Authors: Marcel Bullinga.
Digital, pages
Publisher: World Future Society
Publication Date: 2002-05-01


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    This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 4086 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Internet of the future: to control or be controlled; Networked, intelligent environments will give us complete control over our world, our privacy, and our property. But we also will be more watched, and our actions more controlled.
Author: Marcel Bullinga
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Page: 27(7)

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Authors: Philip Leith.
Hardcover, 212 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2007-12-03
Edition: 1

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    The computer program exclusion from Article 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) proved impossible to uphold as industry moved over to digital technology, and the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) felt emboldened to circumvent the EPC in Vicom by creating the legal fiction of 'technical effect'. This 'engineer's solution' emphasised that protection should be available for a device, a situation which has led to software and business methods being protected throughout Europe when the form of application, rather than the substance, is acceptable. Since the Article 52 exclusion has effectively vanished, it is timely to reconsider what makes examination of software invention difficult and what leads to such energetic opposition to protecting inventive activity in the software field. Leith advocates a more programming-centric approach, which recognises that software examination requires different strategies from that of other technical fields....

Authors: Michael A. Banks.
Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Publication Date: 1997-05-09


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    Provides step-by-step instructions for how to protect sensitive, personal information and how to avoid becoming an online target. Shows users how to track down those who may be harassing, abusing, or defrauding them. Alerts the reader to the presence of many kinds of online dangers and violations of privacy, including compromises of passwords and chat room impostors. Includes real-life examples of victims of online predators. Explains the mechanisms by which stalkers, con-artists, and pranksters create hazards and cause problems. Teaches Internet users how to effectively deal with online threats, either by prevention or defensive reaction....

Authors: Yee Fen Lim.
Paperback, 752 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 2002-08-29


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    Cyberspace Law: Commentaries and Materials provides a detailed study of internet law with an Australian perspective....

Authors: John B. Morris.
Digital, 4 pages
Publisher: American Society of Association Executives
Publication Date: 1997-02-01


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    This digital document is an article from Association Management, published by American Society of Association Executives on February 1, 1997. The length of the article is 976 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Associations that offer Internet services should be aware of the new legal risks inherent in such type of communication. They should pay particular attention to potential problems related to laws regulating indecency and sexually oriented material, including the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Although this act is not currently enforced, similar state statutes have already been introduced. Associations should address such issues as control over the content, interaction among site users and hosting sites.

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Title: Indecency and the Internet.(Legal)(Column)
Author: John B. Morris
Publication: Association Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 1997
Publisher: American Society of Association Executives
Volume: v49 Issue: n2 Page: p133(2)

Article Type: Column

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Authors: Public Agenda.
Mass Market Paperback, 28 pages
Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
Publication Date: 1996-09-01


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    Sex, violence, privacy and free speech are among the nation's most difficult social issues. With the growth of the Internet, Americans must reconsider these sensitive subjects in light of their new electronic form. This illustrated issue guide offeres a concise, clear overview of the problems caused by the Internet and discusses what can be done to address them.

Written by award-winning journalist Michael deCourcey Hinds, this issue guide is part of a series of National Issues Forums guides which cover such topics as suburban sprawl, public school reform, the environment, illegal drugs, the economy and jobs. They are stuctured in a way to give concerned citizens an unbiased, easily understandable but in-depth,introduction to an issue and explain the different and sometimes competing solutions that exist. The guides are nonpartisan and do not advocate a particular solution to any public issue, and are an excellent educational tool....

Authors: Charles Platt.
Paperback, 367 pages
Publisher: Eos
Publication Date: 1997-03-01


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    Enter the front lines of both sides  in the war to control the Net.

The U.S. Justice Department, the Christian Coalition and the Guardian Angels want to clean up the Net. ACLU attorneys, college activists and a raging band of rebels are trying to stop them. Who will win this epic battle, and what will the consequences be?

From Charles Platt, one of the original online renegades and a contributing editor of Wired magazine, comes these two distinct "guides" --each with its own front cover -- to address both sides of these modern issues in one book. This authoritative look begins with the origins of Usenet and ends in a nightmarish future where the war on netporn has become as expensive and futile as the war on drugs. Along the way we meet dozens of other colorful personalities fighting to control the greatest mass medium since the printing press....

