Internet law definition

To define the Internet law, many lawyers and legal experts released books and pamphlets with more or less pertinent and extensive description and listing of all the references where the applicable law is buried. But the simplest answer may not be so hard to find.

Internet law is a extremely fast growing part of the criminal and civil law, whereby the applicability is limited to the interaction through and with a computer conducted over the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Every single aspect of human life has been legally regulated and therefore it is only logical that the Internet and every aspect of communication over the internet, business by means of internet, shopping, chatting, browsing, everything Internet has to offer and even not yet offers is being regulated or has already written and practiced law stipulations.

Mostly the legislative provisions are being implemented with the goal to protect people, goods, businesses, governments and everything connected or existing or the Net. But many of the implemented laws are being used to control, manipulate and spy on the public. To some extent there are heated discussions regarding the Internet laws and the implementation of the same, mostly regarding the freedom of speech, government control and censorship.

Defining exactly how and where to find the Internet law is not easy. There is no single law book with the title “Internet Law”, parts of the Internet law are spread out throughout the law books and in addition to this, in the US only every State has their own bylaws, the whole world has own laws on the Internet and beyond, whereas Internet laws are mostly derived from or out of existing laws. To make the mess even greater, the jurisdiction is never easily determined, so international disputes will remain complicated, costly and lengthy in duration.

To define the Internet law as one law is currently impossible. There are regulations in existence which are applied cross border, but a unifying law applicable wherever Internet is present is not available and a universal agreement on creating one will probably not be easy. United States of America insist that, since they invented the Internet, the American law should be applied. The British argue that, since the World Wide Web was invented by a British national, British or at least the Internet law as defined by the European Union should be relevant. Most Muslim countries will not apply any of such laws, but their own, similar reaction is available from the Chinese. The situation will most likely remain chaotic for the time being.