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Full-Text Articles in Internet Law
Update: Riaa V. Diamond Multimedia Systems - Napster And Mp3.Com, Jayne A. Pemberton A. Pemberton
Update: Riaa V. Diamond Multimedia Systems - Napster And Mp3.Com, Jayne A. Pemberton A. Pemberton
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
After the Recording Industry Association of America's ("RIAA") attack on the Diamond Rio proved unsuccessful, the music industry turned its attention to the companies enabling reproduction of copyrighted music. Two important cases appeared after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Diamond Rio was not infringing on copyrights. These cases, A&M Records, Inc. et al. v. Napster, Inc. and UMG, Inc., et. al. v. MP3.com, Inc., will shape computer technology's effect on American copyright law. This update will discuss these two cases and give brief overviews of the courts' findings and conclusions. These findings will …
Y2k …Who Cares? We Have Bigger Problems: Choice Of Law In Electronic Contracts, Aristotle G. Mirzaian
Y2k …Who Cares? We Have Bigger Problems: Choice Of Law In Electronic Contracts, Aristotle G. Mirzaian
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Every day it becomes more certain that the Internet will take its place alongside the other great transformational technologies that first challenged, and then fundamentally changed, the way things are done in the world.
You Can't Always Get What You Want: Government's Good Intentions V. The First Amendment's Prescribed Freedoms In Protecting Children From Sexually-Explicit Material On The Internet, Abbigale E. Bricker
You Can't Always Get What You Want: Government's Good Intentions V. The First Amendment's Prescribed Freedoms In Protecting Children From Sexually-Explicit Material On The Internet, Abbigale E. Bricker
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Once a small and diverse community of a handful of government computers, the Internet has expanded to an estimated 157 million users worldwide. According to current studies, the fastest growing user populations on the Internet are thirteen to eighteen year-olds and five to twelve year-olds. In addition, the latest "research . . . predicts that the number of children online [will increase] by 155% between 1998 and 2002."
Letter From The Editor, Lisa Taylor Hudson, Dharmesh S. Vashee
Letter From The Editor, Lisa Taylor Hudson, Dharmesh S. Vashee
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Welcome to the fifth issue of The Richmond Journal of Law & Technology! This issue represents a watershed experience for JOLT, as this is the first time we have published more than three issues in a single year! The timing of this issue's publication is also significant because on April 5, 2000, we will celebrate the fifth birthday of our journal. As the oldest exclusively online law review in the U.S., we continue to enjoy our leadership role in the publication of academic pieces dedicated to the marriage of law and technology.
Metatags: Seeking To Evade User Detection And The Lanham Act, Terrell W. Mills
Metatags: Seeking To Evade User Detection And The Lanham Act, Terrell W. Mills
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
You hop on the World Wide Web ready to do some Internet surfing. You decide to check the scores from last night's football game. You head to your favorite search engine and then pause . . . "where will the scores be" you ask yourself. You decide upon ESPN, because you know they have it all when it comes to sports. So, you type in ESPN and click on the "SEARCH" button. You eagerly await the return of the results to head out to the ESPN homepage to find out if your alma mater beat the in-state rival in the …
Using The Digital Millennium Copyright Act To Limit Potential Copyright Liability Online, Jonathan A. Friedman, Francis M. Buono
Using The Digital Millennium Copyright Act To Limit Potential Copyright Liability Online, Jonathan A. Friedman, Francis M. Buono
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Any online service provider ("OSP"), including a website operator, that accepts user postings or includes content from other parties on its website or online service is at risk that it will be held liable if such third-party content infringes the copyright of another party. Liability for copyright infringement is an expensive proposition and can run into the millions of dollars. Thus, an OSP must be vigilant in limiting its potential liability in connection with such third-party content.
Opening Remarks At The Ninth Annual Austin Owen Symposium, John Plunkett
Opening Remarks At The Ninth Annual Austin Owen Symposium, John Plunkett
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Let me say it's a pleasure to be here. It's both a privilege and a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with you on topics certainly near and dear to my heart having to do with technology. It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to the 9th Annual Austin Owen Lecture, and to welcome you to my alma mater. It's a pleasure for me to be back here on this campus almost weekly, participating in a variety of different activities.
