Authors:
Hardcover, 160 pages
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Publication Date: 2003-07
Edition: 1

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    To the contention that the advent of electronic commerce demands a near-complete jettisoning of existing laws affecting business transactions, the authors of the essays in this book answer: not so. Rather, the resolution to the challenge lies in the combination of existing legal elements from heretofore disparate disciplines, and the creation from these elements of a new field of legal principle and practice, a field that will nonetheless overlap with classical commercial law. Perhaps the most significant feature of this emerging body of law is that it is necessarily transnational, as e-commerce cannot be contained within national borders. Although there is a general consensus that "what holds off line, holds on line", there are circumstances that give rise to legal issues peculiar to the information technology environment. These essays deal with some of these issues and other relevant matters, including the following: the country-of-origin principle in EU law; variations in national implementations of the European Directive on electronic signatures; civil liability of Internet service providers; negligence, damage, defective products, culpable wrongdoing and other tort issues in an on-line context; defining the moment of effectiveness of an e-mail notice; "good faith and fair dealing" on-line; the Internet as a zone of "socially responsible spontaneity"; protection of databases - how much is too much?; international private law issues in business-to-consumer disputes; and redefining the separate realms of litigation, legal advice and rule-making as e-commerce grows in the years to come. This book elaborates and updates a staff exchange that took place in 2001 among legal scholars from the Universities of Oxford and Leiden. Its insights represent some of the best-informed thinking on the legal aspects of this all-pervasive feature of contemporary society....

Authors: R. van Wendel de Joode. J. A. de Bruijn. M. J. G. van Eeten.
Hardcover, 164 pages
Publisher: Asser Press
Publication Date: 2003-08-15


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    Worldwide, governments and businesses are recognizing the value of open source and free software. This software is developed and continuously improved by volunteers in communities on the Internet. How are these communities able to continuously develop innovative software in a world dominated by markets, companies and laws? Written with a clear focus on intellectual property rights, this book analyses the surprisingly creative solutions that explain the long-lasting stability of these communities. It identifies the threats that communities are faced with, and discusses the innovative strategies developed to neutralize these threats....

Authors: John T Soma.
Unknown Binding, pages
Publisher: University Microfilms International
Publication Date: 1985

Authors: Amy Harmon.
Digital, 3 pages
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Publication Date: 2004-11-15


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    This digital document is an article from New York Times Upfront, published by Scholastic, Inc. on November 15, 2004. The length of the article is 744 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.

Citation Details
Title: Cyberbullies: cell phones, instant messaging, and the internet are giving bullies new ways to harass their classmates, even they're not at school.(National)
Author: Amy Harmon
Publication: New York Times Upfront (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 15, 2004
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 137 Issue: 5 Page: 20(2)

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Authors: Stuart Biegel.
Paperback, 472 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 2003-09-01


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    Best Information Science Book of the Year, American Society for Information Science & Technology, 2002, Finalist in the 2001 Communication Policy Research Award presented by The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center. and Winner of the Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture presented by the Media Ecology Association

This book provides a framework for thinking about the law and cyberspace, examining the extent to which the Internet is currently under control and the extent to which it can or should be controlled. It focuses in part on the proliferation of MP3 file sharing, a practice made possible by the development of a file format that enables users to store large audio files with near-CD sound quality on a computer. By 1998, software available for free on the Web enabled users to copy existing digital files from CDs. Later technologies such as Napster and Gnutella allowed users to exchange MP3 files in cyberspace without having to post anything online. This ability of online users to download free music caused an uproar among music executives and many musicians, as well as a range of much-discussed legal action.

Regulation strategies identified and discussed include legislation, policy changes, administrative agency activity, international cooperation, architectural changes, private ordering, and self-regulation. The book also applies major regulatory models to some of the most volatile Internet issues, including cyber-security, consumer fraud, free speech rights, intellectual property rights, and file-sharing programs....

    Frontiers can't last forever. That's the message underlying Beyond Our Control? Confronting the Limits of Our Legal System in the Age of Cyberspace by legal scholar Stuart Biegel. The pioneers of the Internet have long proclaimed that their domain couldn't and shouldn't be regulated, but increasing commercial and legal pressures are tipping the balance in favor of control. Biegel is neither surprised nor outraged at this development and urges his readers to accept the inevitable and advocate for sensible legislation.

