Gringras: The Laws of the Internet, 3rd Edition

The long awaited third edition of Gringras on the Laws of the Internet is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the many legal issues arising from the internet. This invaluable book will help you to navigate and understand the scope and detail of this complex area of the law, from domain name registration, libel and liability of service providers, to the protection and exploitation of IP rights, and taxation and competition rights

• The Gambling Act 2006 (new regulatory structure for gambling including the permitting of the provision of online/remote gambling services in the UK for the first time)
• Amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 pursuant to The Police and Justice Act 2006, creating new offences and amending existing ones
• Amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
• R v Lennon (on the court's approach to "unauthorised") for the purposes of the Computer Misuse Act.
• Nilesh Metha v Fernandes - signatures by email
• Virgin Net v Adrian Paris -anti-spam case
• King v Lewis and Others - internet defamation case with significant jurisdiction questions
• Navitaire Inc v Easyjet Airline - seminal copyright case relating to flight booking websites
• Durant v Financial Services Authority -data protection case which has changed our understanding of the meaning of "personal data"
• Microsoft v Commission - anti-trust competition case

• Provides a complete update on legislation, practice and case law
• New content on internet crimes, fraud, viruses, data retention and P2P liability
• Substantially reworked chapters on crime and tort
• New chapter on regulation and regulated activities, covering contracting with consumers over the web, advertising, financial services and gambling
• Practical examples and hypothetical scenarios are given throughout to illustrate the legal principles and put the law into context

Even more new content
The fully updated third edition includes invaluable new legal information and insight on:

• Internet Crime
• Fraud
• Viruses
• Data retention
• P2P liability

Gringras: The Laws of the Internet covers eight main chapters: contract, tort, intellectual property, crime, data protection, taxation, competition law and regulatory law. Each chapter adopts a thoroughly engaging and lucid approach, gradually and logically leading the reader through the relative mine-field of this area of law. Todd also makes excellent use of cases studies and topical situations showing the application of the law.

Like its previous edition, Gringras: The Laws of the Internet is superbly laid out. Each topic is explained succinctly with excellent footnotes allowing the reader to undertake further research. It also includes, where relevant, extracts from the important statutes and cases which further aide a reader's understanding. Impressively, the text rarely ventures beyond a page or so to explain a discrete issue: this is some achievement! Todd's style is also easy to read and, being written in plain English, is accessible to students, professionals and the public.

I have no hesitation in recommending Gringras: The Laws of the Internet to anyone interested in this complex but interesting area of law. It is an indispensible guide and a real gem. Elle Todd has certainly met, and surpassed, expectations with this new and extremely welcome edition of Gringras: The Laws of the Internet. It will, no doubt, continue to grow in its popularity.

Reviewed on 22 August 2008