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BKPRILFB.RVW 20051117 "Practical Internet Law for Business", Kurt M. Saunders, 2001, 1-58053-003-6, U$73.00 %A Kurt M. Saunders %C 685 Canton St., Norwood, MA 02062 %D 2001 %G 1-58053-003-6 %I Artech House/Horizon %O U$73.00 800-225-9977 fax: 617-769-6334 [EMAIL PROTECTED] %O http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580530036/robsladesinterne http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580530036/robsladesinte-21 %O http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580530036/robsladesin03-20 %O Audience s- Tech 1 Writing 2 (see revfaq.htm for explanation) %P 162 p. %T "Practical Internet Law for Business" The preface states that this book is intended to allow business and system managers to understand the legal issues surrounding electronic commerce. Chapter one provides a brief and basic historical overview of the Internet, stressing the decentralized nature, and the fact that nobody is in charge. Jurisdiction, and the rulings in regard to it, are discussed in chapter two. (Somewhat ironically, in view of the topic, while international decisions are mentioned, the material is definitely oriented to the legal system of the United States.) Encryption is the topic of chapter three, which deals with export controls on cryptographic software (even though the regulations have been extensively liberalized) and electronic signature laws (even though many of these laws allow for completely unencrypted "signatures"). Chapter four very briefly examines the issue of trade secrets, seemingly without much relation to the Internet. Trademarks, on the other hand, do have a great deal of relevance to the net in cybersquatting cases and the like, and are addressed in chapter five. Some of the material on copyright, in chapter six, repeats content dealt with in chapter five. Chapter seven provides an interesting and detailed examination of email privacy in the workplace. Chapter eight is rather vague, since its definition of "online crime" is not very specific. (Some of the case law presented is also reported simplistically: the account of United States vs Thomas, for example, does not deal with the issue of community standards that made the material legal in California but not in Tennessee.) The book closes with patent law, in chapter nine (oddly separated from the other intellectual property topics in chapters four to six), most of which deals with the non-patentability of software. This work is a lot about law, and not very much about the Internet. How practical it may be is a question that individual readers will have to answer. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2005 BKPRILFB.RVW 20051117 ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are currently being told to follow our bliss. However, tradition tells us that ignorance is bliss. Taking these two statements together would explain a lot about modern society. http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev or http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~rslade _________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
