Author Description

Written and structured for maximum effectiveness, the book: - can be used successfully in both introductory and advanced courses - uses practical, classroom-tested real world problems to help students apply existing rules to cyberspace law - features a flexible, logical organization that allows instructors to emphasize selected perspectives - is designed for currency, with materials organized around competing approaches and theories for any given issue, rather than current leading cases - presents current Internet law as well as related policy concerns that will drive future legal analysis when new issues emerge--the only casebook to address both areas - offers a balanced presentation of competing approaches and theories for each issue - provides a sophisticated analysis of cutting-edge legal issues through an excellent selection of cases - simplifies class preparation with an extremely thorough Teacher's Manual that includes discussions of cases, teaching suggestions, and analysis of the issues raised by the problems - remains up-to-date with postings of new cases and important developments on the author website Look for these important changes in the Second Edition: - new and updated cases, including: Grokster, ACLU v. Ashcroft, U.S. v. American Library Association, Chamberlain v. Skylink, Lexmark v. Static Control Components, U.S. v. Elcomsoft, 321 Studios v. MGM Studios, Kremen v. Cohen, Blizzard v. Bnet, In re Verizon, Bosley v. Kremer, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney - treatment of important developments, such as California's Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act and changes to privacy laws enacted following thePatriot Act - greatly expanded international coverage, including new international cases: - Sony v. Stevens - Telstra v. Desktop - Gutnick v. Dow Jones - recent Canadian cases on Internet defamation issues - decisions from the European Court of Justice interpreting the database directive in 2004, including the appeal in British