Introduction to computer law /
Bainbridge, David I.
Introduction to computer law / David I. Bainbridge. - 4th ed. - Harlow, England : Longman, 2000. - xxx, 480 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Bibliography: (pages 471-472) and index.
Introduction -- Part one: Computers and intellectual property -- Overview of intellectual property rights -- Copyright basics -- Computer software and copyright -- Copyright and databases -- Computer-generated works -- Copyright and electronic publishing -- The law of confidence -- Patent law -- Trade marks and passing off -- Designs -- Semiconductor products -- International implications and summary -- Part two: Computer contracts -- Introduction to computer contracts -- Fundamentals of computer contracts -- Liability for defective hardware or software -- Contracts for writing software -- Licence agreements for 'off-the-shelf' software -- Contract between software author and publisher -- Hardware contracts -- Electronic contracting -- Summary and checklist -- Part three: Computers and crime -- Nature of computer crime -- Computer fraud -- Hacking - unauthorised access to computer material -- Unauthorised modification of computer programs or data -- Piracy and other offences -- Computer evidence and criminal proceedings -- Computer crime - concluding remarks -- Part four: Data protection -- Introduction and background to the Data Protection Act 1998 -- Data controllers and the Data Protection Act 1998 -- Data subjects' rights -- Privacy in telecommunications -- Summary of data protection law.
0582423341
00344396
Computers--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
344.203999
Introduction to computer law / David I. Bainbridge. - 4th ed. - Harlow, England : Longman, 2000. - xxx, 480 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Bibliography: (pages 471-472) and index.
Introduction -- Part one: Computers and intellectual property -- Overview of intellectual property rights -- Copyright basics -- Computer software and copyright -- Copyright and databases -- Computer-generated works -- Copyright and electronic publishing -- The law of confidence -- Patent law -- Trade marks and passing off -- Designs -- Semiconductor products -- International implications and summary -- Part two: Computer contracts -- Introduction to computer contracts -- Fundamentals of computer contracts -- Liability for defective hardware or software -- Contracts for writing software -- Licence agreements for 'off-the-shelf' software -- Contract between software author and publisher -- Hardware contracts -- Electronic contracting -- Summary and checklist -- Part three: Computers and crime -- Nature of computer crime -- Computer fraud -- Hacking - unauthorised access to computer material -- Unauthorised modification of computer programs or data -- Piracy and other offences -- Computer evidence and criminal proceedings -- Computer crime - concluding remarks -- Part four: Data protection -- Introduction and background to the Data Protection Act 1998 -- Data controllers and the Data Protection Act 1998 -- Data subjects' rights -- Privacy in telecommunications -- Summary of data protection law.
0582423341
00344396
Computers--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
344.203999