Legal aspects of the information society
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Legal aspects of the information society
Butterworths, 2000
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Includes index
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"Legal Aspects of the Information Society" focuses on the Internet and the increasing significance of electronic commerce, but also covers more general issues including computer crime, intellectual property, software liability and the Data Protection Act. The book identifies key issues that have come into play in our information society and outlines strategies for ensuring that possible legal pitfalls are avoided.
Table of Contents
- 1. Key legal concepts
- 2. The emergence of the information society
- 3. Privacy in the information society
- 4. Computer fraud, hacking and viruses
- 5. Criminal liability for content
- 6. Intellectual property law
- 7. Copywright and software
- 8. Patents and software
- 9. Rights in databases
- 10. Liability for defective software
- 11. Defamation
- 12. The commercialisation of cyberspace
- 13. Electronic contracts
- 14. The consumer and electronic commerce
- 15. Tax and the Internet
- Index
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