In order to fully grasp whether a technical solution is legal or not, one must of course be able to interpret existing legal frameworks in a digital environment. This book tells about the need for legal awareness beyond applicable law. It covers such application areas as e-government, knowledge management in law firms, and e-business models.
Covers the changes in IT law, including the Supreme Court decision in MGM versus Grokster. This title contains chapters on software development and licensing. It features a range of topics from contractual matters and intellectual property protection to electronic commerce, data protection and liability of internet service providers.
Offers section-wise commentary of the Information Technology Act, 2000. This title attempts to interpret the true legislative intent behind the Act by referring to and applying the Supreme Court judgments for assimilation and understanding of its various provisions.
Information Technology Law examines how law interacts with our actions in cyberspace and other elements of the information society. The first book to consider the relationship between the legal system and the information society, it also covers issues such as governance, free expression and crime, and looks forward to future challenges.
Connects the absence of legal oversight with harassment and discrimination. Questioning the simplistic notion that abusive speech and mobocracy are the inevitable outcomes of technology, this title argues that misuse is the outgrowth of social, technological, and legal choices.
The Internet has been romanticized as a zone of freedom. The alluring combination of sophisticated technology with low barriers to entry and instantaneous outreach to millions of users has mesmerized libertarians and communitarians alike. This book focuses on abuses made possible by anonymity, freedom from liability, and lack of oversight.
In 1996, Congress enacted comprehensive reform of the nation's statutory and regulatory framework for telecommunications by passing the Telecommunications Act, which substantially amended the 1934 Communications Act. Exploring several issues, this book includes the act in its entirety.
An analysis of information law and policy. It argues that the legal and technical rules governing flows of information are out of balance. It investigates the institutional forces shaping information society and the contradictions between those forces and the ways that people use information and information technologies in their everyday lives.