INTERNET LAW

The U.S. Constitution and state and federal statutes and regulations play important roles in addressing the various legal issues that arise when adults try to protect children from what is considered inappropriate sexually explicit material or experiences on the Internet. What’s Regulated? It’s difficult to wrap a legal arm around the concept of “pornography” because […]

Child pornography and the Internet in the U.S. In the case of electronic or computer transmission, it is a federal offense to knowingly receive child pornography, including the use of computers. However up until 1996, pseudo photographs (pictures created by computers and don’t use real children) are exempt from child pornography laws. These pseudo photographs […]

July 7, 2005 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Police have arrested a man for using someone else’s wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice. Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree […]

January 23, 2004 – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the national insurer of U.S. bank accounts, warned Americans that a convincing email scam is making the rounds. The fraudulent email claims to be from the FDIC and informs recipients that their bank account has been denied insurance as a result of an investigation by the U.S. […]

Book Title: How To Make Patent Drawings: A Patent It Yourself Companion 4th Edition (Paperback) by Jack Lo (Author), David Pressman Editorial Reviews: From Library Journal Clear and adequately detailed patent drawings are just as crucial to a successful application as the textual information they illustrate. In response to reader demand, patent agent Lo and […]

Courts becoming more strict? Updated 10/11/2006 A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who posted messages on the Internet accusing her of being a “crook,” a “con artist” and a “fraud.” Legal analysts say the Sept. 19 award by a jury in Broward County, Fla. – […]