Law and Internet Cultures

Matthew Rimmer, Australian National University College of Law

Abstract

Law and Internet Cultures is a highly original and creative perspective on cyberspace law, with a distinctive Australian vision. In it, Dr. Kathy Bowrey examines the intersections between law, technology, and culture. She considers the politics and governance of the internet (much discussed in the run up to WSIS) and explores the crash in the tech market, the rampant monopoly of Microsoft, the trademarking of Linux, the fetish of iPods, and the privateers of the information age, peer to peer networks. She weaves together legal developments, a critique of the hyperbole of the dot.com boom, and stories and narratives from the information age.