Subjects:  1. Bible - Study - General    2. Business & Financial    3. E-Commerce - General    4. Electronic commerce    5. Great Britain    6. Internet    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Military    10. Religion - Biblical Studies    11. English law: commercial law    12. English law: computers & the law    13. Law / General   

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Underappreciated book
This is a really good book and is underappreciated in the community.It is one of the first - before Barabasi - that noted the commonality of laws guiding the organization of large emergent systems.

cool book
brief book is very interesting... full of intersting obervations about human-computer interaction and information seeking via the web.

A fresh perspective to understand the web
In this book, the author introduces results of research that shows there are surprising strong global regularities present on the web resulting from the local browsing behavior of agents.He explains in simple terms and well-chosen familiar examples, key ideas to understand how these regularities come about.The ideas and the regularities described in every chapter are backed by refereed papers from the author and his associates that have appeared over the years (in Science, Nature, ...) and that I would recommend the technically inclined reader to look into.As the author takes the reader through the different chapters, he introduces in simple terms the methodology of study and analysis borrowed from the physical sciences (to study the dynamics of large number of interacting particles) which in my case it was very helpful as I am trained in computer science where we do not get exposed to those techniques.The regularities are explained by way of interesting models (e.g., social dilemmas, six-degrees of separation, Brownian motion, etc.) that make for a refreshing reading.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Books: Web Publishing    3. Computer Science    4. Computers    5. Internet - World Wide Web    6. Social Aspects - General    7. Business & Management    8. Communications law    9. Computers / Computer Science    10. Internet    11. USA   

Subjects:  1. Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation    2. Automation    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Computer Networks    5. Decision Making & Problem Solving    6. Dispute resolution (Law)    7. E-Commerce - General    8. Internet    9. Law    10. Management - General    11. Mediation    12. Ombudsman    13. Public Relations    14. Business & Management    15. Business communication & presentation    16. Conflict resolution    17. Law / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation    18. Social & Legal Aspects of Computing   

Reviews (5)

Very insightful...a definite read for every business person
This is the type of writing you only get from experienced business writers. This is not magazine type writing..this is highly thought provoking and very well written. Every Congressman in America should read this book....if they did they would realize big business is not where its at. Good read!

The H.L. Mencken of the 21st Century makes sense of it all
To anyone who wonders why things aren't stable any more (and I mean everything from businesses to social relationships), this book is the Rosetta Stone.Blankenhorn takes Moore's Law from an obscure, techno-driven curiosity and maps out exactly how it continues to pulverize our social and commercial expectations. If you've ever scratched your head over why the American dream never seems to materialize in the marketplace, this book makes sense of it all.An enjoyable read, too, from the irascible journalist who's never been afraid to tell it like it is.

Technology for Dummies
Dana has produced an excellenbt book on Moore's Law, perhaps the most determinative "Law" of the end of the 20th Century. Technology isn't easy, but this book is an easy read about the how and what and why of computer technology. Good for teenaged kids too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. 1-55395-367-3,1553953673,Trafford Publishing,trafford,Dana Blankenhorn,The Blankenhorn Effect: How to Put Moore\'s Law to Work for You,technology,technology history,Internet,business history,business,futurism,Internet History,computers,computer history,te    5. Business & Economics / General    6. Social & Legal Aspects of Computing   

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Eye opening; everyone should read this book
Professor Litman tackles the dense and often counterintuitive basis of copyright law and delivers an easy to understand explanation of what copyright law is, what it attempts to accomplish, why it was deemed necessary, and how it came to be that copyright owners (e.g., the RIAA) are suing your teenage sons and daughters.
A Difficult Read - But Good Information
I found this to be a maddening book to read. The author is a lawyer, and this is apparent from the writing style. I don't know why law schools teach their students to write in such a meandering and confusing manner. However, lawyers should consider that the general population, even the educated portion is not trained (or really interested) in reading this peculiar writing style. Jessica Litman states that she thinks US copyright law has been gerrymandered to the point where it is virtually unintelligible, but then proceeds to do the same thing to her book.
Good Recent History of Copyright Law
This is a good book if you want a detailed history of how copyright law evolved to accomodate digital technology and the Internet.That is the focus of Litman's work.Her writing is engaging and straightforward, and she has good reasons for being pessimistic and disappointed with the current Copyright Act. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Computer & Internet    3. Copyright Law    4. Copyright and electronic data processing    5. Intellectual Property - Copyright    6. Intellectual property    7. Internet - General    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. United States    11. Intellectual property, copyright & patents   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Enterprise    3. Computer Networks    4. E-Commerce - General    5. Electronic Commerce    6. Entrepreneurship    7. Internet    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Services    11. Popular works    12. Small Business - Legal Guides    13. United States   

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Focuses on the primarily-music piracy going on in the industry

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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Computer Science (Young Adult)    5. Computers - Internet    6. Copyright    7. Electronic information resourc    8. Electronic information resources    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Law & Crime    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. Piracy (Copyright)    13. Pirated editions    14. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    15. Sound recordings    16. United States    17. Social Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Computer & Internet    2. Computer - Internet    3. Computer Books: Web Publishing    4. Computers    5. General    6. Internet    7. Internet - General    8. Internet - World Wide Web    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Practical Guides    12. United States    13. Computers-Internet - General    14. Law / Computer & Internet    15. Law-Practical Guides   

