Issues in Internet Law [Perfect Paperback]

Keith B. Darrell (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0977161102 | ISBN-13: 978-0977161102

* Suppose you buy something online; was that online contract you clicked on really enforceable, even if you just scrolled down and did not read it? * Is receiving pornography in office e-mail from your co-workers sexual harassment? * Can stalkers find your personal information online? * What can you legally place on your website? And what's not allowed? * Do you own your domain name? * Can a public library censor your use of its Internet-linked computers? * Who else can read your e-mail? * Is it legal to gamble online? * How "private" is your private information after you disclose it to a website? * Is a student exercising his First Amendment rights when he creates a hate website on a public school's Internet server? * Do other countries address these issues differently from the U.S.? * Which country's laws apply on the Internet? These are just some of the issues addressed in this book. Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law can be read by the average person to develop an awareness of issues in Internet Law and is also designed for use as a textbook. But Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law is about change. Change brought on by advances in technology and the effects on society and, in turn, how the law copes with those changes. Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology is not meant to be a 'law book' - at least not in the sense that you can turn to a page and immediately read a definitive answer as to what the state of the law is on any given topic. In the Internet Age, in a world where changes occur at light speed on a daily basis, the only state of the law is the state of flux. This book offers a view of the law through the prism of society and culture. Advances in technology have always changed societies, and there has never been as far-reaching and profound an advance as the Internet. By reaching across all borders into all societies and cultures, the Internet has created a single virtual world - a melting pot where each society's cultures, mores, and values are interchanged. Differing political, religious, and cultural ideas, practices and beliefs assail web visitors at each mouse click. It would be impossible for the Internet not to change the very fabric of every society on earth. Some nations want to block access to, or at least filter, content on the Internet. Marketers realize the Internet provides unsurpassed access to consumers, but such access may entail threats to privacy, manipulation of children, risk of fraud, and undesired annoyances such as spam. The Internet has become the world's largest, most pervasive soapbox where anyone and everyone can have their 15 minutes of fame. But the downside of such unlimited global access is that the megaphone of the Internet can be used to disseminate misinformation, libel, and hate speech. Laws are required to protect consumers, investors, children, and those who are defamed, or subjected to hate speech. But with hundreds of nations, each with its own jurisprudence, cultural and societal mores, philosophies, and legal systems, which laws will prevail and - even if every nation on earth shared the same jurisprudence - how could any single nation apply its laws to a technology that knows no boundaries? The Internet is like a giant snake slithering across every country - each nation focuses on the portion of the snake it sees and tries to apply its jurisprudence to that portion. This book looks at the attempts of nations to overlay their laws upon the Internet.

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Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Amber Book Company (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977161102
• ISBN-13: 978-0977161102
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,267,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Internet Law Primer, August 31, 2007

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A.G. West (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Issues in Internet Law (Perfect Paperback)

The Internet is not lawless. If you use the Internet you need to understand at least the basic rules. I've read to many forum posts asking simple copyright questions, blog comments harassing others, clueless cybersquatters -- all which can result in large lawsuits.

The book works well as a textbook, reference, and primer for Internet laws. It's broken down into six parts. Each chapter ends with a summary, notes, and quiz.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top-notch and to the point for the layman, August 16, 2008

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Marian Brown (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Issues in Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law, 2008 edition (Issues in Internet Law: Society, Technology, & the Law) (Paperback)

This is a top-notch book written for the webmaster. Although it deals with the complex legal issues surrounding the internet, it is written in layman's terms and illustrated with "ripped from the headlines" court cases.

Anyone creating a website, blog or overseeing one should read this book first.