Cyber Law

Is almost impossible to protect copyrighted work these days - it's just too easy for people to copy what you produced, and you don't have time to chase down everyone who violates your copyrights. Yes, we live in a world of imitators, content thieves, and copyright violators. It appears to be human nature, and no matter how hard we try we cannot...

Do you have withdrawals from hunting in the off season or when you weren't one of the lucky ones who got an elk tag? You can still enjoy the fun of hunting from home with a virtual hunting computer game. You also won't have to deal with wet clothes and shoes, sore leg muscles, or lousy food. You can simply reap the good things about any hunting...

Here's the scenario. You left your computer on in just a while, when you came back there's already a dancing baby on your monitor and you can't put it away. First, you get irritated. The next thing you know you can't open any files. Because your files are already empty. You start to panic and try to go online but you can't get through. There's...

The new century has started with a milestone in the development and technology. With the increased popularity of internet functions, cyber crime and theft have emerged as a new propaganda. Apart from online crimes, the computer technology has enabled criminals to break the law and order force with the help of sophisticated instruments. Thus, there...

Thousands of people around the world are becoming victims to these cyber crimes like Phishing, Identity theft, and Nigerian scams but what happens after these people become victims. When my wife and I became victims of a Nigerian scam with Identity theft wrapped into it very few if any offered us any type of assistance. Victims of crimes like...

Defining Cyber crime is not so simple and perhaps that is why there has not been a single definition that is collectively approved by all the law enforcing bodies. However, the below mentioned definition is a commonly accepted and generally used definition by Various US law enforcing bodies:"A criminal offense in which the computer is involved...

When accessing a site, you are often asked to agree to the terms. The access might be to get into the site in general or within a specific area such as a forum. As a site owner, the idea of having site terms might make you roll your eyes, but they are actually very important. Let's take a look.What are these terms used for? They give a site owner...

The risks involved in corporate system and data breaches are numerous and costly, but new data is surfacing that is worth reporting on.According to recent survey conducted by the Symantic Corp. and the Ponemon Institute, the average organizational cost of a data breach in 2010 was $7.2 million! You may think, well, that's just for large companies...

At the end of 2011 there were still very few cyberbullying laws on the books, anywhere in the United States. Of course the issue with these types of laws always comes down to our First Amendment Right to freedom of speech. But in dragging out feet to protect freedom of speech we're allowing innocent kids to literally perish at the hands of cyberbullies...

That blogging has changed journalism seems to be accepted all over. Of of the principles of blogging became possible by the development of internet as a new communication technology. Before the internet there was mainly a face2face communication, phone communication and the postal communication. E-mail came first and internet changed the last...

Less than a month ago a Missouri newspaper began telling a story of events that had occurred nearly a year before. For six weeks thirteen-year-old Megan Meier had enjoyed a close relationship with a sixteen-year-old boy, Josh, on MySpace.com, a popular social networking website. Then one day the tone of Josh's communications became unpleasant....

An online risk monitoring and management solutions provider today announced its latest report Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft which highlights the growth of Internet attacks and identifies the industries most at risk.Using intelligence collected through its Internet monitoring technology, their security experts have identified that the...

Jannsun started working for Matrix back when he gave up on writing the next great American Novel, which was about five years ago, right after the war. He was old for a Web Zone designer but who knew? Who cared? His work was all done via satellite and as long as his work was good, his online brokerage account kept growing and growing.He was a project...

We must start this article by saying that these are just opinions and not in any way legal advice. Everyone should consult a lawyer for sound legal advise.Why can't you simply go on with your intention of pushing through an Internet marketing business? Why do you still need to hire a lawyer? What good can it do for you?The Internet marketing business...

Remember when we were promised that the digital world was going to turn our worlds upside down, making them so much more efficient and easy? Well, sometimes it can feel like we were all sold a bill of goods. From Blackberries that buzz at all times of the day to in-boxes crammed with messages we don't even care to read ("Prescriptions from Canada!"...

With all the information that is exchanged on the internet it makes it an easy target for crimes to be committed. You are exchanging personal information every time you shop or join a social network. Strangers are consistently trying to access this personal information about others so it can be used in other ways.Since the internet is drawing...

Millions make money through affiliate programs these days. As you can guess, the terms of the programs are heavily weighted in favor of the sponsoring site. Do you, the affiliate, have any hope of renegotiating these terms? Let's take a look.The affiliate program is one of the major business developments of the virtual world. Partnerships of this...

On your personal computer are many things, private things, and things which are no one else's business. Bank account numbers, private emails, and all sorts of things. Likewise, when you go online to search various things - that's your business, perhaps you are planning on going to a movie, out to dinner, or shopping for a gift. It's really none...

Making money on the web is often all about forming business relationships. At its core, this is exactly what an affiliate program is - two parties hooking up to make money. When such relationships are formed, however, there are legal implications that need to be considered. One is the issue of jurisdiction. Let's take a closer look at it.What...

The old saying "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" may seem like good advice, but with today's technology, bullying has taken on another level. "Cyber bullying is a willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of e-mail, cell phone, instant messaging and defamatory Web sites. It is an act of aggression that...

The biggest threat to your computer is not viruses. It is the 5 types of people who create these online threats. Keep reading to find out about these dastardly devils and how they trick you into playing their game.Types of hackersThere are a lot of bad guys online. They each do it for separate reasons, but they all share one thing in common: they...

Computers and internet services are getting increasingly popular among children and teenagers as a primary source for entertainment. However, both adults and children are not aware of the risks and dangers lurking in the cyber world. It is important to create awareness among public, school children and parents regarding the various dangers.Internet...

 In the early days of the Internet, hacking seemed to be mostly about the prestige. We all gasped as we learnt that a 13 year old in his parent's South Dakota basement had hacked into the Pentagon's databases, but we were left asking "what's the point"?. Apart from the just-so-that-I-can-say-that-I-did-it factor, these types of hackers were...

Identity theft, cyber bullying, and other computer crimes are at an all time high. Never have so many been at risk of becoming the next victim. A cybersecurity crime can occur any hour of the day or night on anyone's Internet system by some unknown person either within a company, by someone halfway across the world, or even by a vindictive family...

I love the web. It has leveled the field between big companies and the little guy to such an extent that the big companies have resorted to suing the little guy just to try to keep their edge. This field leveling is no more apparent than in the field of publishing.The internet was originally supposed to be a field where information would be exchanged...