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Internet and computer law resources

Related subject areas
o   Contracts
o   Media
o   Torts
 
Books
Canadian
o   Abe et al., Web law: Agreements, guidelines and use policies (Markham: Butterworths, 2005)
o   Abe, L., Internet and e-commerce agreements: drafting and negotiating tips, 2nd ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2004)
o   * Abe et al. