Books on Topic
clare, 20 Oct 2005 14:32:53
2 books here that may be intesesting, if a little out of date.
Pornocopia: Porn, Sex, Technology and Desire
Laurence O'Toole 1999
From the Publisher
essential book at a time of attitudes changing
Pornocopia is crucial to understand that attempts at state regulation to control the delivery of pornography through the new forms of technology are doomed. It shows how attitudes to pornography are changing, what its like to work inside the porn industry and who is using pornography - a wider cross section of the population that you think. It is in the words of JG Ballard 'a thoughtful and provocative book'.
Sex on the Net: The Dilemma of Policing Cyberspace (Behind the Headlines S.)
Yaman Akdeniz 1999
Synopsis
How can there be effective legislation to regulate pornographic and offensive websites, when the material produced is legal in the country of origin and such legislation may be an infringement of human rights? Which jurisdictional domain do such cases fall into? That of the point-of-origin, or the point-of-access? These and other dilemmas created by the non-physical, non-geographical reality of cyberspace are examined by the author in this text. Specific case-studies are presented and dissected to further demonstrate the successes and failures of Internet policing.