Cyberethics: Morality And Law In Cyberspace - Softcover

Spinello, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763737836 ISBN 13: 9780763737832

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2006

Synopsis

CyberEthics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace, Third Edition takes an in-depth look at the social costs and moral problems that have arisen by the expanded use of the internet, and offers up-to-date legal and philosophical perspectives. The text focuses heavily on content control and free speech, intellectual property, privacy and security, and has added NEW coverage on Blogging. Case studies featured throughout the text offer real-life scenarios and include coverage of numerous hot topics, including the latest decisions on digital music and movie downloads, the latest legal developments on the Children's Internet Protection Act, and other internet governance and regulation updates. In the process of examining these issues, the text identifies some of the legal disputes that will likely become paradigm cases for more complex situations yet to come.

About this title

About the Author:

RICHARD A. SPINELLO is Associate Research Professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Prior to joining the faculty of Boston College, he worked as a programmer, consultant, and marketing manager in the software industry. He has written and edited four books on computer-related ethics as well as numerous articles and scholarly papers on ethics and management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0763737836
• ISBN 13: 9780763737832
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 272