Laws of the Internet

History shows that with the offspring of a societal changing invention comes a legal flux that requires parsing out to establish fair precedent. The Internet vividly displays this paradigm as issues dealing with the laws of networking sites, peer sharing programs, and security of the Internet continue to adapt. Just like laws of privacy and [...]

Laws of New Technology

Court cases dealing with laws of new technology continue to set precedent for laws of future technology. With the advent of the telephone as new technology, courts had to determine a safe way to guarantee people’s right to privacy while also protecting the nation against criminals conducting internal crime or outside espionage through easier means. [...]

Federal Laws and Technology

During the late 1990s and early 2000s the peer to peer network, Napster, became a common program on tens of millions of computers. This new technology allowed individuals to swap and share music and video files effortlessly between computers. Once certain musical artists witnessed new songs on Napster before they entered major circulation, lawsuits were [...]

Naming of Cyber-security Chief Could Alter Internet Laws

President Barack Obama made specific mention of the dangers surrounding possible threats to Internet security and safety, specifically involving banking, military, and civilian Internet use. To this end, President Obama named a new chief of Cyber-security to ward off possible domestic and foreign threats to the network that connects most of the worldwide computers. Internet [...]

Online Laws Regarding Internet Pornography

There have been many attempts to limit the exposure to Internet pornography on a larger scale then personal filters or content blockers. American lawmakers have tried numerous times to legislate and create online laws against the propagation of Internet pornography. Online laws limiting access to any legal content, as determined in America, have continuously been [...]