Rethinking the law and information interface: Towards information law, an introduction

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1 See Stephen Saxby (1990) The Age of Information (The Macmillan Press Ltd) at pp. 10 – 18 . See also William Mock, ‘On the Centrality of Information Law: A Rational Choice Discussion of Information Law and Transparency’ 17, The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law 1069, Summer, 1999. 2 See Raymond T. Nimmer and Patricia Ann Krauthaus, ‘Information as a Commodity: New Imperatives of Commercial Law’, Law and Contemporary Problems, 55 (3) 103, 1992, at 106 – 7. 3 See A. Endeshaw, ‘Reconfiguring Intellectual Property for the Information Age: Towards Information Property?’, The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 7(3), pp. 327 – 364, May 2004. 4 See, for instance, Egbert J. Dommering and P. Bernt Hugenholtz (eds), Works of Fact: Copyright, Freedom of Information and Information Law (Deventer: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers), 1991. 5 See Nimmer and Krauthaus, ibid. See also, Jessica Litman, ‘Copyright Owners’ Rights and Users' Privileges on the Internet: Reforming Information Law in Copyright's Image’ 22 Dayton Law Review 587, Spring 1997. Without defining it, Litman repeatedly refers to ‘information law’. Thus, she writes, ‘United States information law begins with the First Amendment, but incorporates a wide range of potentially conflicting policies to respond to a broader array of concerns.’ Ibid., at p. 615. 6 J. Cahir, ‘Understanding Information Laws: A Sociological Approach’, The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT), 2002 (3). Available at http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt. 7 See, amongst others, Endeshaw, note 3, above; Cahir, ibid. 8 See inter alia Lessig, L. (2003) Impacts of DRMs on flows of information, The law and technology of DRM Conference, available at https://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/drm/trans/drm-2-28-p3.htm. 9 See inter alia Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v Grokster , F. 3d —-, 2004 WL 1853717, 4 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7624, 2004 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,274, 9th Cir.(Cal.), Aug 19, 2004 at 11742. 10 See inter alia Rose, M. (1993) Authors and Owners (Harvard: Harvard University Press).