CHAPTER 10

Cyberlaw: Evolving Legal Issues with the Internet

THE INTERNET IS UNIQUE IN SEVERAL WAYS FROM ALL OTHER communications phenomena that have existed before. First, the Internet is global. With a click of a mouse, communications on the Internet cut instantly across national boundaries. Second, for those with access to the Internet, this instant communications means that individuals or groups of people can communicate interactively, noninteractively, or in broadcast mode worldwide for very little cost. Third, no one “owns” the Internet. It is a collection of hundreds of thousands of networks, linked together in such a manner that any person in the world with access to the Internet can contact any other person in the world with access ...

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