- Authors:
- George B. Delta,
- Jeffrey H. Matsuura
From the Publisher:
Cut through the legal complexities and make the most of the Internet's vast opportunities! The LAW OF THE INTERNET quickly and easily gives you everything you need to counsel expertly on:
Applying privacy laws to electronic communications issues
Secure electronic transactions, cryptography, and digital signatures
Link licenses, frame control and other methods of ensuring intellectual property protection online
Electronic commerce and contracting
Online financial services and securities transactions
Avoiding antitrust and other liability
Internal network security
Taxation of electronic commerce
Jurisdiction in cyberspace
. . . as well as Internet legal issues arising under libel and slander laws and obscenity and indecency laws. You'll understand the commercial uses of the Internet, maximize business opportunities, and master effective ways to apply already established statutes, regulations and precedents.
The authors —— two Internet legal experts who advise America's top high—tech companies —— demonstrate exactly how courts, legislators and treaties expand traditional law into the new context of the Internet and its commercial applications, with all the citations you'll need. Special features include timesaving checklists and references to online resources.