Real Law@Virtual Space Second Edition by Susan Drucker, Gary Gumpert

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The first edition of Real Law@Virtual Space was written about a nascent medium and the body of law beginning to emerge from it. It explored the regulatory developments of cyberspace during its formative period in which the gap between new technologies and old laws widened. Also, the first edition provided an introduction to approaches to regulation, particularly from the perspectives of initiative and reactions within the legal system of the United States. Specifically, it addressed the earliest forays into the unique legal challenges raised by traditional areas of civil and criminal law brought into cyberspace. Libel, copyright, intellectual property, obscenity, pornography, sexual harassment, privacy, criminality and jurisdictional issues were considered. This second edition reflects the maturation of the new media environment brought on by the Internet. A body of legislative measures and case law can now be traced to reveal patterns of jurisprudential wisdom. In the intervening years more people have migrated to cyberspace. Digitalization is at the heart of convergence with the Internet being the primary transmission medium or platform. The convergence of technology has led to the need for regulatory convergence. While some questions have been addressed, many others, perhaps more complex, emerge daily as a result of convergence. The second edition reflects the legal implications of the reality of a post September 11th world.Preface. Legal Geography: Changing Borders of Cyberlaw: Introduction. OVERVIEW. The Turning Tide: Electronic Media Regulatory Principles Then and Now, Harvey Jassem. Freedom and Liability in Cyberspace: Media, Metaphors, and Paths of Regulation, Susan J. Drucker and Gary Gumpert. PORNOGRAPHY AND INDECENCY. First Amendment Challenges to Content-Based Restriction on Internet Expressions: The Importance of the Standard of Review, Douglas Fraleigh. Moving the Boxes Around: In Loco Parentis and The Child Online Protection Act (COPA), Joseph S. Tuman. History and Decency: Overcoming the Threat of an Inside-Out Approach, Eric M. Freedman. The Regulation of Indecency on the Internet: The CDA, COPA, and CIPA, Sharon Docter. Filtering the First Amendment: The Trouble with Internet Content Filters in Public Libraries and Schools, Christopher D. Hunter. PROPERTY INTERESTS. Copyright in a Digital World: Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace, Donald Fishman. Music and the Internet: Some Thoughts from a Copyright Perspective, Bruce E. Colfin and Jeffrey E. Jacobson. Bridging the Gaps: Linking in Law, Technology, and Communication Policy, Brian M. O’Connell. PERSONAL INTEREST AND LIABILITY. Bad Words and Good Samaritans: Defamatory Speech in Cyberspace, Dale A. Herbeck. Anonymous Defamation and Libel-by-Linking: Whom do You Sue?, Juliet Dee. Electronic Privacy and the Ability to Leap Tall Firewalls in a Single Bound, Susan J. Drucker and Gary Gumpert. Cybercrime: Felonies, Misdemeanors and New Legal Frontiers, Susan J. Drucker. Debating Community or Code: Case Studies in Alternative Internet Regulation, Thomas Flynn and Mark Chase. Author Index. Case Index. Subject Index.Year: Pages: