AuthorGodwin, Mike, 1956-
TitleCyber rights [electronic resource] : defending free speech in the digital age / Mike Godwin
Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2003
Edition Rev. and updated ed
Connect tohttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=100063
Descript xxiii, 402 p

CONTENT

A new frontier for free speech and society -- Where the "virtual" meets the "real" : free speech, community, and ethics on the Net -- The Net backlash : fear of freedom -- Libel on the Net -- When words hurt : two hard cases about online speech -- Privacy versus society? -- The battle over copyright on the Net (and other intellectual property encounters) -- A bad spin and a cyberporn primer -- Fighting a cyberporn panic -- Courting the future : the Communications Decency Act of 1996 -- Free speech and communities : what the lawyers know


SUBJECT

  1. Freedom of speech -- United States
  2. Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States
  3. Electronic books.