Cyberlaw for Civil Society: A Resource Guide

By Pamela Stein (Ed.), Safiyya Patel and Doris Tshepe (Cheadle Thompson & Haysom and OSISA, 2003)

The Internet is a global network providing communication between millions of interconnected individual computers and computer networks, primarily through the use of telephone lines. The Internet means different things to different people. Many use the Internet for information gathering, or as a platform for providing information on a vast array of subjects.

Another primary use of the Internet is a communication tool through e-mail, which for many has replaced the more traditional forms of communication such as postal services and telefax machines.

Increasingly, the Internet is being used for commercial purposes, often called e-commerce. E-commerce can cover a variety of transactions over the Internet, primarily the buying and selling of goods, but also banking, investing, procurement, conclusion of contracts and as an ever increasingly important medium for advertising goods and services.

Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Internet and regulation
Chapter 2: Telecommunications regulation
Chapter 3: Overview of intellectual property law
Chapter 4: Copyright and the Internet
Chapter 5: Domain name registration and trademarks
Chapter 6: Privacy
Chapter 7: Freedom of expression
Chapter 8: Electronic communication in the workplace
Chapter 9: Electronic commerce: the legal implications of doing business online
Chapter 10: Service provider contracts
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