Topical Problems of Cyber Law (Review of the 2nd International Summer School on Cyber Law)

Abstract

Lebed' (Efremova) Valeria - Senior Researcher, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Juridical Sciences. Address: 10 Znamenka Str., Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation. E-mail: vefremova@bk.ru.

Teleshina Natalya -  Associate Professor, Murom Institute (campus) of the Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs, Candidate of Juridical Sciences. Address: 87 Gorkiy Str., Vladimir, 600000, Russian Federation.  E-mail: fedoseeva82@mail.ru.

The review covers the results of the 2nd International Academic Summer School on Cyber Law held by the academic university laboratory on information law of the HSE law Faculty. The event aimed to invite young specialists in ICT and law to discuss topical for law theory and practice issues of legal regulation of cyber space, in particular creating accessible software, spread of legal and illegal content on the Internet, providing information security, copyright protection, legal regulation of cloud technologies. The school was attended by the representatives of the leading academic centers of the UK, Belgium, France, Slovakia, India, Uzbekistan, and researchers and practitioners from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod and other Russian cities and towns. The review shows the complex nature of cyber law, notes the acute topicality of research and practical understanding of the issues of IT and computer technologies, exposes the obstacles in the legal regulation of open accessed software, justifies the necessity of flexibility in regulating and protecting copyright in terms of spreading legal content on the Internet, describes Russian and foreign experience of tackling piracy, reveals the Russian experience of protecting personal data and the experience of the interaction between law enforcement agencies and IT companies in Russia.