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The Legal and regulatory environment for electronic information / Charles Oppenheim.
1995
D 102 OPP.L
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Title
The Legal and regulatory environment for electronic information / Charles Oppenheim.
Author
Oppenheim, Charles, author.
Edition
Second edition.
Description
[2], 132 pages ; 30 cm.
ISBN
1873699239
9781873699232
9781873699232
Alternate Call Number
D 102 OPP.L
Note
Contents : 1. Intellectual property : 1.1 What is intellectual property? 2. Copyright : 2.1 What is copyright? 2.2 Literary works; 2.3 Abstracting services; 2.4 Databases; 2.5 Internet and copyright; 2.6 Relationships between the parties in the electronic information chain; 2.7 Licensing databases to online hosts and CD-ROM suppliers; 2.8 Database client contracts; 2.9 The EC and copyright; 2.10 Images; 2.11 Multimedia copyright; 2.12 Some current issues in electronic copyright; 3. Data protection : 3.1 What is data protection? 3.2 Why is data protection significant to electronic information? 3.3 The EC and data protection; 3.4 Why is this topic covered in this briefing? 4. Liability for information provision : 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 What is liability? 4.3 The general implications of the current state of play; 4.4 Databases, online hosts and liability; 4.5 Some key cases in information liability; 4.6 Conclusions; 5. Libel and slander on the Internet : 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Recent cases of relevance; 5.3 Legislative initiatives; 5.4 Conclusions; 6. Other legal aspects of electronic information : 6.1 Legal aspects of audiotext and videotext; 6.2 Freedom of information (FoL); 6.3 Confidentiality of database searches; 6.4 Tax and VAT on electronic information products; 6.5 Pornography on the Internet; 6.6 The relationship between the legal environment and a national information policy; 7. Conclusions; 8. Further reading; Appendix : Model contract for licensing images for distribution through a network;.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.
Series
Series
Infonortics in-Depth briefings.
Published
[Calne, Wiltshire, England] : Infonortics Ltd., c1995.
Language
English
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