Information Technology Law,9781859415641

Information Technology Law

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781859415641
ISBN10: 1859415644
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-12-01
Publisher(s): Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Summary

"Information Technology Law changes and develops at a rapid pace as the law seeks to respond and progress alongside technological advances. This new edition examines the current challenges presented to the law by this exciting subject. It deals with developments in areas such as criminal law, tort, contract and intellectual property law, which have all occurred in a direct response to a growth in technology." "Written with law students in mind, the text provides technical explanations where necessary and is supported throughout by extracts from a wide range of cases and materials."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Elizabeth MacDonald is a Professor of Law, University of Wales, Swansea.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
Table of Cases
xvii
Table of Legislation
xxxi
Table of Statutory Instruments
xxxvii
Table of EC Legislation
xxxix
Table of Abbreviations
xlv
Introduction
1(4)
PART I THE CHALLENGES OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Protecting and Exploiting Rights in Software -- Intellectual Property Rights
5(88)
Introduction
5(23)
The Scope of Protection
28(27)
The situation in the US
31(14)
The situation in the UK
45(10)
Reverse Engineering and Decompilation
55(4)
The `Software Directive'
59(8)
UK implementation of the Software Directive
63(3)
Sui generis rights revisited
66(1)
Patents and Computer Programs
67(17)
Intellectual Property Rights in Databases
84(2)
The Database Directive
86(6)
Concluding Remarks
92(1)
Protecting and Exploiting Rights in Software -- Contract
93(78)
Introduction
93(2)
Types of contract
93(1)
Bespoke and standard software
93(1)
The software licence
94(1)
Goods or services or something else?
94(1)
Scope of the chapter
95(1)
Suitability/Quality of Software
95(6)
Pre-contractual statements
95(6)
Terms
101(1)
Development Contracts
102(4)
Delivery and further work
104(1)
Acceptance tests
105(1)
Modifying the Contractual Obligations
106(9)
Consideration
108(3)
Duress
111(4)
Copyright Ownership
115(1)
The Licence
116(1)
Licence terms
116(1)
EC Directive
117(6)
Basic use of software
117(2)
Back-up copies
119(1)
Error correction
120(3)
The `Shrink Wrap' Licence
123(9)
Acquisition contract
124(3)
Opening the envelope
127(2)
Pragmatism
129(1)
Damages
130(2)
Exemption Clauses
132(1)
Construction
133(1)
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
134(20)
Scope of the Act
142(1)
The active sections
143(2)
Definitions -- `deals as consumer'
145(4)
Definitions -- the `requirement of reasonableness'
149(5)
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
154(6)
EC Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
160(11)
Defective Software --Contract
171(48)
Introduction
171(1)
Sale of Goods
172(2)
Information
174(4)
Intellectual Property
178(2)
Sale of Goods Transactions
180(1)
Hardware and Software and Pragmatism
181(5)
Hardware and software
181(2)
Pragmatism
183(3)
Services
186(5)
The supply of software
190(1)
Sections 13-15 of the SGA 1979
191(1)
Sale by Description --s 13
192(10)
`By description'
193(2)
What constitutes a `description' for the purposes of -- s 13?
195(7)
Satisfactory Quality
202(2)
Implication of the Term
204(4)
Sale `in the course of a business'
204(2)
`Goods supplied under the contract'
206(1)
Exceptions
206(2)
What Constitutes Satisfactory Quality?
208(3)
Fitness for the Buyer's Particular Purpose -- s 14(3)
211(6)
Particular purpose
212(5)
Sale by Sample
217(1)
Relevance of the Implied Terms
218(1)
Defective Software -- Product Liability and Tort
219(32)
Introduction
219(32)
The CPA 1987
220(16)
Negligence
236(15)
PART II THE CHALLENGES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS
E-Commerce
251(86)
Introduction
251(5)
Scope
251(1)
Global nature
252(1)
Regulation
253(1)
Electronic data interchange (EDI)
254(1)
Scope of the chapter
255(1)
Jurisdiction and the Governing Law
256(1)
Jurisdiction
256(14)
Conventions and common law
256(1)
The Brussels Convention
257(11)
The common law rules
268(2)
The Governing Law
270(11)
EC Directive on E-Commerce -- Basic Issues and Particular Problems
281(14)
Some Aspects of Contracting by Electronic Means
295(13)
Introduction
295(1)
`Automated contracting'
295(1)
Offer or invitation to treat?
296(4)
Acceptance -- effective on receipt or on posting?
300(7)
Law governing formation
307(1)
Formalities
308(1)
Writing, Signature, Etc
308(19)
Introduction
308(2)
Writing, documents and notices
310(9)
Signature
319(7)
Formalities -- governing law
326(1)
The Distance Selling Directive (97/7/EC)
327(10)
Protecting the Private Individual
337(110)
Introduction
337(1)
Data Protection: The Nature of the Problem
338(4)
Data Protection and Privacy
342(7)
Regulatory Approaches and Initiatives
349(14)
The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC)
363(2)
Provisions of Directive 95/46/EC
365(20)
The data protection principles
367(1)
Criteria for lawful processing
368(2)
Rights of data subjects
370(3)
Notification
373(1)
Exemptions
374(3)
Transborder data flows
377(8)
Data Protection in the UK
385(2)
The Data Protection Principles
387(29)
Principle 1
387(15)
Principle 2
402(1)
Principle 3
403(2)
Principle 4
405(1)
Principle 5
406(1)
Principle 6
406(1)
Principle 7
406(2)
Principle 8
408(1)
Administration, rights and remedies
408(8)
Exemptions
416(1)
Further Aspects of Data Protection
416(7)
Defamation
423(24)
Is it libel or slander?
425(1)
Is the offending material defamatory?
426(1)
Publication
427(20)
Policing `Cyberspace'
447(56)
Introduction
447(2)
Computer Fraud
449(25)
The Operation of the Act
474(5)
Regulation of Content on Computer Networks
479(19)
European Initiatives
498(5)
Aspects of the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet
503(32)
Introduction
503(1)
Copyright
503(8)
Issues Raised by Linking on the World Wide Web
511(9)
Domain Names
520(12)
Summary
532(3)
Index 535

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