The No-nonsense Guide to Legal Issues in Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing

ISBN-13: 9781856048040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 160 str.

Charles Oppenheim

Opis

Offers an advice on getting the most out of web 2.0 and cloud computing. This book features practical working tool that makes the relevant legal principles simple to understand for those with little or no experience and common problems quick to solve when you're struggling with daily deadlines.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

• What is Web 2.0?
• Legal issues of Web 2.0
• The structure of this book

2. Copyright

• Introduction
• The legislation at a glance
• The formalities needed to get copyright
• Ownership of copyright
• Types of copyright materials
• Lifetime of copyright
• Restricted acts – or what can you do or not do to a copyright work?
• Infringement
• Legal ways of making copies
• Recent changes to the law
• Differences between UK and US copyright law
• A copyright checklist
• Conclusions
• Answers to exercises

3. Other intellectual property rights and related rights

• Introduction
• Database rights
• The rights enjoyed by the rights owners
• Moral rights
• Performers’ rights
• Trademarks
• Domain names
• Patents
• Answers to exercises

4. Data protection and privacy

• Introduction
• UK data protection law
• Some definitions
• The rights of the data subjects
• Exemptions
• Transfer of data outside the EEA
• Cookies
• New laws coming?
• Answers to exercises

5. Freedom of information

• Introduction
• Some details
• FoI and research
• Exemptions
• The Information Commissioner
• Answers to exercises

6. Defamation

• Introduction
• Defences against a defamation action
• Possible changes to UK law
• Defamation law in the USA
• Across borders and other internet issues
• Conclusions

7. Cloud computing

• Introduction
• Cloud services and their contracts
• A slight digression on conflict of law
• Information security, data protection and the cloud
• Other legal issues
• Questions to ask a cloud service supplier before you sign up

8. Liability

• Introduction
• Contracts
• Tort
• Quality of electronic information
• Waiver clauses
• Other court cases
• Misleading information
• Employers’ liability
• A model contract for those submitting user-generated content?
• Conclusions
• Answers to exercises

9. Useful sources

• Textbooks and reference works
• Web-based resources
• Blogs, Twitter feeds and discussion lists