The Information Society: Emerging Landscapes [electronic resource] : IFIP International Conference on Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability, Turku, Finland, June 27–29, 2005 / edited by Chris Zielinski, Penny Duquenoy, Kai Kimppa.

Philosophy, Ethics and Sociological Aspects -- Information Cultures and Counter-Cultures -- When is it Good to Steal? A Moral Reflection on Current Trends in Intellectual Property -- Socially Responsible International Intellectual Property Rights in Software and other Digitally Distributable Material -- Accountability and Reflective Responsibility in Information Systems -- Culture and Education -- On the Seductive Lightness of Being: Insights into Cyberspace -- Evolving Landscapes for Education -- Abductive Reasoning and ICT Enhanced Learning: Towards the Epistemology of Digital Nomads -- Social Aspects -- E-Care Co-Ordination: An Inclusive Community-Wide Holistic Approach -- Online Healthcare: Internet Pharmacies May not Always be Good for Your Health -- Politics and Regulation -- The Impact of Security Concerns on Cyber Liberties -- What Governance and Regulations for the Internet? Ethical Issues -- What are Workers Doing about Electronic Surveillance in the Workplace? -- Copyright Management Systems -- Economics and Work -- Managing the Knowledge of the Organization -- Future Skills in the ICT Industry: Qualitative and Quantitative Examination -- ICT from the Bottom of the Pyramid: Design and/or De-Construction? -- Work Ethics and Effectiveness in Home Care: Rationalization through Technological Innovation -- Technology, Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies -- A 21st Century Ethical Debate: Pursuing Perspectives on Ambient Intelligence -- Social and Ethical Aspects of IPv6 -- Trusted Computing, or the Gatekeeper.

International Federation for Information Processing The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing. For more information about the 300 other books in the IFIP series, please visit springeronline.com. For more information about IFIP, please visit www.ifip.org.