Cyberlaw : text and cases

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2nd ed.

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Mason, Ohio : Thomson/South-Western/West, 2004

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9780324164886

Subject Term:

Computer networks -- Law and legislation -- United States

Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- United States

Internet

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Ferrera, Gerald R.

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This exciting text assists aspiring business managers in recognizing the legal issues relevant to maintaining and doing business in an e-commerce world. It covers relevant legal issues, applicable court decisions, federal and state statutes, administrative rulings, legal literature, and ethical considerations relating to Internet law.

Preface	p. xviii
List of Cases	p. xxiv
Part 1 Introduction to Cyberlaw
1 Technology and Cyberlaw	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
History of the Internet	p. 4
History of the World Wide Web	p. 4
How the Internet Works	p. 5
Regulation of Cyberspace	p. 7
Business Uses of Internet Technologies	p. 11
Globalization	p. 12
Law and Cyberspace	p. 12
Summary	p. 13
Key Terms	p. 13
Manager's Checklist	p. 14
2 Jurisdiction	p. 15
Introduction	p. 16
Categories of Jurisdiction	p. 17
Traditional Principles of Jurisdiction	p. 20
Judicial History of Personal Jurisdiction	p. 23
Personal Jurisdiction in the Online Environment	p. 25
Pavlovich v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County and DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc.	p. 26
Verizon Online Services, Inc. v. Ralsky	p. 29
Am. Online, Inc. v. Superior Court (Mendoza)	p. 33
International Jurisdiction in Cyberspace	p. 35
Principles of National Enforcement	p. 36
Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme	p. 37
Summary	p. 40
Key Terms	p. 41
Manager's Checklist	p. 41
Case Problems	p. 42
Additional Readings	p. 44
Part 2 Intellectual Property Issues in Cyberspace
3 Trademarks	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
Intellectual Property	p. 48
Trademarks	p. 48
Trademarks as Distinctive: Either Inherently or Through a Secondary Meaning	p. 52
Julia Fiona Roberts v. Russell Boyd	p. 54
Trademark Infringement and Dilution	p. 58
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. Check Point Software Technologies, Inc.	p. 59
A.B.C. Carpet Co., Inc., et al. v. Naeini	p. 64
Trademarks in Cyberspace: Cyberpiracy and Internet Technology	p. 67
E & J Gallo Winery v. Spider Webs Ltd.	p. 68
Playboy Enterprises Inc. v. Welles	p. 73
International Regulation and Enforcement of Trademark Law	p. 74
Summary	p. 79
Key Terms	p. 80
Manager's Checklist	p. 80
Case Problems	p. 81
Additional Readings	p. 82
4 Copyrights	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
Copyright Act of 1976	p. 86
Constitutional Challenge to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act	p. 88
Eldred v. Ashcroft	p. 89
Exclusive Statutory Rights of a Copyright Owner	p. 91
Theories of Liability for Copyright Infringement	p. 94
Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc.	p. 95
Limitations on Copyright Owners' Exclusive Rights	p. 98
Remedies for Copyright Infringement	p. 100
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)	p. 101
Safe Harbor for Online Service Providers Under the DMCA	p. 102
Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Napster Case	p. 103
International Regulation and Enforcement of Copyright Law	p. 104
Summary	p. 107
Key Terms	p. 108
Manager's Checklist	p. 108
Case Problems	p. 109
Additional Readings	p. 110
5 Business Methods Patents and Trade Secrets	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Business Methods Patents	p. 112
Patent Law as It Relates to Business Practices	p. 114
The Patentability of Software and Business Methods Patents	p. 118
State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.	p. 120
Marketel International, Inc. v. Priceline.com	p. 123
Enforcing Patent Rights: Plaintiff's Case	p. 126
Amazon.com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble.com, Inc.	p. 126
Defendant's Case	p. 129
The Future of Business Methods Patents: The Problems/Vulnerabilities in the Present System	p. 130
International Recognition and Enforcement of Business Methods Patents	p. 132
Trade Secrets: An Alternative Strategy to Patenting	p. 134
DVD Copy Control Association v. Bunner	p. 138
Summary	p. 143
Key Terms	p. 144
Manager's Checklist	p. 144
Case Problems	p. 145
Additional Readings	p. 147
Part 3 Business and Financial Issues in Cyberspace
6 Online Contracting	p. 151
Introduction	p. 151
Fundamental Principles of Contract Law	p. 155
The Requirements of a Contract	p. 155
Warranties, Disclaimers, and Terms of Use	p. 161
The Developing Uniform E-Commerce Law: UCITA and UETA	p. 166
Electronic Signatures	p. 171
Software Licensing	p. 173
Click-Wrap, Shrink-Wrap, and Browse-Wrap Agreements	p. 176
ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg	p. 177
Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp.	p. 179
E-Commerce and Insurance: Insuring Online Contracting Risk	p. 182
