Giving or taking Control
A political agenda for the information society. A report to the Dutch cabinet on governance in the information age.

Mission
Explaining the objectives and origin of the Infodrome project.

Institutions under pressure
An interim report containing the provisional findings compiled from papers by, and discussions with, a large number of experts.

The use of Space
ICT supports the transformations of the urban today into a network structure ("network city"). Within this so-called "network city" we can observe both parallel contradictory tendencies of concentration and deconcentration of urban functions. A report with the results of a workshop on this subject.

Property Rights
This paper reports on the discussion about changes in the environment for intellectual property protection through intellectual property rights (IPRs), and the challenges posed by a changing IPR landscape in the information age.

THE INFLUENCE OF ICT ON SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT

Introduction: Naive belief in progress or hard reality ?
We can say that we more or less already live in an information society. Or, as is often said in general terms: 'the impact of ICT on society is large and is growing'. But that does not tell the whole story. The power of the imagination is not always supported by empirical evidence. On the subject of ICT and society, the tenets of techno gurus and their agnostic counterparts are somersaulting over one another.The scientific surveys gathered together in this bundle make an important and substantial contribution to this effort. They are studies from three different disciplines that largely cover the aspects of our society: social psychology, the law and the economy.

Social-psychological issues
This survey reviews the effects of the new information communication technologies on the individual and society, with particular emphasis on the social psychological dimensions of their impact. The changes in society brought about this information revolution are undeniable.

The conceptual shortage. Legal implications of the digital Revolution .
This survey focuses on the role of the law and, in more general terms, the role of the legislator in the modelling of our virtual society. The question which is immediately posed is whether the law actually plays a role in the development of Information and Communication Technology and, more specifically, the Internet. After all, is it not true that the virtual world is a completely free society which is not bound by traditional standards and values? According to John Perry Barlow. , there is no law in the Internet world and that is how it should be.

E-conomy: ICT and market operation
A survey that's trying, from a micro-economic perspective, to throw some light on the question of what is new in the new economy, and what can be expected in the future. It concentrates in this endeavour on the question of what impact ICT does have on the operation of the markets. It describe changes that are currently taking place and trys to discover trends that are relevant to the future.

In bits and pieces
ICT is vulnerable. Cybercrime, internet breakdown or los of electricity could be dangerous to society. This paper takes a closer look at ICT-vulnerabilaty in the Netherlands and abroad.

Mobile Future. UMTS as a sustainable designopportunity
Will UMTS be the future for Mobile internet?