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International Covergence On The Need For Third Parties To Become Internet Copyright Police (But Why?), Dennis S. Karjala Jan 2013

International Covergence On The Need For Third Parties To Become Internet Copyright Police (But Why?), Dennis S. Karjala

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

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In Search Of A Balance Between Police Power And Privacy In The Cybercrime Treaty, D.C. Kennedy Jan 2002

In Search Of A Balance Between Police Power And Privacy In The Cybercrime Treaty, D.C. Kennedy

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Imagine that you wake up one morning, turn on your computer, and open an e-mail message with a catchy phrase in the subject line. Immediately after opening the e-mail’s attachment, your personal computer is severely damaged. Obviously having a bad day, you head to your job as an attorney for a multinational corporation. By the time you arrive at work, there has been damage to company computers across the globe. The monetary costs of the damage, coupled with the downtime, are astronomical. The CEO of your company is furious. You hope to diffuse the situation by informing your boss that …


Defamatory E-Mail And Employer Liability: Why Razing Zeran V. America Online Is A Good Thing, Michael H. Spencer Jan 2000

Defamatory E-Mail And Employer Liability: Why Razing Zeran V. America Online Is A Good Thing, Michael H. Spencer

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Electronic mail ("e-mail") has taken its place as an integral part of communication in modern society. Unlike other forms of communication, e-mail can cheaply and efficiently be placed in a public domain for literally the world to see. These public areas, otherwise known as bulletin boards, have expanded society's ability to communicate over vast distances. Individuals or groups can also engage in mass communication, which involves a myriad of topics and concerns. Nevertheless, such electronic communications, as almost any other form of communication, can become volatile and create animosity among users. Hence, many of the remarks made in such exchanges …


Electronic Commerce And Non-Resident Aliens: The Internal Revenue Service Versus International Cyberspace Transactions, Jonathane M. Ricci Jan 1999

Electronic Commerce And Non-Resident Aliens: The Internal Revenue Service Versus International Cyberspace Transactions, Jonathane M. Ricci

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

The year is 1999. Jack Jones has just retired from practicing civil law in the United States and has returned to his home country of Trinidad, just off the coast of South America, where he now resides. Jack has an idea to keep him busy during retirement. He made many contacts in the U.S. legal community and his work is well-respected. So, Jack decided to keep writing for attorneys in the U.S.


How Have Internet Service Providers Beat Spammers?, Cathryn Le Jan 1998

How Have Internet Service Providers Beat Spammers?, Cathryn Le

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Popularly known as cyberspace, the Internet continues to evolve and expand, keeping pace with the lives of its users as a complex communications network. Many people rely on the Internet, an intricate link of numerous computers and computer networks, as a research and communications tool. The Internet is a "decentralized, global medium of communications--or 'cyberspace'--that links people, institutions, corporations, and governments around the world." No single entity owns the Internet, but the individual computers that compose the Internet are owned by various individuals, governmental, public and private organizations and institutions. The Internet cannot have a main control center nor can …