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Technology tends to be a few steps ahead of authority, but legal battles are already flaring up in cyberspace. Although Cavazos and Morin admit that, with the rapid development of interactive computer networks, their book may require immediate updating, it is a pretty thorough description of how contemporary American ordinances can affect the new communications revolution. It provides lucid explanations of what online systems are as well as of the state and federal laws that could control their use, it addresses provocative issues including the dissemination of pornographic material through electronic mail and ownership of intellectual property in computer networks, and it discusses the results of genuine criminal offenses--fraud and hacking--too. Although Cavazos and Morin are attorneys and frequently use legal precedents in their arguments, their language is clear and lively enough for all readers to enjoy. The many handy appendixes tellingly include the names of those whom future online users should contact when they need to find out the boundaries of their rights. Aaron Cohen
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Winner, 1994, category of Computer Science, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.
What legal recourse do you have if someone has read your private e-mail without your consent? Who owns the copyright to the message you just posted on a bulletin board? Can you get into trouble for downloading a sexually explicit file? These are among the many questions that the authors, both practicing attorneys, address in Cyberspace and the Law. Without resorting to confusing legalese, they present a clear and concise analysis of legal issues in the anarchic world of cyberspace for members of the on-line world who have little or no legal background.
The introduction provides a quick tour of cyberspace (on-line services, bulletin board systems, private systems, and networks) and activities (e-mail, public messaging systems, software exchange, electronic publishing, entertainment, chat, educational and research services, and commercial applications). Cavazos and Morin then take up electronic privacy issues including anonymity and both statutory and common law approaches to protecting private communications (featuring a discussion of Steve Jackson Games v. United States Secret Service); the virtual marketplace of electronic contracts and credit card transactions; copyright law in an uncharted new world; freedom of speech; adult material (digitized images, animated sequences, sexually explicit text, "hot chat"); and cyber-crimes.
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Technology tends to be a few steps ahead of authority, but legal battles are already flaring up in cyberspace. Although Cavazos and Morin admit that, with the rapid development of interactive computer networks, their book may require immediate updating, it is a pretty thorough description of how contemporary American ordinances can affect the new communications revolution. It provides lucid explanations of what online systems are as well as of the state and federal laws that could control their use, it addresses provocative issues including the dissemination of pornographic material through electronic mail and ownership of intellectual property in computer networks, and it discusses the results of genuine criminal offenses--fraud and hacking--too. Although Cavazos and Morin are attorneys and frequently use legal precedents in their arguments, their language is clear and lively enough for all readers to enjoy. The many handy appendixes tellingly include the names of those whom future online users should contact when they need to find out the boundaries of their rights. Aaron Cohen
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Winner, 1994, category of Computer Science, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.
What legal recourse do you have if someone has read your private e-mail without your consent? Who owns the copyright to the message you just posted on a bulletin board? Can you get into trouble for downloading a sexually explicit file? These are among the many questions that the authors, both practicing attorneys, address in Cyberspace and the Law. Without resorting to confusing legalese, they present a clear and concise analysis of legal issues in the anarchic world of cyberspace for members of the on-line world who have little or no legal background.
The introduction provides a quick tour of cyberspace (on-line services, bulletin board systems, private systems, and networks) and activities (e-mail, public messaging systems, software exchange, electronic publishing, entertainment, chat, educational and research services, and commercial applications). Cavazos and Morin then take up electronic privacy issues including anonymity and both statutory and common law approaches to protecting private communications (featuring a discussion of Steve Jackson Games v. United States Secret Service); the virtual marketplace of electronic contracts and credit card transactions; copyright law in an uncharted new world; freedom of speech; adult material (digitized images, animated sequences, sexually explicit text, "hot chat"); and cyber-crimes.
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