Legal issues of web 2.0 and social media

Author

• Kuncewicz, Stephen

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

London: Ark group, [2010]

Language

English

ISBN

9781906355951

Series

Subject(s)

• WEB 2.0-SOCIAL ASPECTS
• SOCIAL MEDIA-DATA PROCESSING
• SOCIAL MEDIA-LAW AND LEGISLATION

Notes

. . Includes index (p. 215 - 232)

Abstract

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Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xv, 232 p.

Dimension

27 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Part One: Placing social media in the legal context Chapter 1: Overview ... 1 Chapter 2: A map of the landscape ... 3 The Internet ... 3 The World Wide Web ...3 Social media and Web2.0 ...4 What's next? ... 7 Chapter 3: Opportunities and risks ...9 The conversation that's happening without youA" ... 10 Images on websites ... 12 Chapter 4: Is social media that important? ... 15 The Trafigura scandal ... 15 The Jan Moir outcry ... 17 Twitter becomes a respected journalistic mediumA" ... 19 Part Two: Social media and copyright Chapter 5: Introduction to copyright ... 25 History ... 25 Where are we now? ... 26 The YouTube/Viacom dispute ... 26 Chapter 6: Defining copyright ... 31 What are the rights of a copyright owner? ... 31 Literary works ... 31 Copyright in software as a 'literary work' ... 34 Database rights ... 35 Artistic works ... 37 Sound recordings ... 38 Films ... 40 Broadcasts ... 41 Copyright in context: Website and social network content..44 Chapter 7: Authorship, ownership and on ... 45 Authorship and ownership ... 45 Duration of copyright ... 47 What does owning copyright in a work allow you to do? . 48 Chapter 8: Copyright infringement ... 49 Primary infringement - Is there a case? ... 50 Linking, scraping, framing and other web-specific infringements... 53 Secondary infringement ... 54 Permitted acts and defences to gement ...56 Remedies for copyright infringement ... 59 Damages - What can I get? ... 60 Will internet service providers pull the plug? ... 61 Chapter 9: Conclusions - Where next? ... 63 Part Three: Social media and brands Chapter 10: Introduction ... 67 Badges of origin ... 69 Chapter 11: Unregistered trade marks and passing-off .. 71 Passing-off defined ... 71 Cybersquatting, typosquatting and 'gripe' sites ... 74 Domain names: A cautionary tale ... 75 Remedies ... 76 Passing-off on the World Wide Web - Where are we now? . 77 Chapter 12: Registered trade marks ... 79 Why register a trade mark? ... 79 Registered trade marks defined ... 81 Grounds for refusing registration ... 81 Comparative advertising ... 85 Chapter 13: Trade mark enforcement and infringement ... 89 Infringement ... 89 Who can be sued? ... 91 Threats ... 92 Defences to infringement ... 93 Remedies ... 95 How to avoid infringement ... 96 Infringement on the World Wide Web and implications for Web 2.0 and social media ... 96 Conclusion ... 99 Part Four: Social media and privacy, confidentiality and defamation Chapter 14: Privacy in the social media environment ... 103 Privacy issues in context ... 103 Chapter 15: The Data Protection Act 1998 ...104 Personal data ... 108 Sensitive personal data ... 110 Territorial extent ... 110 Data controllers and their obligations ... 111 How can personal data be processed? ... 111 Subject access requests ... 119 Privacy policies and collecting user data ... 123 Data collection over the internet ... 124 Sanctions for breach of the 1998 Act ... 125 Civil remedies for breach of the 1998 Act ... 127 Conclusions ... 127 Chapter 16: Confidentiality in social media and Web 2.0. 129 What are the requirements to bring an action for breach of confidence? ...129 Remedies for breach ... 132 Defences ... 132 Conclusion ... 133 Chapter 17: Privacy ... 135 Development of the law of protection of personal information ... 135 When can a claimant bring action for breach of privacy? 137 Where do we go from here? ... 138 Chapter 18: Defamation and social media ... 139 Defamation defined ... 141 What does a claimant need to prove to succeed in a claim for defamation? ... 141 Defamatory meaning ... 142 Identification ... 143 Publication ... 143 Google versus the world ... 145 Defences ... 147 Damages ... 151 Limitation ... 152 Foreign claimants and the problem of 'forum shopping' ...153 What makes internet libel so difficult to deal with? Practical points ... 155 Part Five: Social media and criminal law Chapter 19: Introduction ... 161 Criminal content? ... 162 Who can be liable? ... 162 Chapter 20: Harassment ...165 What is harassment? ... 165 What are the consequences? ... 167 Cautionary tales: Online criminal harassment ... 168 Practical points ... 169 Chapter 21: Obscenity ... 171 What is obscene? ... 171 R v Walker (2009) ... 172 Who can be liable for obscene content? ... 173 What are the consequences? ... 173 Practical tips and the next 50 years ... 174 Chapter 22: Public order ... 177 What is a public order offence?... 177 Practical points ... 178 Chapter 23: Incitement of racial hatred ... 179 What is incitement of racial hatred? ... 179 What are the consequences? ... 182 Practical points ... 182 Cautionary tales ...183 Chapter 24: Improper uses of public electronic communications networks ... 185 What is improper useA" of a public electronic communications network? ... 185 Cautionary tales ... 187 Practical tips ... 189 Chapter 25: Terrorism ... 191 How can Web 2.0 technology be used to encourage terrorism? ... 191 Practical tips ... 197 Chapter 26: Contempt of court ... 199 What is contempt of court? ... 200 What is strict liabilityA"? ... 201 What kind of material will constitute a substantial riskA"? .. 202 When are proceedings activeA"? ... 206 When do proceedings become inactiveA"? ... 206 Defences to prosecution ... 207 Practical points ... 207 Chapter 27: Unfair commercial practices ... 209 Practical points ... 210 Chapter 28: Conclusions ... 213 Index ... 215

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