Thesis: With the advent of "immediate" and "information now" available over the internet we will have to confront the issue of individuals, "cyber-disinformants", who could ["systematically rewrite elements of any material. Imagine the Gospels with "hate" replacing "love," or an amended edition of some Supreme Court decision that apparently encourages discrimination, or an announcement from Cal Tech about an approaching asteroid." - from Doug Mcferran moderator/originator of "The Promise & Peril of Internet Jouralism - April 7,2000 Conference at L.A. Mission College].

Legal Hypotheticals

Resources

Information:

  • Stanford Library - fair use - A good site since it pertains to a California school. Comprehensive with links
  • Hot Property: A Comprehensive Multimedia Law Site- Another top notch site. From RPI Tech.
  • Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace: by C. Benjamin Salango
  • Tribal Law Intellectual Property Home Page -deals with Canadian Native Tribes
  • On copyright and related rights- different because it deals with Russian Law



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    materials prepared by David Jordan, Esq.
    Director of the Paralegal Studies Program
    L.A. Mission College
    last updated: 3/14/00