E-Business, E-Commerce & The Law, John F. Rudin
E-Business, E-Commerce & The Law, John F. Rudin
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Advocates argue that UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) provides rules of the road for the technology highway much like the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) has done with our commerce system for several decades. However, the UCC provides a level playing field where businesses and customers are aware of the rules prior to conducting business. Among its many shortcomings, UCITA lacks the notice and disclosure features of the UCC. A simple double click of a mouse with the cursor on an icon that reads "I accept" binds the customer to a contract that has not been reviewed prior to purchase. …
Who Leads At Halftime?: Three Conflicting Visions Of Internet Privacy Policy, Karl D. Belgum
Who Leads At Halftime?: Three Conflicting Visions Of Internet Privacy Policy, Karl D. Belgum
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Concern about privacy on the Internet runs high, but the prescriptions for treatment vary widely. Privacy advocates seek different goals when formulating policy proposals. Some seek to protect individuals and society from the effects of loss of privacy, including the loss of human dignity. Others seek to encourage the development of online markets in personal information, so that consumers can profit from their own information, rather than giving it away. Still, others seek primarily to promote the growth of e-commerce, and see privacy fears as a threat to that goal. These goals are fundamentally inconsistent, and that inconsistency is obscured …
Database Protection In A Digital World, Mary Maureen Brown, Robert M. Bryan, John M. Conley
Database Protection In A Digital World, Mary Maureen Brown, Robert M. Bryan, John M. Conley
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Digital Property and the Digital Marketplace Expenditures in the information technology arena indicate that digital property - defined as digitized information and the tools to use it - is generating astonishing wealth. Globally, expenditures in the information and communication technology markets exceed $1.8 trillion annually and comprise six percent (6%) of aggregate global Gross Domestic Product ("GDP"). By 1997, such expenditures had escalated forty percent (40%) over 1992 levels. Current spending on information and communication technologies is growing twenty-seven percent (27%) faster than the overall worldwide GDP, averaging roughly 5.5 percent annually. Technological innovations have become the primary engine of …
Ethical Issues For Lawyers On The Internet And World-Wide Web, J. T. Westermeier
Ethical Issues For Lawyers On The Internet And World-Wide Web, J. T. Westermeier
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The Internet is experiencing explosive growth. The global World Wide Web and Internet are being embraced by the legal community at a phenomenal pace. More and more lawyers are using the Web to promote their practices, disseminate information, communicate with clients and prospective clients, conduct legal research, and carry on the practice of law. This growing use of the Web by lawyers, both nationally and internationally, is raising numerous complex ethical questions.
A Unified Approach To Cyber-Libel: Defamation On The Internet, A Suggested Approach, Barry J. Waldman
A Unified Approach To Cyber-Libel: Defamation On The Internet, A Suggested Approach, Barry J. Waldman
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The Internet is a global "super-network of over 15,000 computer networks used by millions of individuals, organizations, corporations and educational entities the world over."As the Internet has developed, it has become a medium not only for entertainment, but also an important source of information and news distribution. Because the Internet and the World Wide Web have developed into important resources for information and news, traditional media concerns and legal controversies have reached a level of growing importance. While it is true that much of the "development of the law concerning the . . . Internet [i]s in its infant stages,” …
Products Liability In The New Millennium: Products Liability And The Y2k Crisis, Philip J. Landau
Products Liability In The New Millennium: Products Liability And The Y2k Crisis, Philip J. Landau
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Imagine the following scenario. It's December 31, 1999 and two minutes until midnight. The champagne has just been poured and everyone is joyfully preparing to welcome in the new millennium. The clock ticks and the countdown begins. While millions of New Yorkers push and shove, millions more gather around television sets to catch a glimpse of the famous "ball" as it begins its descent in Times Square. Five . . . Four . . . Three . . . Two . . . One . . . "Happy New Year!!!" Little does the crowd know, that as they disperse and …
Musical Works Performance And The Internet: A Discordance Of Old And New Copyright Rules, Stephanie Haun
Musical Works Performance And The Internet: A Discordance Of Old And New Copyright Rules, Stephanie Haun
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
I feel strongly that the great fundamentals should be discussed more in all public meetings, and also in meetings of schools and colleges. Not only the students[,] but also the faculty should get down to more thinking and action about the great problems[,] which concern all countries and all peoples in the world today, and not let the politicians do it all and have the whole say. I have often been told that it is not the function of music (or a concert) to concern itself with matters like these. But I do not[,] by any means agree. I think …
Electronic Commerce And Non-Resident Aliens: The Internal Revenue Service Versus International Cyberspace Transactions, Jonathane M. Ricci
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.
