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Your Rights and Duties in the On-Line World

By: Edward Cavazos, Gavino Morin

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Winner, 1994, category of Computer Science, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. 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.

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Ethical & Social Aspects of IT General Works of Private & Civil Law Computer Science Legal System in General Civil Procedure, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Preface
Defining Cyberspace	p. 1
A Quick Tour of Cyberspace	p. 2
Activities in Cyberspace	p. 5
The Dimensions of Cyberspace	p. 9
The Future of Cyberspace	p. 10
Electronic Privacy	p. 13
Anonymity	p. 14
The Privacy of Electronic Communications and the ECPA	p. 16
State Privacy Law	p. 26
Common Law Actions for Invasion of Privacy	p. 26
The Great Cryptography Debate	p. 28
The Virtual Marketplace: Business Transactions on the Net	p. 33
Electronic Contracts	p. 34
Acceptable Use Policies and Caller Contracts	p. 44
Credit Card Transactions in Cyberspace	p. 45
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace: Copyright Law in a New World	p. 47
A Copyright Primer	p. 48
Copyright in Cyberspace	p. 56
Software	p. 62
Other Copyright Issues	p. 64
Harmful and Dangerous Words and the First Amendment	p. 67
The First Amendment in Cyberspace	p. 67
Freedom of Speech	p. 69
Freedom of the Press	p. 85
Adult Material: Drawing the Line between the Legal and Illegal	p. 89
An Overview of Adult Materials and Activities Available in Cyberspace	p. 90
Indecency vs. Obscenity: Classifying On-line Adult Materials and Activities	p. 93
Significance of Being Deemed Obscene	p. 97
Laws Governing Adult Material	p. 97
Possession of Obscene Material	p. 98
Child Pornography	p. 99
What Does All This Mean?	p. 102
Cyber-Crimes: Pitfalls for the Unwary Traveler	p. 105
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act	p. 107
Credit Card Abuse Laws	p. 109
Wire Fraud	p. 110
The National Stolen Property Act	p. 110
Software Piracy	p. 111
Obscenity and Child Pornography	p. 114
Computer Viruses and Other Harmful Software	p. 114
Electronic Communications Privacy Act	p. 116
State Computer Crime Laws	p. 116
Are the Authorities Overzealous?	p. 120
Notes	p. 123
Appendix A: Where to Go for More Help	p. 129
Appendix B: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act	p. 143
Appendix C: 18 U.S.C. [section] 1465: Transportation of Obscene Matter for Sale or Distribution	p. 177
Appendix D: 7 U.S.C. [section] 223: Obscene or Harrassing Telephone Calls	p. 179
Appendix E : Federal Child Pornography Statute	p. 183
Appendix F: State Child Pornography Statutes	p. 187
Appendix G: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act	p. 191
Appendix H: The Texas Computer Crime Law	p. 197
Appendix I: State Computer Crime Laws	p. 201
Index	p. 207
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