The following is a list of questions about cyberspace and Internet law. I do not claim in any particular way that the questions nor their answers are to be considered complete or conclusive.

The E-law will help customers migrate to an online platform giving a fillip to Internet-based commerce in the Sultanate, writes Mayank Singh.

I found recently an interesting post by vicotoria Stodden, a fellow at the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society. She compares depending on the data provided by the International Telecommunication Union; internet use and cell phones subscriptions between the U.S and the Middle East.

Ms. Carolina Rossini wrote a good paper entitled “The Open Access Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries. Let them Live in interesting time”. In the introduction, She wrote clearly that “the internet has created a revolution”, and further added borrowing from Yohai Benkler that “the change brought about is deep and structural”.

The rapid growth of the internet in recent years and the proliferation of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have had a profound impact on the way humans communicate, conduct businesses, and sell their goods and services.

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Free or Open source software (OSS) refers to computer software available with its source code and under an open source license to study, change, and improve its design. OSS applications such as Linux, Apache and Bind have become widely used in the last few years, along with the expansion of the internet.

Legal education in Jordan and the rest of the Arab world is far from developed and so much work needs to be done. This is a piece written by Professor Mohamed Olwan on the future of legal education in Jordan and the rest of the Arab world.

The Asia and the Commons case study project represents an effort to uncover exemplary individuals and organisations engaged in the commons in the Asia-Pacific region.

I read with interest the draft paper of Stanford Law Professor Mark A. Lemley, entitled “Rationalizing Safe Harbors”. Professor Lemely is an important intellectual property (IP) name within the academia.

The research paper aims to address the legal implications and challenges that Internet technology coins upon the traditional concepts and principles of Jordanian civil law-and is particularly concerned with the formation of Contracts and Evidence law(s).