The Digital Signature: Your Identity By The Numbers, W. Everett Lupton
The Digital Signature: Your Identity By The Numbers, W. Everett Lupton
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Electronic commerce is the future of business. Today electronic commerce is a $3.6 billion industry. Thousands of businesses use the Internet to buy and sell their wares. As individuals and businesses increasingly use the Internet for commerce, contracts are moving online too. Because electronic commerce is conducted online, it is infeasible to make contracts through the traditional paper method. An electronic contract can be sent halfway across the world in seconds; whereas the same contract on paper would take days or weeks.
Information Vs. Commercialization: The Internet And Unsolicited Electronic Mail, Karin Mika
Information Vs. Commercialization: The Internet And Unsolicited Electronic Mail, Karin Mika
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
In November of 1996, the District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania allowed America Online to prohibit a business from using the Internet for sending bulk, unsolicited electronic mail.[1] The decision highlighted some intriguing issues related to how the Internet interacts with the current legal framework and how legal standards that have adequately encompassed most business uses for emerging technologies are not a perfect fit for issues related to the Internet. This article will focus on the current struggle to fit the Internet into some type of existing legal framework, especially with respect to Internet business uses. It will focus primarily on …
Who? What? When? Where? Personal Jurisdiction And The World Wide Web, Yvonne A. Tamayo
Who? What? When? Where? Personal Jurisdiction And The World Wide Web, Yvonne A. Tamayo
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Almost everyone, it sometimes seems, is "working on a Web site." The Internet, a seamless web of communication, has broken down barriers of distance and time among people. At the same time it has made increasingly porous the conventional boundaries between the tangible and the abstract. Many business entities have created their own World Wide Web pages on the Internet, in order to deliver their advertising messages instantaneously to potential customers anywhere in the world. Increasingly, lawsuits are being filed against these businesses engaged in electronic commerce.
Compuserve V. Patterson: Creating Jurisdiction Through Internet Contacts, Cheryl L. Conner
Compuserve V. Patterson: Creating Jurisdiction Through Internet Contacts, Cheryl L. Conner
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Throughout American legal history the adequacy of traditional jurisprudence has been tested by technological developments. The creation and expanded use of the Internet is the latest of these advancements. There are, however, characteristics of the Internet that distinguish it from past technological breakthroughs. These features include the difficulty of defining the Internet in traditional terms, the plethora of the contacts taking place, and the speed at which the Internet is expanding.
New Combinations: Changing Technologies And Infrastructures And The Business Organizations That Will Deal With Them., Alexander F. Skirpan Jr., Steven J. Rosenstock, Pat Bennett, Douglas Taylor, Alex B. Best
New Combinations: Changing Technologies And Infrastructures And The Business Organizations That Will Deal With Them., Alexander F. Skirpan Jr., Steven J. Rosenstock, Pat Bennett, Douglas Taylor, Alex B. Best
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
This tale is somewhat unique. It is probably one of the few panels, or the only panel in which there is a certain level of agreement. In fact, every one in this room probably has the basic agreement with this panel, that changes in regulation and changes in policy that we are struggling with are driven by changes in technology. This panel has been put together to look at changes in technology. It has three overall goals. The first is, as you heard one of the panels this morning talk about, to talk about technology itself to try to gain …
Letter From The Editor, Jennifer S. Coates
Letter From The Editor, Jennifer S. Coates
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Each day we are bombarded with news reports about the Internet. The word, and indeed the cyber society behind it, has become as much a part of our daily lives as television and the postal service. Four years ago, when the Journal’s founder Richard Klau proposed the idea of an exclusively online law journal, the Internet was not only in the background, but some doubted the new medium would ever develop into a mature form of communication. As the fourth Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, I am satisfied and delighted that what was once an esoteric tool for programmers has evolved …
Hot News & No Cold Facts: Nba V. Motorola And The Protection Of Database Contents, David Djavaherian
Hot News & No Cold Facts: Nba V. Motorola And The Protection Of Database Contents, David Djavaherian
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
In National Basketball Ass'n v. Motorola, the Second Circuit encountered the problematic issue of copyright preemption. Though the case did not directly involve the protection of database contents, NBA is a harbinger of judicial underprotection for the database industry. In holding that state misappropriation doctrine is preempted by the Copyright Act except in a very narrow class of "hot news" cases, NBA unduly restricts the common law's ability to prevent tortious behavior between database industry competitors. This underprotection has fueled a movement toward the legislative protection of database contents, but recent Congressional proposals, in their current form, leap to the …
How Have Internet Service Providers Beat Spammers?, Cathryn Le
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 …
Online Law: The Spa's Legal Guide To Doing Business On The Internet, Thomas J. Smedinghoff, Tom W. Bell
Online Law: The Spa's Legal Guide To Doing Business On The Internet, Thomas J. Smedinghoff, Tom W. Bell
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Attorneys and academics have of late benefitted from a surge in the number of texts discussing the emerging law of the Internet. Online Law: The SPA's Legal Guide To Doing Business On The Internet, edited by Thomas J. Smedinghoff and published by the Software Publishers Association, represents a particularly welcome contribution. It achieves its limited goals about as well as any paper-bound book could--and does so at a nicely limited price.
