Information Technology Law

3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-85941-756-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 616 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

Examining the current challenges presented to the law by the rapid changes and developments taking place in the field of information technology, this new edition, written with students in mind, provides technical explanations where necessary and is supported throughout by extracts from a wide range of cases and materials.

Exploring developments in the areas of criminal, tort, contract and intellectual property law, this fully updated and revised edition discuses a wide range of new issues, including:

- recent case law on software patents and a consideration of the EU proposals for harmonization

- new developments in data protection and the internet including cookies, spam and data retention

- Internet auction fraud

- viruses, Trojan horses and denial of service attacks

- the responses to the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention

- the impact of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Directive 2001/29/EC

- copyright and file-sharing, including the recent Supreme Court decision in MGM v Grokster.

This is an essential read for all those interested in the interface between law and technology and the effect of new technological developments on the law

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacDonald, Elizabeth

Rowland, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Rechtliche Aspekte der EDV
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Challenges of Computer Software. Protecting and Exploiting Right in Software: Intellectual Property Rights and Contract. Defective Software: Product Liability and Tort. The Challenges of Computer Networks. E-commerce. Protecting the Private Individual. Policing 'Cyberspace': Aspects of the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Diane Rowland is a Professor of Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Professor Elizabeth MacDonald is a Professor of Law, University of Wales, Swansea.
University of Aberystwyth, UK
University of Swansea, UK