Cyberspace and the Law: Your Rights and Duties in the On-Line World by Gavino Morin and Edward A. Cavazos (1994, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Edward A. Cavazos, Gavino Morin
Language:	English
Publisher:	Mit Pr
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0262531232
ISBN-13:	9780262531238

Size
Height:	9.3 in
Width:	6.3 in
Thickness:	0.5 in
Weight:	13.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Explores the legal questions surrounding the use of online systems

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.

Who owns the copyright to messages on an electronic bulletin board? Is it illegal to download a sexually explicit file? Without resorting to confusing legalese, the authors answer these and other questions, and they present a clear and concise analysis of legal issues in the anarchic world of cyberspace for those who have little or no legal background. Illustrations.

Industry Reviews
"Cyberspace and the Law is a lucid practical manual for the American on-line user."
Times Literary Supplement - Patrick Parrinder (05/12/1995)