Department
Information Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1998
Abstract
Unfortunately for those whose businesses rely on the Internet, an increasing amount of legal conflict is also arising in reaction to this new business medium. As attorneys and the courts attempt to sort out the Internet’s legal status quo, both are considering such pressing substantive issues as electronic contracts, privacy, trademark, copyright, defamation, computer crimes, censorship, and taxation. It is imperative that information system professionals become aware of how evolving Internet law will affect the medium they are charged with administrating. An informed IS community is also much more capable of mounting legal and political challenges to law that might thwart continued development of e-commerce.
Journal Title
Communications of the ACM
Journal ISSN
0001-0782
Volume
41
Issue
12
First Page
15
Last Page
20
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1145/290133.290138
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Communications Law Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, E-Commerce Commons