Did the Romans Get It Right?

Synopsis

Video webcast by Dr Peggy Valcke giving a legal analysis of what Google, eBay, UPC TeleKabel Wien and Delfi have in common. In contemporary information societies Online Service Providers (such as AOL, Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo!) significantly influence the informational environment and users’ interactions within it. Such a role is unprecedented and problematic for OSPs as well as for other stakeholders, like governments and citizens’ groups. The need to understand the responsibilities that OPSs bear in contemporary information societies is thus fast escalating and addressing it need requires a co-ordinated interdisciplinary theorising able to consider legal, social, and ethical standpoints. [27 minutes].

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2015

Year of production

2015

Subjects

Information technology; Law

Keywords

information services; e-commerce

Online availability

URI

http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/webcasts/?id=753

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Peggy Valcke

Distributor

Name

Oxford Internet Institute

Email

enquiries@oii.ox.ac.uk

Web

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Phone

01865 287210

Fax

01865 287211

Address

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Oxford
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