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Agenda u IP/IT basic law u Discuss particularly dangerous business relationship u Specific laws for Web operators u Learn how to do some of this yourself
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Special Web Issues
But first, a question Fair Housing Act: Unlawful to publish … any … advertisement, with respect to a rental … that indicates a preference based on race, color, religion, sex…. u Craigslist: ì No minorities ì Requirements: Clean Godly Christian Male u Roomates.com ì Willing to live w/ gay males only
Bad Things That Can Happen u COPPA u Obscenity u Kid Porn u Copyright Infringement u Defamation u Privacy: Appropriation u Privacy: False Light u Privacy: Intrusion u Privacy: Disclosure u Fair Housing Act u Truth in Advertising
DMCA Safe Harbor Takedown notice provisions
The Basics: CDA No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
Bad Things That Can Happen u COPPA u Obscenity u Kid Porn u Copyright Infringement - DMCA u Defamation u Privacy: Appropriation u Privacy: False Light u Privacy: Intrusion u Privacy: Disclosure u Fair Housing Act u Truth in Advertising CDA
Why the different result? No provider … of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher … of any information provided by another information content provider u Craigslist: No minorities Requirements: Clean Godly Christian Male u Roomates.com Willing to live w/ gay males only
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