Cyberethics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2006 - Computers - 232 pages
CyberEthics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace, Third Edition takes an in-depth look at the social costs and moral problems that have arisen by the expanded use of the internet, and offers up-to-date legal and philosophical perspectives. The text focuses heavily on content control and free speech, intellectual property, privacy and security, and has added NEW coverage on Blogging. Case studies featured throughout the text offer real-life scenarios and include coverage of numerous hot topics, including the latest decisions on digital music and movie downloads, the latest legal developments on the Children's Internet Protection Act, and other internet governance and regulation updates. In the process of examining these issues, the text identifies some of the legal disputes that will likely become paradigm cases for more complex situations yet to come.

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Contents

CHAPTER
1
CHAPTER
27
CHAPTER THREE
51
CHAPTER FOUR
91
Regulating Internet Privacy
141
Divergent Paths to Privacy Protection
156
Privacy and Internet Architectures
163
Discussion Questions
172
CHAPTER
183
The Language of Cyberspace
215
Legal Cases Cited
225
Copyright

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