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cyberlaw

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cyberlaw

Body of law bearing on the world of computer networks, especially the Internet. As traffic on the Internet has increased, so have the number and kind of legal issues surrounding the technology. Hotly debated issues include the obscenity of some on-line sites, the right of privacy, freedom of speech, regulation of electronic commerce, and the applicability of copyright laws.



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David Post, a cyberlaw expert at Temple University, hopes we can deploy pinpoint searches in ways that preserve the balance between security and privacy.
There was also a substantial off-line component: One forum was held at the Theatre Anatomicum, a Dutch new-media performance theater once used for experimental gender surgeries on prisoners; a forum on cyberlaw took place at Harvard, resuscitating a case of "cyber-rape," reported when a man was discovered masquerading as a woman in an intimate chat room.
Currently, Stanford Law School offers a variety of clinics that litigate in a number of specialized fields, including immigrants' rights, community law, cyberlaw, environmental protection, and educational advocacy.
 
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