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Author's Note

About the Author

Foreword: By Dave Baker, Vice President, Law and Public Policy, EarthLink

Introduction

Part I: Copyright Law

1. Case Study: An Introduction to Copyright on the Internet, Playboy v. Sanfilippo
2. The Basics of Copyright Law
3. Creating a Copyright-Friendly Website
4. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Part II: Domain Names and Trademarks

5. Case Study: An Introduction to Domain Names and Trademark Disputes, Electronics Boutique v. Zuccarini
6. The Basics of Trademark Law
7. Traditional Trademark Law and Domain Names
8. The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
9. The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
10. Other Trademark Issues

Part III: Patent Law

11. Case Study: An Introduction to Patents on the Internet, Amazon.com v. BarnesandNoble.com
12. The Basics of Patent Law and Protection
13. Patents for Software and Internet Business Methods
14. Exploiting and Enforcing Patents

Part IV: Privacy

15. Case Study: An Introduction to Privacy on the Internet, Federal Trade Commission v. GeoCities
16. Internet Privacy Laws and Privacy Policies
17. General Privacy Laws
18. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
19. The European Union's Privacy Directive
20. The Canadian Privacy Act

Part V: Free Speech and the First Amendment

21. Case Study: An Introduction to Free Speech on the Internet, Zeran v. America Online
22. Sex, the Internet and the First Amendment
23. Message Board Misconduct and Online Anonymity
24. Critical Websites, Parody and the First Amendment
25. Hate on the Internet
26. Spam

Part VI: Contract Law and High Technology

27. Electronic Signatures and the U.S. E-Sign Act
28. Website Development Agreements
29. Creating Contracts on the Internet

Part VII: Employment Law

30. Case Study: An Introduction to Employment Law In The Technological Revolution, Strauss v. Microsoft
31. Sexual Harassment
32. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
33. The Americans with Disabilities Act
34. Noncompete Agreements And Other Restrictive Covenants
35. Privacy Issues and Employee Monitoring

Afterword

Appendix: The Fifteen Essential Internet Law Bookmarks

Contributors

Notes

Index