Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 2 Issue 1

Limits on surveillance: Frictions, fragilities and failures in the operation of camera surveillance

Lynsey Dubbeld

Public video surveillance tends to be discussed in either utopian or dystopian terms: proponents maintain that camera surveillance is the perfect tool in the fight against crime…

Is the party over? Innovation and music on the web

A M Coles, Lisa Harris, R Davis

This paper examines the current position of copyright for the music industry in the light of innovation and diffusion of technologies which enable audio file sharing amongst web…

Targeting the innocent: Active defense and the moral immunity of innocent persons from aggression

Kenneth Einar Himma

Private persons and entities are increasingly adopting aggressive “active defense” measures (i.e., “hack back”) against Internet‐based attacks that can infringe the rights of…

Online communities versus offline communities in the Arab/Muslim world

Yeslam Al‐Saggaf, Mohamed M Begg

There is a major transformation taking place in the Arab and Muslim worlds. People in these nations are poised on the edge of a significant new social landscape. Called the…