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Introduction : the law of global digitality -- Towards a legal methodology of digitalisation - the example of digital copyright law -- Transnational intellectual property governance on the internet -- The more the merrier - a dynamic approach learning from prior misgovernance in EU Data Protection Law -- Giving the invisible hand a relatively free hand : data privacy in the U.S. and the unfortunate, but lawful, commodification of the person -- The challenge of globalized online commerce for U.S. Contract and Consumer Law -- Paradigms of EU Consumer Law in the digital age -- Law of digitality : Media Law - US perspectives -- European Media Law in times of digitality -- Regulating virtual currencies -- Criminal Law Regulation of global digitality : characteristics and critique of Cybercrime Law -- Conclusion : the law of global digitality : findings and future research.