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Bks - Internet    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Criminal justice, Administrati    6. Criminal justice, Administration of    7. Criminology (General)    8. Data processing    9. Information Storage & Retrieval    10. Information storage and retrie    11. Information storage and retrieval systems    12. Internet - General    13. Jurisprudence    14. Online Services - Resource Directories    15. Applications of Computing    16. Criminal law    17. Police & security services    18. Social Science / Criminology   

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Authoritative and essential
This is one of two books that are essential resources for software acquisition - "Software Agreements Line by Line" (ISBN 1587623692) for commercial software, and this one for open source.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer programs    2. Copyright    3. Free computer software    4. Industrial Technology    5. Intellectual Property    6. Intellectual Property - Copyright    7. Internet - General    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Open source software    12. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    13. Technology    14. United States    15. Privacy & data protection    16. Software engineering   

Subjects:  1. Computer & Internet    2. Computers    3. Great Britain    4. Intellectual Property - General    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Business law    9. English law: business law    10. English law: computers & the law    11. Law / Intellectual Property    12. Law | Technology and Telecoms Law   

Subjects:  1. Computer & Internet    2. Labor & Employment    3. Networking - General    4. Computers-Networking - General    5. Law / Computer & Internet    6. Law-Labor & Employment   

Editorial Review

Along with the explosive growth of the Net come many thorny legal questions. In this extremely readable yet comprehensive look at these questions, the author provides valuable guidance. He covers copyrights, trademarks, intellectual property, defamation, privacy, software piracy, and a variety of other matters. The underlying legal principles, as well as pertinent case law, are offered so that lawyers, information systems administrators, and other professionals who use the Net can make their way through rather murky legal waters. This is the best, most complete legal treatment of online issues available. ... Read more

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Good but Dated
This is a great book for its time but the information is 10 years old.Ten years is a long time by cyberstandards.For more up-to-date Cyberlaw, check out Internet Laws Affecting Your Company, by IP attorney Brett Trout. Although not as comprehensive, it was written in 2005. I found it very useful.

Interesting, educational, but OLD hat
This book was required for a graduate course I took in 'cyberlaw' in 2003. Problem: This book only covers Cyberlaw extensively up to about 1992. After that it only mentions laws that have passed up to 1994. For a topic that is inherently derived from the use of the Internet this doesn't strike me as being very up-to-date. Cyber Law
Cyber Law is an eye-opener for anyone who plans to start a web based business. I found it quite informative and helpful as far as giving guidelines on how to stay clear of making the usual legal mistakes any new entrepreneur or business owner may make.Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Communications    3. Computer - Internet    4. Computer Books: Languages    5. Computer Networks    6. Computers    7. Internet    8. Internet - General    9. Law and legislation    10. United States    11. Communications law    12. Computers / Computer Science    13. Social & Legal Aspects of Computing    14. USA   

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A thoughtfully written and extensively researched account
The collaborative effort of Mary Minow (President of the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners) and Tomas A. Lipinski (Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's School of Information Studies), The Library's Legal Answer Book is a thoughtful and authoritative survey and analysis of the intersection of legal matters and library business. Ranging from adapting digital library resources to serve patients with disabilities, to issues of privacy and library records, to issues pertaining to library employment, The Library's Legal Answer Book is a thoughtfully written and extensively researched account, expertly created to give the reader a good grounding in background information about libraries and the law. No private, corporate, academic, or community library system should be without recourse to a copy of The Library's Legal Answer Book.

Clear, concise, essential
Minow and Lipinski have crafted a guide for librarians who need guidance in what might seem to be a hopeless quagmire of potential legal entangelements. Its organization is clear, and an excellent index provides good access to its contents. Most important, perhaps, is the clear and unintimidating style of the writing. All you ever wanted to know...
Ms. Minow and Mr. Lipinski have written a very thorough, extremely readable volume on a tough topic--libraries and the law.In these times, both patrons and those active in the library world need to know the information in this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Internet access for library us    3. Internet access for library users    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Libraries    8. Library legislation    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    12. Library, archive & information management    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal provisions    3. Gambling    4. Gambling - General    5. History    6. History - U.S.    7. Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    8. Internet - General    9. Internet gambling    10. Law    11. Law and legislation    12. Legal Reference / Law Profession    13. Science & Technology    14. United States    15. United States - General    16. Licensing, gaming & club law    17. Organized crime    18. Sport & leisure industries    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Computer Bks - Languages / Programming    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Consumer Behavior - General    6. Consumer behavior    7. Design    8. Electronic Commerce    9. Internet - Web Site Design    10. Programming - Systems Analysis & Design    11. Web sites    12. Applications of Computing    13. Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior    14. Consumer law    15. Economics, Finance, Business and Industry    16. Market research    17. Publishing on the Internet    18. Sales & marketing   

