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Internet and Online Law includes coverage of negotiating enforceable contracts and licenses; identifying legal and business issues in electronic commerce; regulatory and congressional reports on Internet telephony, universal service and access charges; privacy and encryption issues in electronic commerce; limiting liability for online defamation and factual misstatements; avoiding exposure to criminal obscenity or indecency charges; complying with government regulations affecting Internet and online services; and special aspects of procedure, jurisdiction and other litigation issues. The book also discusses the fundamental principles of the Copyright Act and Patent Act relevant to online technology; and the impact of the Internet and other electronic means of communication on the obligations of issuers and other parties under securities law. Contract issues explored include: application of common law, the U.C.C., the Statute of Frauds, parol evidence, and electronic and shrinkwrap agreements. Also covered are electronic signatures and authentication; trademark protection and domain names; legal consequences of owning a Web page or hosting a message board; and the value of warnings and disclaimers. This book is updated as needed, generally two times each year.

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A valuable practitioner's guide to the...law of the Internet. It portrays the law as it is, a still evolving system in all it's complexity and contradiction. --Esther Dyson, President and EDventure Holding's Former Chair; ICANN Board and Former Chair; and Board Member Emeritus, Electronic Frontier Foundation

-A valuable practitioner's guide to the...law of the Internet. It portrays the law as it is, a still evolving system in all it's complexity and contradiction.- --Esther Dyson, President and EDventure Holding's Former Chair; ICANN Board and Former Chair; and Board Member Emeritus, Electronic Frontier Foundation

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