
Résumé
Introduction to Computer Law explains the law clearly and makes it accessible to a wide audience. In this fifth edition, the law within the key areas of intellectual property rights, contract, tort, criminal law and data protection has been comprehensively updated, expanded and rewritten to reflect technological change, new decisions and new European and UK legislation. The emphasis is on describing and examining the law in the context of the practicalities of computer use.
Features of the fifth edition include:
- a new part on electronic contracts and torts
- a new chapter on website development contracts
- a new section on trade marks and the internet
- expanded coverage of many areas such as defamation on the internet
- the role of intermediaries such as internet service providers with regard to illegally transmitted material
- developments in computer crime including pornography and grooming in chat rooms, harassment via e-mail and piracy offences
- important developments in data protection and human rights law including the Michael Douglas v Hello! Ltd and Naomi Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers pic cases
- substantially updated and revised to take full account of new and modified legislation and case law in the UK and elsewhere
- easily accessible tables of cases and legislation including EC legislation, conventions and agreements
- website www.booksites.net/bainbridge, which provides an essential online update service.
L'auteur - David Bainbridge
David Bainbridge is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Optical Music Recognition from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand where he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar. Since moving to Waikato in 1996 he has continued to broadened his interest in digital media, while retaining a particular emphasis on music. An active member of the New Zealand Digital Library project, he manages the group's digital music library, Meldex, and has collaborated with several United Nations Agencies, the BBC and various public libraries. David has also worked as a research engineer for Thorn EMI in the area of photo-realistic imaging and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1991 as the class medalist in Computer Science.
Sommaire
- Introduction
- Computers end intellectual property
- Computer contracts
- Computers and crime
- …
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Éditeur(s) | Pearson |
Auteur(s) | David Bainbridge |
Parution | 01/03/2004 |
Édition | 5eme édition |
Nb. de pages | 552 |
Format | 17,3 x 24,7 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 1029g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780582473652 |
ISBN13 | 978-0-582-47365-2 |
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