Introduction to computer law / David I. Bainbridge.
By: Bainbridge, David I
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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.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Table of cases
- Table of Legislation
- Glossary of computer terms
- 1 Introduction
- Part 1 Computers and Intellectual Property
- 2 Overview of intellectual property rights
- 3 Copyright basics
- 4 Computer software and copyright
- 5 Copyright and databases
- 6 Computer-generated works
- 7 Copyright and electronic publishing
- 8 The law of confidence
- 9 Patent law
- 10 Trade marks and passing off
- 11 Designs
- 12 Semiconductor products
- 13 International implications and summary
- Part 2 Computer Contracts
- 14 Introduction to computer contracts
- 15 Fundamentals of computer contracts
- 16 Liability for defective hardware or software
- 17 Contracts for writing software
- 18 Licence agreements for 'off-the-shelf' software
- 19 Contract between software Author and publisher
- 20 Hardware contracts
- 21 Electronic contracting
- 22 Summary and checklist
- Part 3 Computers and Crime
- 23 Nature of computer crime
- 24 Computer fraud
- 25 Hacking - unauthorized access to computer material
- 26 Unauthorized modification of computer programs or data
- 27 Piracy offences
- 28 Computer evidence and criminal proceedings
- 29 Computer crime - concluding remarks
- Part 4 Data Protection
- 30 Main provisions of The Data Protection Act 1984
- 31 Exemptions from and enforcement of the Data Protection Directive
- 32 The Data Protection Directive
- 33 Summary of data protection law