Description |
xx, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Freedom, Censorship, and Control of the Online System -- 2. Contracts and Commercial Arrangements -- 3. Owning and Using Online Property -- 4. Dangers and Responsibilities in the Online World -- 5. Privacy -- 6. Crime and the Online System -- 7. Searches and Seizures -- 8. Adult Materials and Themes -- A: Sample Contracts -- B: Electronic Communications Privacy Act -- C: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act -- D: Credit Card Abuse -- E: New York Computer Crime Statute -- F: First Amendment Privacy Protection (Privacy Protection Act) -- G: Child Pornography Statute -- H: FCC Restrictions on Obscene and Indecent Telephone Transmissions -- I: State Computer Crime Laws -- J: Sources of Further Information |
Summary |
Using case studies, Lance Rose covers the most widely debated topics affecting systems users and operators, including commercial relationships, ownership of information, searches and seizures, and sexually explicit materials. In easy-to-follow, plain English discussions, this one-of-a-kind legal guide covers that you need to know to venture online confident of your rights and informed of the risks |
Analysis |
Computers Law |
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United States |
Notes |
Additional subtitle on cover: The guidebook to the changing legal frontier |
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Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Computer networks -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Computer networks -- Law and legislation.
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Computers -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Computers -- Law and legislation.
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Internet -- Law and legislation.
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World Wide Web -- Law and legislation.
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Computer Communication Networks -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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LC no. |
95195365 |
ISBN |
0078820774 |
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