Cyber Rights : Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

Cyber Rights : Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age
by Mike Godwin
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In a provocative analysis of the complex issues of free speech and the right to privacy in the new world of technology, a legal expert examines the implications of the First Amendment in terms of sexual harassment, copyright, libel, and other concerns. 25,000 first printing.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #131548 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06-23
• Released on: 1998-06-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.45 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace (Law and Current Events Masters)

In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace (Law and Current Events Masters)
by David G. Post
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In 1787, Thomas Jefferson, then the American Minister to France, had the "complete skeleton, skin & horns" of an American moose shipped to him in Paris and mounted in the lobby of his residence as a symbol of the vast possibilities contained in the strange and largely unexplored New World. Taking a cue from Jefferson's efforts, David Post, one of the nation's leading Internet scholars, here presents a pithy, colorful exploration of the still mostly undiscovered territory of cyberspace--what it is, how it works, and how it should be governed.
What law should the Internet have, and who should make it? What are we to do, and how are we to think, about online filesharing and copyright law, about Internet pornography and free speech, about controlling spam, and online gambling, and cyberterrorism, and the use of anonymous remailers, or the practice of telemedicine, or the online collection and dissemination of personal information? How can they be controlled? Should they be controlled? And by whom? Post presents the Jeffersonian ideal--small self-governing units, loosely linked together as peers in groups of larger and larger size--as a model for the Internet and for cyberspace community self-governance. Deftly drawing on Jefferson's writings on the New World in Notes on the State of Virginia, Post draws out the many similarities (and differences) between the two terrains, vividly describing how the Internet actually functions from a technological, legal, and social perspective as he uniquely applies Jefferson's views on natural history, law, and governance in the New World to illuminate the complexities of cyberspace.
In Search of Jefferson's Moose is a lively, accessible, and remarkably original overview of the Internet and what it holds for the future.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #110625 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-21
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 264 pages

Change of State: Information, Policy, and Power

Change of State: Information, Policy, and Power
by Sandra Braman

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As the informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state, control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power. In Change of State Sandra Braman examines the theoretical and practical ramifications of this "change of state." She looks at the ways in which governments are deliberate, explicit, and consistent in their use of information policy to exercise power, exploring not only such familiar topics as intellectual property rights and privacy but also areas in which policy is highly effective but little understood. Such lesser-known issues include hybrid citizenship, the use of "functionally equivalent borders" internally to allow exceptions to U.S. law, research funding, census methods, and network interconnection. Trends in information policy, argues Braman, both manifest and trigger change in the nature of governance itself.After laying the theoretical, conceptual, and historical foundations for understanding the informational state, Braman examines 20 information policy principles found in the U.S Constitution. She then explores the effects of U.S. information policy on the identity, structure, borders, and change processes of the state itself and on the individuals, communities, and organizations that make up the state. Looking across the breadth of the legal system, she presents current law as well as trends in and consequences of several information policy issues in each category affected.Change of State introduces information policy on two levels, coupling discussions of specific contemporary problems with more abstract analysis drawing on social theory and empirical research as well as law. Most important, the book provides a way of understanding how information policy brings about the fundamental social changes that come with the transformation to the informational state.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #84256 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.10" h x 5.90" w x 8.90" l, 1.65 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages