Globalised Information: Can the Law Cope?
Margaret Jackson.
This paper examines how information is becoming globalised. Organisations are becoming part of a global economy and use of the Internet by individuals and organisations is increasing rapidly. Generally, our legal systems are state-based and there are concerns that such systems cannot cope with international problems. Information, too, is becoming recognised as a valuable asset and organisations wish to control and restrict its use. The law, however, has been reluctant to allow ‘ownership’ of information other than in certain ways such as through the introduction of some intellectual property statutes whereby the right to control the commercialisation of information is balanced by a requirement for public disclosure.
Recent examples of how the law has been used to handle globalised information are discussed and suggestions for future developments in the law are proposed.
Recent examples of how the law has been used to handle globalised information are discussed and suggestions for future developments in the law are proposed.
Presenters
Margaret Jackson
(Australia)
School of Accounting and Law, RMIT Business
RMIT University
Margaret Jackson is Professor of Computer Law at RMIT Business. She is the author of Hughes on Data Protection In Australia (Law Book Co, 2001) and is completing A Practical Guide to the Protection of Confidential Business Information, due to be published by the Law Book Co later in 2003. Between March 2000 and April 2003, she was Dean of the Faculty of Business at RMIT. She lectures in E-Business Law and in Research Methods.
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(Plenary Speaker,
English)