The second lecture on the theme of internet and society was the first one held in our university. The subject by José Ramon Vidal was the legal framework of the information society. This was for me an old subject from the course Information Society II by Antonio Alabau. The way I see it, it is very important for an engineer to know about the basics of the most important laws that apply for the electronic commerce and information society services, for without such knowledge you can never really achieve understanding of why some aspects of services are done as they are.
This subject was approached by mr. Vidal from three subthemes. The first, the legal regimen includes the following three legislations:
- The law on electronic commerce and information society services
- The law on electroic signature
- The legislation on commercial contracts
The intellectual property legislation, namely the copyright system is a problematic and controvercial theme because of the regional differences around the world. Fortunately an individual engineer does not in my oppinion need an overly detailed expertise on this area, but it is important to know the basics.
The final subject, the proteccion of personal data on the other hand is a very important to know on both national and international level. The spanish legislation on the subject is namely from the year 1999. Personally I should familiarize myself with the finnish legislation but at the EU - USA scale, that was covered is something worth knowing.
When covering the subject of legislation it should always be noted, in addition to the actual content of the legislation, how the legislation is supervised and what kind of sanctions are implemented. Additionally a quite challenging aspect, especially in the area of electronic services, is how the legislation works on an overall international scale.
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