsequently Dean of the Faculty of Law & Social Science. Editor and part author of Computer Law (6th ed. Oxford University Press 2007), the author of Internet Law (2nd ed. Cambridge University Press 2004), Digital Information Law: electronic documents and requirements of form (Centre for Commercial Law Studies 1996) and Electronic Finance Law (Woodhead Faulkner 1991), and the co-editor of Cross-Border Electronic Banking (2nd ed. Lloyd’s of London Press 2000).
Firstly it is a pleasure to gratefully acknowledge that my Study of Cyber Law commenced in the year 2000 with a study of Prof. Reed's Papers. I find this 'blog' of academic interest with deep insights (witness Slides 10 to 14)
ReplyDeleteYes, Traditional Law making is inadequate when dealing with issues in Cyber Space. When it was felt that adequate Cyber-Law was made for the Web, problems surfaced in its new avatar Web 2.0
and technology tells us with great glee that Web x.0 is not far away.
As such, a radically different approach is a must indicated in Slide 14. It must be realised that 'Real Physical Space is a subset of the enveloping Cyber Space'. I wish to add to the false fundamental concepts the idea of 'sovereignty' leading to the concept of strict 'jurisdiction'(May be Prof. Reed indicates this with the word 'geography')
Also, his radical idea that 'property'is a false fundamental concept (let Roman Law be laid at rest!), then 'IPR' needs a new conceptual foundation.
I look forward to Prof. Reed's forthcoming Papers that may elaborate on his radical (provacative?)concepts offered in this blog.