| Title 13-2316 | Computer fraud; classification |
| Title 13-3005 | Interception of wire, electronic and oral communications; installation of pen register or trap and trace device; classification; exceptions |
| Title 13-3006 | Divulging communication service information; classification; exception |
| Title 13-3009 | Duty to report to law enforcement officers; classification |
| Title 13-3012 | Exemptions that cover the communication service provider |
| Title 13-702 | Sentencing |
| Title 18 § 1030 | Fraud and related activity in connection with computers |
| Title 18 § 2511 | Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited |
This Web page is a compilation of resources available on the Internet to
assist University and other Internet administrators when dealing with legal
and ethical Internet issues.
University of Virginia - Copyright Law.
A collection of US copyright laws
Copyright Guide for Photographers.
American Society of Media Photographers, Inc.
Fair Use Defense
"simple and clear legal explanation of fair use"
Copyright and Fair Use.
Sponsored by Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information
Resources, in collaboration with the Council on Library Resources
and FindLaw Internet Legal Resources.
Copyright FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions regarding Copyright (posted to Usenet
News).
EFF "Intellectual Property Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright".
A selection of files including the copyright_law.paper.
Other copyright sites:
Copyright Law Materials (Cornell Law School)
Copyright/Patent/Trademark Supreme Court cases (law.cornell)
ACIS CyberLaw paper (sun.com)
Law: Intellectual Property: Copyright (Yahoo.com)
Intellectual Propery References
(Cleveland Thornton's
LegalBits page.)
Copyright Act of 1976, as Amended (1994) (law.cornell)
MU's Computing Policy Collections
University of New Mexico's Ethics Statement Archive
Acceptable and Unacceptable Use of Net Resources (K12) Policies
Policies from around the US and world, some with critiques.
Warning Screens (Important discussion)
Articles by
Mike Godwin at the Electronic Frontier Foundation WWW Site.
Including: The Law of the Net,
Sex and the Single Sysadmin,
Virtual Community Standards
"P-Law: Legal Resource Locator"
Links to various articles: Computer Information Systems Law and
System Operator Liability, Analysis of An Electronic
Pornography Conviction, also Multimedia Law and
Software Licensing.
"Applying Library Intellectual Freedom Principles to Public and Academic Computers", Carl M. Kadie
THE COMPUTER LAW REPORT (CompLawLst@aol.com)
General Info: The Computer Law Report is distributed (usually) weekly for
free and is prepared by William S. Galkin, Esq. Mr. Galkin is an attorney in
private practice in Owings Mills, Maryland (which is a suburb of Baltimore), and
also an adjunct professor of Computer Law at the University of Maryland School
of Law. The Report is designed specifically for the non-lawyer. To subscribe,
send e-mail to galkin@aol.com . All
information contained in The Computer Law Report is for the benefit of the
recipients, and should not be relied on or considered as legal advice.
Copyright 1995 by William S. Galkin.
American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom Network
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CSPR is a group of computer scientists working to alert the public
about critical issues involving information technology.
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference
A Report on The Second Conference on Computers, Freedom, and
Privacy (CFP-92), March 18-20, 1992, Washington, DC, sponsored by the
Association for Computing Machinery, thirteen co-sponsors, and a wide
variety of advocacy groups.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
(Also: About EFF,
Academic Freedom,
Legal Issues and Policy,
gopher site)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is active in trying to
protect individual's electronic rights within a legal framework.
Inherent Technologies, Inc.
Inherent Technologies is a legal information systems technology company.
They specialize in technology
counsel to the legal profession, legal software technologies, adn Internet
Technologies.
InterNIC, Internet Network Information Center
The main Internic organization with RFC's, FYI's, registration info, etc.
Lexis/Nexis.
This service still being built, but should provide some news services
via www when it is finished.
The SunSITE SMUT Page
A compilation of materials discussing cyberporn and the
computer decency act.
ACLU - "Privacy -- Clipper ... Archive"
Clipper reports cover legal issues involving telecommunications,
intellectual property and cable and telephone disputes.
US Department of Justice.
(Also: gopher site)
White House Information Infrastructure Task
Force (IITF).
IITF speeches, testimony, reports, and documents from IITF work groups and
committees. The IITF has released reports on Intellectual Property and the National
Information Infrastructure, Privacy Principles, Security issues, and other
subjects.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Supreme Court Decisions - Project Hermes
US Supreme Court decisions available online. (Also archived at
ftp.cwru.edu
and
ftp.uu.net)
Cornell Law Lists
Archived mailing list discussions relating to law on the Internet.
Internet Law Sources Archive
Legal Webmasters Archive
lacc@suburbia.net
This list has been created in an attempt to mitigate the lack of tangible
resources people involved with computer crime rely on. It is hoped that by
bringing together knowledgeable people in the aforementioned fields together
with para-legal personnel and informed lay persons; information and
resources relevant to the difficult task of analyzing, presenting in court
or otherwise dealing with computer crime law and computer crimes may be
shared and intelligent discussion stimulated. To subscribe, send mail to
lacc-request@suburbia.net and say subscribe lacc in the
body of the message.
Misc.legal.computing
A Usenet News discussion group that talks about legal issues involving
computers.
alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
A Usenet News discussion group that talks about academic freedom issues.
World Wide Web Pages to go black 48 hours protest of "second-class treatment from the US Government for free speech".
Here's a letter from the lawyers representing Elvis Presley Enterprises "requesting" that the maintainer of the Elvis home page cease his posting of graphics and sound.