Copyright On The Www: Linking And Liability, Edward A. Cavazos, Coe F. Miles
Copyright On The Www: Linking And Liability, Edward A. Cavazos, Coe F. Miles
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The World Wide Web (WWW) is so often used as a way of interacting with the Internet that many people mistakenly confuse the two, referring to the Internet as the "Web" and vice versa. Of course, the Internet and its native applications predate the development of the WWW protocols by decades. Still, given the overwhelming amount of available Internet bandwidth now devoted to the transmission of web pages, there is no doubt that the WWW is the interface of choice for most users of the world's most pervasive computer network. The WWW is not the Internet, but there can be …
Free Speech & The Internet: The Inevitable Move Toward Government Regulation, James J. Black
Free Speech & The Internet: The Inevitable Move Toward Government Regulation, James J. Black
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The explosive growth in the number of people communicating from computers around the world via the Internet ("Net") has led to the proliferation of another type of speech, namely, scholarly articles on virtually every aspect of the Net and its many influences on life in America. One topic that has received a great deal of attention is the extent to which laws applicable within the geographical territory of the United States may be applied to the freewheeling world of Cyberspace, which knows virtually no geographical limitations. Many commentators in the United States have followed one of two streams of argument: …
State Criminal Laws In Cyberspace: Reconciling Freedom For Users With Effective Law Enforcement, Sean M. Thornton
State Criminal Laws In Cyberspace: Reconciling Freedom For Users With Effective Law Enforcement, Sean M. Thornton
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
With the proliferation of online activities in recent years, legal thinkers and the criminal justice system have faced new questions concerning the conflict of state criminal laws. These new questions have old answers; the doctrine of constructive presence has established a state's authority to prescribe an out-of-state activity that has in-state effects. Beyond the mechanical application of jurisdictional rules, however, there lie deeper policy questions concerning the fairness of subjecting computer users to multiple, inconsistent bodies of law. Cyberspace exists in all jurisdictions, and in no particular jurisdiction, at once. There is an apparent tension between the free flow of …
Letter From The Editor, Eric R. Link
Letter From The Editor, Eric R. Link
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
One of my first responsibilities as the Journal's 1996-97 editor in chief was to ask Professor John Paul Jones to serve as our faculty advisor. I made this request over dinner one evening late in the summer of 1996, and while he declined to commit (we eventually reached an agreement), he did make a very interesting observation. Being only the second editorial board in the Journal's brief history, Prof. Jones said it appeared as though I and the rest of the board were being asked to clean up after the revolution. He and I both found his comment amusing, since …
Religious Technology Center V. Netcom On-Line Communications Services, Inc.: The Knowledge Standard For Contributory Copyright Infringement And The Fair Use Doctrine, Eugene A. Burcher, Anna M. Hughes
Religious Technology Center V. Netcom On-Line Communications Services, Inc.: The Knowledge Standard For Contributory Copyright Infringement And The Fair Use Doctrine, Eugene A. Burcher, Anna M. Hughes
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
With 30 million people connected worldwide and the ability to rapidly transfer large amounts of data, the Internet poses a great threat to owners of intellectual property. The Internet's rapid growth has led to substantial speculation about how courts will apply intellectual property law concepts to conduct in cyberspace. On November 21, 1995, U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte ruled that an Internet Service Provider (ISP) could be liable for contributory copyright infringement when a subscribing member directly infringes a copyright.
Net Law: How Lawyers Use The Internet, G. Wingate Grant
Net Law: How Lawyers Use The Internet, G. Wingate Grant
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
We have all had experiences where we listened to a preacher or maybe a law professor use a story to illustrate a point. Weeks later, we might not recall the point, but we remember the story. That was my feeling after reading through NET LAW: HOW LAWYERS USE THE INTERNET. This book might be considered a dictionary, a marketing book, or a computer book. Most significantly, it is an anthology of actual accounts of lawyers and their staffs successfully using the Internet to make their practices more efficient and, in some cases, lucrative. Now that I have your attention, let …