Introduction to computer law

By: Bainbridge, David IContributor(s): Bainbridge, David IMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Pitman, 1993Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxii, 246 p. : illISBN: 0273601067Subject(s): ComputersDDC classification: 004.026
Contents:
Preface -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- Glossary of computer and legal terms -- Civil procedure terminology -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 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. Copyright in the information society -- 9. The law of confidence -- 10. Patent law -- 11. Trade marks and passing off -- 12. Designs -- 13. Semiconductor products -- 14. International implications and summary -- 15. Introduction to computer contracts -- 16. Fundamentals of computer contracts -- 17. Liability for defective hardware and software -- 18. Contracts for writing software -- 19. Licence agreements for 'off-the-shelf' software -- 20. Website development contracts -- 21. Hardware contracts -- 22. Summary and checklist -- 23. Nature, content and formation of electronic contracts -- 24. Performance of electronic contracts and evidential aspects -- 25. Torts related to electronic information -- 26. Liability of information society service providers for illegal material -- 27. Nature of computer crime -- 28. Computer fraud -- 29. Hacking -- unauthorised access to computer material -- 30. Unauthorised modification of computer programs or data -- 31. Piracy and related offences -- 32. Computer pornography and harassment -- 33. Computer crime -- concluding remarks -- 34. Introduction and background to the Data Protection Act 1998 -- 35. Data controllers and the Data Protection Act 1998 -- 36. Data subjects' rights -- 37. Privacy in electronic communications -- 38. Summary of data protection law -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
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Rev. ed. of: Computers and the law. 1990.

Preface --
Table of cases --
Table of legislation --
Glossary of computer and legal terms --
Civil procedure terminology --
Abbreviations --
1. Introduction --
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. Copyright in the information society --
9. The law of confidence --
10. Patent law --
11. Trade marks and passing off --
12. Designs --
13. Semiconductor products --
14. International implications and summary --
15. Introduction to computer contracts --
16. Fundamentals of computer contracts --
17. Liability for defective hardware and software --
18. Contracts for writing software --
19. Licence agreements for 'off-the-shelf' software --
20. Website development contracts --
21. Hardware contracts --
22. Summary and checklist --
23. Nature, content and formation of electronic contracts --
24. Performance of electronic contracts and evidential aspects --
25. Torts related to electronic information --
26. Liability of information society service providers for illegal material --
27. Nature of computer crime --
28. Computer fraud --
29. Hacking --
unauthorised access to computer material --
30. Unauthorised modification of computer programs or data --
31. Piracy and related offences --
32. Computer pornography and harassment --
33. Computer crime --
concluding remarks --
34. Introduction and background to the Data Protection Act 1998 --
35. Data controllers and the Data Protection Act 1998 --
36. Data subjects' rights --
37. Privacy in electronic communications --
38. Summary of data protection law --
Selected bibliography --
Index.

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