Introduction Deconstructing Maps Deconstructing Maps of the Net A True Map of Cyberspace? Conclusion References About the Authors

It has been stated that information is almost impossible to control. Especially in a society which has become heavily networked. If this statement is true, it must have consequences for the position of system administrators (sysadmins) and bulletin board system operators (sysops). Will they be liable for (il)legal activities on their systems? Will they play an important role in the disseminatio...

The Internet has revolutionized communication on a global level while creating a medium for stalking. Cyberstalking has emerged as a new form of stalking behavior. While 10 states have passed laws against electronic harassment, there has been great debate about whether electronic stalking constitutes criminal behavior or whether a perpetrator is entitled First Amendment protection. In the psych...

In der Informationsgesellschaft nehmen auch in Deutschland aggressive und kriminelle Handlungen (Computermißbrauch) ausweislich der jährlichen Kriminalstatistik [BMI02] zu. Weniger Bedeutung wird in Deutschland bisher politisch–motivierten Aktionen beigemessen. Weltweit werden klassische Verfahren wie ziviler Ungehorsam, innere Unruhen und Bürgerkrieg zunehmend durch IT–gestützte Verfahren ergä...

Religion and transhumanism are often regarded as competing or even opposing worldviews. European media philosophers tend to identify common elements in both systems which depend on the metaphysical reception of ideas related to the body and cyberspace. The posthuman aim of a virtual and immortal existence inside the storage of a computer seems to be a continuation or a revivification of the anc...

1 Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 2 Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Department of Immunology, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 4 Department of Surgery Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, 5 CHIRI Bio...

The explosive growth of the Internet has created critical new challenges to national and international intellectual property policies. Intellectual Property protection has become the most important issue in Cyberspace. When technological advances has outpaced the law, several problems arise which require an approach suitable to the digital age. Several international conventions have been enacte...

The social dynamics of individuals connected through the Internet is relevant to issues of productivity, viral marketing and the sorting out of useful ideas from the general chatter of a community. This talk will first describe a mechanism for automatically identifying communities of practice from email traffic within organizations as well as patterns in document access. Equally important is ho...