SFCC Library Links
- SFCC Library DatabasesDirect link to online databases. Most useful for computer issues are Proquest and Academic Search Complete.
- SFCC LibraryLinks to databases, class guides,internet subject directories and general information
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Legal Sites
- U.S. Dept. of Justice - CybercrimeComputer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) is responsible for implementing the Department's national strategies in combating computer and intellectual property crimes worldwide. CCIPS prevents, investigates, and prosecutes computer crimes by working with other government agencies, the private sector, academic institutions, and foreign counterparts.
. Check the Documents & Reports link. - FTC Federal Trade CommissionFTC regulates ads and endorsements on websites.
- FTC on Privacy
- FCC BroadbandFederal Communications Commission strategic plan for broadband and links to policies and hearings.
- FCC statement on net neutrality
- Docuticker- Docubase TECHNOLOGYSearches government agencies, businesses and think tank research papers. Arranged by date of document release but you can try a keyword search.
- Internet Law TreatiseWiki relying on good will to updates and accuracy. Based on a 2003 publication but new cases are added.
- Fedlaw Cornell UniversityFedlaw provides a topics index to the Code of Federal Regulations.
- Federal Law by Topic
- Intellectual property, cyberlaw and electronic commerce CRS ReportsCongressional Research Service Reports 2009. Indexed by the Frankin Pierce Law Center
- LOCATING THE LAW, FIFTH EDITION, 2011Textbook chapter on how to research Federal laws.
Fair Use /Copyright
- CCS - Copyright InterpretationCommunity Colleges of Spokane instructions to faculty on copyright.
- SFCC Library Guide to CopyrightSeveral good sights including Crash Course.
Searching Article Databases
One good article can give you some ideas for further research. The Wall Street Journal is a good source for current cases involving cyberlaw and copyright also the Trade & Industry publications.
Use keywords and subject headings (topics)
- Privacy
- Electronic mail systems
- employees
Use Boolean; AND , OR
Sample search Facebook AND Privacy
Academic Search Complete- smart text searching allows natural language searches.
Proquest includes Trade & Industry publicatons as well as newspapers like the Walls Street Journal.
U.S. Supreme Court approves search of officers text messages.
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- UK Guardian " Battle for the Internet" 7 days of articles on internet issuesCovers privacy, open sources, copyright, free speech, censorship, militarization of cyberspace and effect of social networking.
- Facebook (company) AND privacyProquest sample search
Podcast - Tracking the Companies Watching You
"One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users by using sophisticated software to track movements through the Web, so that the information can be sold to advertisers." This is an interview with a WSJ reporter who headed a team that investigated the use of tracking devices on websites. August 2010
More on Privacy
- CISPA 'dead' in Senate, privacy concerns cited.... April 2013
- What They Know About You /Wall Street JournalA few online marketers will show you what they know about you – or think they know.
- Your Apps are Watching You
- Privacy ScorePrivacy risk is the chance that data about you will be used or shared in ways that you probably don't expect.
See the FAQs on this site for a full explanation of the scores. - Facebook faces fury over sale of users' data; Lawsuit loomsSunday Times (London) 30 Jan. 2011
- Consumer Privacy U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR ANNUAL Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement:A FRAMEWORK FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY AND PROMOTING INNOVATIONThe Obama Administration unveiled a "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" as part of a comprehensive blueprint to improve consumers’ privacy protections and ensure that the Internet remains an engine for innovation and economic growth. The blueprint will guide efforts to give users more control over how their personal information is used on the Internet and to help businesses maintain consumer trust and grow in the rapidly changing digital environment. At the request of the White House, the Commerce Department will begin convening companies, privacy advocates and other stakeholders to develop and implement enforceable privacy policies based on the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.
Children and the Internet /CIPA
- CIPA and the First AmendmentEbsco Academic Search Complete database search
- Cyberbullying and State Law: Capitol Facts and FiguresCouncil of State Governments. December 2010
- "Technology and Pornography" Brigham Young University Law ReviewDoes a good job of explaining the issues. 2007
- ChildrensOnline Privacy Protection Rule -FTC Seeks CommentsPublished 1/06/10 with links to I-safe guidelines and related documents.
- FCC CIPA Explained
- MINORS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS: CIPA & School Libraries.Chmara, T. (2010). MINORS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS: CIPA & School Libraries. Knowledge Quest, 39(1), 16-21
- Child Pornography; the Internet.... - Harvard Law ReviewAbstract is useful in explaining the role of courts in interpreting statuatory law. 2008
SOPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act) H.R. 3261
- White House Statement January 14, 2012The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy. In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator for National Security Staff stress that the important task of protecting intellectual property online must not threaten an open and innovative intern
- Rights and wronged. (2011). Economist, 400(8761), 73-74
- Thomas - Congressional Legislation Search EngineFind the latest information on SOPA and related legislation by searching the phrase "stop online piracy" or by bill number H.R. 3261.
Includes the summary and text of the bill - Should Congress Pass Anti-Online Piracy Legislation?. (2011). U.S. News Digital Weekly, 3(50), 20.
- History of the Internet Piracy Debate. (2011). Congressional Digest, 90(9), 258-288.
- House judiciary committee hearing. (2011). United States, Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.U.S. House of Representatives Documents Testimony by Michael Leary, Senior Executive Vice President, Global Policy and External Affairs, MPAA Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Conyers, and members of the Committee, thank you for holding this hearing regarding H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, an important new bill to protect jobs and the economy by taking action against foreign rogue websites and illegal cyberlockers that traffic in stolen creative works. ...
- Intellectual PropertyDocuments from governments, business and think tanks regarding intellectual property.
Private Browsing
- Tools for maintaining privacy on the WebNewspaper article
- Private Browsing
Online Identities
- NYT "Guilty Verdict in Cyberbullying Provokes Question on Online Identities."Check Proquest and Academic Search Complete for articles and viewpoints.
- Cyberbullying Conviction Reversed - Lawyers USA
Digital Rights Management
- Opposing ViewpointsAcademic Search Complete and Proquest will discuss recent controversies
- Digital Millenium Copyright in FavorOpposing Viewpoints. 2004
- Digital Millenium Copyright OpposedOpposing Viewpoints. 2006
Online Affilliates and State Tax Laws
Acceptable Use Policy
These articles are great at describing the issue.
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Sites for Many Issues
Sites useful for more that one issue
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - Issues LinkA non-partisian group active in digital rights and privacy issues. A good source for current briefings.
- Cybersecurity documents
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