His comparisons of Internet activity to traditional means of communication and commerce are intriguing and suggest analogies with existing regulations. Despite his skepticism, Biegel does find some grey areas that will, he believes, require new thinking rather than simply repurposing old laws for new ends. He draws on the ever-evolving MP3 and P2P controversies to keep his writing concrete, and material that could be rather dry flourishes when applied to the daily news. --Rob Lightner...

Authors: Michael C. Gemignani.
Hardcover, 270 pages
Publisher: Quorum Books
Publication Date: 1989-02-17


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    Intended as an introduction to the law for electronic data processing managers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues and concerns of particular relevance to those responsible for running computer operations. The author shows the reader how to identify potential areas of liability, how to take steps to prevent a potential liability from becoming an actual liability, and how to communicate more effectively with legal counsel when it is required. As Gemignani demonstrates, managers of computer operations must be especially alert to areas of legal vulnerability because computers have raised novel, precedent-setting legal issues that the courts have only recently begun to address. His guide, written for professionals with little background in the law, will enable EDP managers to recognize their rights in particular situations and deal more successfully with legal problems when they arise. The book begins with an introduction to the law, courts, and the trial process. This first chapter also includes a brief survey of legal research tools that will enable the reader to find the latest word on a question in this rapidly evolving field. Gemignani moves to a discussion of contract law, addressing issues such as the Uniform Commercial Code, warranties, breach of contract, and remedies available in case of breach, rejection and acceptance of contracted-for products, and licenses and leases. Subsequent chapters examine copyright law, laws related to patents and trade secrets, computer crime and piracy, torts, and evidentiary considerations managers should be aware of in designing and operating computer centers. Each chapter contains a list of selected readings, and an extensive glossary of legal terms is provided for ready reference. A contract checklist, forms and instructions for obtaining a copyright, and a sample U.S. Supreme Court slip opinion on a topic in computer law complete this invaluable guide....

Authors: F. Emmett Fitzpatrick.
Paperback, 151 pages
Publisher: Bisel
Publication Date: 2000-07


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    Internet Essentials for the Pennsylvania Attorney is a comprehensive guide to utilizing Internet resources in the practice of law. Written by F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, III, an attorney with extensive technical experience, the book provides lucid explanations, practical information, and sound advice. Subjects covered include:

Using Search Engines to Locate Information

Legal Resources on the Internet

Performing Substantive Legal Research on the Internet

Advanced Search Engine Tools and Techniques

Ethical Issues and Considerations

Emerging Internet-Related Legal Issues Internet Essentials for the Pennsylvania Attorney is a valuable desktop reference for any legal professional. Information is power, and this book supplies the keys to the richest information vault in the world - the Internet....

Authors: Michael C. Gemignani.
Hardcover, 244 pages
Publisher: Cbi Pub Co
Publication Date: 1981-06

Authors: Sander Rubin.
Unknown Binding, 28 pages
Publisher: Wordsworth Systems
Publication Date: 1974

Authors: Mirela Roznovschi.
Hardcover, 234 pages
Publisher: Transnational Publishers
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Edition: 2

Reviews :

    Although universal on-line access to legal information has vastly expanded the lawyer's practical resources, it does not come with a clear and reliable methodology. A fundamental shift in approach is necessary to understand its enormous transformation of the legal research process; using it requires a new set of procedures amounting to the assimilation of a new legal culture. Now for the first time this new 'cyberlegal' culture is fully set forth in a way that makes its great benefits available to all legal practitioners and law librarians. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the new legal infrastructure inherent in the internationalisation of legal research via the internet. It presents dependable strategies for navigating efficiently in the virtual reality environment, with special attention to the librarian's role in shaping legal database interfaces. It thoroughly explains how the law library's mission is restructured, adding a teaching dimension to its traditional role as a reference service. The author describes the skills and managerial decisions that characterise the cyberlegal culture, showing the reader exactly how the cyberlegal information specialist conducts substantive legal research. She spells out the guiding principles on evaluating databases, other online legal research tools, and the 'linked thinking' capabilities of the internet....