Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities - Softcover

Steering Committee On Rights And Responsibilities Of Participants In Networked Communities; National Research Council

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309050901 ISBN 13: 9780309050906

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book describes a number of social and legal issues as they relate to various members of electronically networked communities. After a brief introduction to relevant legal precedents and to the manner in which societies develop norms for social behavior, the book explores right and responsibilities related to free speech, vandalism, property interests, and privacy.

Table of Contents

• FRONT MATTER
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1 THE NATURE OF ELECTRONIC NETWORKS
• 2 NETWORKS AND SOCIETY
• 3 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC NETWORKS
• 4 FREE SPEECH
• 5 ELECTRONIC VANDALISM
• 6 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERESTS
• 7 PRIVACY
• 8 COMMON THEMES
• A Network Technology
• B Workshop Schedule and Session Descriptions
• C Forum Statement of Purpose and Agenda
• D Keynote Speech: Networked Communities and the Laws of Cyberspace
• E Biographical Sketches

About this title

About the Author:

Dorothy E. Denning and Herbert S. Lin, Editors; Steering Committee on Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0309050901
• ISBN 13: 9780309050906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172
• Editor: Denning Dorothy E., Lin Herbert S.