State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Midwest Computers & More	p. 183
American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company v. Ingram Micro, Inc.	p. 184
International Aspects of Electronic Contracting	p. 187
Summary	p. 188
Key Terms	p. 189
Manager's Checklist	p. 189
Case Problems	p. 190
Additional Readings	p. 192
7 Sales Tax in E-Commerce	p. 193
Introduction	p. 194
National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Dept. of Rev. of the State of Illinois	p. 198
Quill Corp. v. North Dakota	p. 201
A New Sales Tax System: The Streamline Sales Tax Project (SSTP)	p. 207
International Internet Taxation	p. 211
Summary	p. 215
Key Terms	p. 215
Manager's Checklist	p. 215
Case Problems	p. 216
Additional Readings	p. 218
8 Online Securities Offerings and Transactions	p. 219
Introduction	p. 219
Raising Capital: Online Securities Offerings	p. 220
Securities and Exchange Commission v. SG Ltd.	p. 222
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Abacus International Holdings Corp.	p. 226
Haack v. Max Internet Communications, Inc.	p. 228
Hart v. Internet Wire, Inc. & Bloomberg L.P.	p. 237
Online Transactions in Securities	p. 239
International Aspects of Online Securities Offerings	p. 242
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gold-Ventures Club	p. 244
Summary	p. 249
Key Terms	p. 249
Manager's Checklist	p. 249
Case Problems	p. 250
Additional Readings	p. 252
Part 4 Special Issues in Cyberspace
9 Privacy	p. 257
Introduction	p. 257
Sources of the Right to Privacy	p. 258
Common Law Torts for Invasion of Privacy	p. 260
Katz v. United States	p. 261
Federal Privacy Laws	p. 267
Federal Legislation: Credit and Financial Records	p. 270
Federal Legislation: Privacy in Personal Financial Information	p. 271
Federal Legislation: Privacy in Health and Medical Records	p. 274
Privacy Protection for Children from the Collection of Online Personal Information	p. 275
In Re DoubleClick Inc., Privacy Litigation	p. 281
Privacy and Spam ("Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail")	p. 284
Cyber Promotions, Inc., v. America Online, Inc.	p. 288
CompuServe, Inc., v. Cyber Promotions	p. 290
Workplace Privacy	p. 292
Michael A. Smyth v. Pillsbury Company	p. 294
Robert Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines	p. 297
Conclusion	p. 299
Global Issues of Privacy in Cyberspace	p. 301
Summary	p. 306
Key Terms	p. 306
Manager's Checklist	p. 307
Case Problems	p. 307
Additional Readings	p. 309
10 Obscenity	p. 311
Introduction	p. 311
First Amendment Protection: Freedom of Expression	p. 312
Miller v. California	p. 313
United States v. Thomas	p. 316
Government Regulation of Cyberporn	p. 319
U.S. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.	p. 322
Child Pornography	p. 324
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union	p. 328
Osborne v. Ohio	p. 332
Employees' Access to Adult-Oriented Web Sites	p. 333
Urosky et al. v. Gilmore	p. 334
International Regulation of Obscenity	p. 336
Summary	p. 339
Key Terms	p. 339
Manager's Checklist	p. 339
Case Problems	p. 340
Additional Readings	p. 341
11 Defamation	p. 343
Introduction	p. 343
The Tort of Defamation	p. 345
Defamation in Cyberspace: Slander or Libel?	p. 345
Liability of Online and Internet Service Providers for Defamation	p. 348
Immunity for Service Providers for Offensive Material	p. 349
Zeran v. America Online, Inc.	p. 350
Sidney Blumenthal v. Matt Drudge and America Online, Inc. (AOL)	p. 352
Anonymous Speech and Defamation	p. 356
SLAPP Suits	p. 357
International Regulation of Online Defamation	p. 358
Ellis v. Time	p. 361
Summary	p. 362
Key Terms	p. 363
Manager's Checklist	p. 363
Case Problems	p. 364
Additional Readings	p. 366
12 Internet and Information Security	p. 367
Introduction	p. 367
The Challenges of Internet and Information Security	p. 368
The Goals of Internet and Information Security	p. 369
Universal City Studios, Inc., Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tristar Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Time Warner Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Twentieth Century Fox v. Corley	p. 378
Junger v. Daley	p. 382
Bernstein v. U.S. Department of Commerce	p. 384
Kyllo v. United States	p. 387
United States v. Scarfo	p. 392
Karn v. Department of State	p. 395
International Aspects of Internet and Information Security	p. 397
Summary	p. 401
Key Terms	p. 401
Manager's Checklist	p. 402
Case Problems	p. 402
Additional Readings	p. 404
13 Internet and Computer Crime	p. 405
Introduction	p. 405
The Nature of Computer Crime	p. 406
The Role of Computers in Crime: Crimes and Perpetrators	p. 410
Crimes Being Committed in Today's Networked Environment	p. 411
United States v. Sample	p. 412
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition	p. 417
United States v. Morris	p. 422
United States v. Czubinski	p. 423
United States v. Rothberg	p. 427
Corporate Forensics and the Impact of the Internet: Gathering and Preserving Evidence	p. 435
International Aspects of Internet Crime	p. 437
Summary	p. 441
Key Terms	p. 442
Manager's Checklist	p. 442
Case Problems	p. 443
Additional Readings	p. 444
Appendices	p. 445
Glossary	p. 505
Index	p. 513

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