Subjects:  1. Computer network resources    2. Computers - Communications / Networking    3. Criminal Law    4. Criminal Law - General    5. Criminal justice, Administrati    6. Criminal justice, Administration of    7. Criminology    8. Directories    9. Internet - Web Site Directories    10. Jurisprudence    11. Law    12. United States    13. Crime & criminology    14. Social Science / Criminology   

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An Expert Highlights the Best Internet Legal Resources
This is a superior book that will be an asset to any lawyer using the Internet. Ambrogi is a recognized expert, author of a regular column in Law Technology News, and this book benefits from his detailed knowledge of the subject. Well organized and well written, this book shows how good an Internet legal reference can be. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer network resources    2. Information storage and retrieval systems    3. Internet    4. Internet - Web Site Directories    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal research    8. Practical Guides    9. Research    10. United States    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues    12. Reference / Research    13. World Wide Web (WWW)   

Editorial Review

To most observers, the Internet is too new a medium to draw any firm conclusions about how to use it for business. But the Rieses have already come up with 11 "immutable" laws. Each is somewhat counterintuitive, and a couple are downright debatable. Start with No. 1: the Law of Either/Or. It states that a Web site can be a business or a medium for information, but not both. Therefore, companies have to choose which purpose they want to use the Internet for. Is it a medium, a way to get out the message about an existing "outernet" business? An example of this would be a magazine that puts up a Web site to allow readers to sample its content and then order a subscription. Or is it a business, trying to make money by selling a product or service? The Rieses argue that when a company decides to do business on the Web, it's better off starting a new brand rather than trying to extend its existing name. Another debate might erupt over No. 10: the Law of Divergence. Rather than the Internet becoming a medium that combines radio, TV, and telephone service, the Rieses say technology always goes in the opposite direction--it splinters. They use the analogy of the combination car and boat someone once invented: it drove like a boat and floated like a car. Thus, the Internet will separate into different types of services but will never converge with TV and radio. Read more

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Most inane book I have ever read
This book offers conclusory statements with very superficial, if any, analysis. For example, the authors argue that technologies tend to diverge, and not converge. For support, they say "[i]n biology, the law of evolution holds that new species are created by the division of a single species. Convergence, instead, suggests that the combining of two species will yield you a new one. Invaraibly in nature you see things divide and not converge. We have hundreds of varieties of dogs and hundreds of varieties of cats, but "very few" dogcats, or chickenducks, or horsecows." What?! I haven't the foggest idea how a system like technology controlled by humans has to do with biology, a system of nature. When there's human intervention, convergence occurs all the time - such is the case with many modern fruits and vegetables that have been bred by humans. And really,there are "very few" varieties of dogcats? I'm not aware of any. Most inane book I have ever read
This book offers conclusory statements with very superficial, if any, analysis. For example, the authors argue that technologies tend to diverge, and not converge. For support, they say "[i]n biology, the law of evolution holds that new species are created by the division of a single species. Convergence, instead, suggests that the combining of two species will yield you a new one. Invaraibly in nature you see things divide and not converge. We have hundreds of varieties of dogs and hundreds of varieties of cats, but "very few" dogcats, or chickenducks, or horsecows." What?! I haven't the foggest idea how a system like technology controlled by humans has to do with biology, a system of nature. When there's human intervention, convergence occurs all the time - such is the case with many modern fruits and vegetables that have been bred by humans. And really,there are "very few" varieties of dogcats? I'm not aware of any. An easy-to-read, interesting and profound book!
I like reading the books written by Ries, all of which are excellent. This one is no exception! With the trend of using Internet, many Internet businesses emerge. However, many of them find it hard to operate online. What's wrong with them?Read more

Subjects:  1. Advertising & Promotion    2. Brand name products    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. E-Commerce - Internet Marketing    7. Internet    8. Internet - General    9. Internet marketing    10. Management    11. Marketing    12. Marketing - General    13. Marketing - Industrial    14. Use Of Computers In Management (General)    15. Business & Economics / Marketing / Industrial   

Reviews (5)

Law for Layfolk and Lawyers aka Attorneys
In a digital world of sequential processing, the Guide panders to our human parellel processing capabilities. Pattern is social impact, law involved and case study ... not necessarily in that order. Information is up-to-date.Purchased both the book and the digital copy. Love the book; have rarely used the digital except for keyword lookup. What truly makes the book worth five stars besides competence, is the choice of topics.So if you are into digital dirt such as software copyright violations, cybersquatting and digital trademark infringement ... this is a must-have book for you.

invaluable
This is a great book-- it does an excellent job of explaining the concepts underlying the law and teaches you to THINK in legal terms. In that sense it is timeless...The author doesa great job of explaining concepts and avoiding mumbo-jumbo.
Best Internet Law Book Available
Pros: Easy to read, comprehensive, good for law students, lawyers, and lay people alike!Read it, and you'll have complete understanding of current and past internet law.
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Subjects:  1. Computer networks    2. General    3. Internet    4. Internet - General    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Practical Guides    9. Science & Technology    10. United States    11. Business & Management    12. Communications law    13. Law / General    14. Law as it applies to other professions    15. USA