    Anarchy Online is absolutely a must-read for anyone concerned about cyberspace matters. Charles Platt's excellent book promises "the truth beyond the hype" and he delivers. "Anarchy Online" examines the sensationalism surrounding crime, free speech issues, and sex on the Net. He's done his homework, covering issues like cyberporn, hacker busts, and encryption in compelling detail. Although he possesses an insider's knowledge of the insiders, Platt steps back sufficiently to get a useful and thought-provoking perspective....

Authors: Robert B. Gelman. Stanton McCandlish.
Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Harper Edge
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Edition: 1st

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    Like any new frontier, cyberspace offers both exhilarating possibilities and unforeseen hazards. As personal information about us travels the globe on high-speed networks, often with neither our knowledge nor our consent, a solid understanding of privacy and security issues is vital to the preservation of our rights and civil liberties. In reaping the benefits of the information age while safeguarding ourselves from its perils, the choices we make and the precedents we establish today will be central in defining the future of the electronic frontier.

Since 1991, the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has worked to protect freedoms and advocate responsibility in new media and the online world. In Protecting Yourself Online,  Robert Gelman has drawn on the collective insight and experience of EFF to present a comprehensive guide to self-protection in the electronic frontier. In accessible, clear-headed language, Protecting Yourself Online  addresses such issues as:

• avoiding spam [junk mail]
• spotting online scams and hoaxes
• protecting yourself from identity theft and fraud
• guarding your email privacy [and knowing when you can't]
• assessing the danger of viruses
• keeping the net free of censorship and safe for your children
• protecting your intellectual property

Produced by the leading civil libertarians of the digital age, and including a foreword by one of the most respected leaders in global business and the cyberworld, Esther Dyson, Protecting Yourself Online is an essential resource for new media newcomers and old Internet hands alike....

    Too many cyberspace pundits fail to deliver constructive ideas on how to deal with issues of safety, privacy, and censorship online. Protecting Yourself Online, penned by members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is a splendid exception that makes good on its claim to be the definitive resource for practical solutions to these problems.

The authors cover a lot of territory in a concise, direct manner. Among the topics are free expression and online censorship, reconciling individual liberties with community standards, secure communications and online commerce, and the protection of intellectual property online. One excellent chapter deals with netiquette, spam, hackers, computer viruses, and flames. A major focus is placed on recognizing online spoofs and scams, whether it be an e-mail advertisement that is too good to be true or people who aren't who they say they are.

Additional topics include protecting yourself from spam and mail bombs, issues of government control online, and how can you protect your personal information (including credit-card numbers, medical information, and passwords) by using encryption and authentication. The book also delves into dealing with e-mail flames, children on the Internet, and even how the U.S. Constitution might apply over an international network. Each issue is discussed calmly, rationally, and without sensationalism.

The EFF, founded in 1990 as a nonprofit organization to defend civil liberties and rights in cyberspace, has consistently been at the forefront of the debate on freedom and responsibility online. Perhaps its most famous case was the campaign against online censorship that started in reaction to the Communications Decency Act's initial passage. --Elizabeth Lewis...

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Hardcover, 310 pages
Publisher: Asser Press
Publication Date: 2006-05-22
Edition: 1

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    What does the term 'on-line' mean? When do we actually enter the on-line environment and leave the 'off-line' world? Is it different, separate, or even unique compared to the off-line world? In what cases do we need to regulate it, and how? These have become important, but complex questions for law-makers, policy-makers, regulators, and politicians who design regulatory frameworks to address societal changes related to fast-moving technological developments. In order to more consistently and effectively deal with ICT and Internet regulation, governments and international organizations have developed regulatory 'starting points', such as 'what holds off-line, must hold on-line' and 'regulation should be technology-neutral'. This book questions these regulatory starting points in detail and systematically explores their application, meaning and value for international e-regulation....

Authors: Alan M. Gahtan. Martin P. J. Kratz. J. Fraser Mann.
Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Committee Against Racism
Publication Date: 1998-09