Authors: B. G. Kutais.
Hardcover, 225 pages
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Publication Date: 2006-06-30


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    The Internet continues to worm its way into the fabric of the world communications system with information of all types imaginable from the good to the bad to the ugly. In addition we have daily viruses, worms, spam galore and all sorts of ailments. This new book brings together the latest issues in the cyberworld, which is faster by the day, darker by the night and more elusive than ever....

Authors: Dan Jerker B. Svantesson.
Hardcover, 440 pages
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Publication Date: 2007-02-07


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    In this fresh and original approach to what is perhaps the most crucial current issue in private international law, Dan Svantesson examines how the Internet affects and is affected by the four fundamental questions: When should a lawsuit be entertained by the courts? Which state's law should be applied? When should a court that can entertain a lawsuit decline to do so? And will a judgement rendered in one country be recognised in another? He identifies eleven characteristics of Internet communication that are relevant to these questions, and then proceeds with a detailed investigation of whether and to what extent these characteristics (or their closest analogues) have already been dealt with in legal issues arising from other forms of communication. Dr Svantesson's approach focuses on several issues that have far-reaching consequences in the Internet context, including the following: cross-border defamation; cross-border business contracts; and cross-border consumer contracts. A wide survey of private international law solutions encompasses insightful analyses of relevant laws adopted in a variety of countries - including Australia, England, Hong Kong, the United States, Germany, Sweden, and China - as well as in international instruments. There is also a chapter on advances in geo-identification technology and its special value for legal practice. The book concludes with two model international conventions, one on cross-border defamation and one on cross-border contracts. Dr Svantesson's book brings together a wealth of research findings in the overlapping disciplines of law and technology that will be of particular utility to practitioners and academics working in this new and rapidly changing field. His thoughtful analysis of the interplay of the developing Internet and private international law will also be of great value, as will the tools he offers with which to anticipate the future. "Private International Law and the Internet" provides a remarkable stimulus to continue working towards globally acceptable rules on jurisdiction, applicable law, and recognition and enforcement of judgments for communication via the World Wide Web....

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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....

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Paperback, 110 pages
Publisher: Novinka Books
Publication Date: 2006-08-15


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    Cyberterrorism can be defined as the use of information technology by terrorist groups and individuals to further their agenda. This can include use of information technology to organise and execute attacks against networks, computer systems and telecommunications infrastructures, or for exchanging information or making threats electronically. Examples are hacking into computer systems, introducing viruses to vulnerable networks, web site defacing, denial-of-service attacks, or terroristic threats made via electronic communication. This book examines various aspects of this new type of warfare....

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Unknown Binding, pages
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Publication Date: 1991

Authors: Stuart Biegel.
Hardcover, 468 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 2001-10-01


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

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: Margaret Jane Radin. John A. Rothchild. Gregory M. Silverman.
Paperback, 474 pages
Publisher: Foundation Press
Publication Date: 2003-11


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    This law school text is an in-depth survey of the emerging legal framework for the protection of intellectual property on the Internet, with particular emphasis on issues that have not yet become well known, such as protection of databases, and trademark-based disputes over domain names. It is designed to be used either in a traditional survey course in intellectual property, or as the basis for a course or seminar focusing on intellectual property in cyberspace. The authors assume familiarity with first-year legal courses, but no further specialized knowledge is required....

Authors: Nick Holmes.
Hardcover, 219 pages
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date: 1999-01
Edition: 2nd

Authors: James E. Gaskin.
Paperback, 452 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 1996-11


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    The Internet explosion into everyday life has increased scrutiny, controversy, and calls for legal controls. This book focuses on the new management skills needed by system administrators and their management to deal with the new constraints placed on both access and content on the Net....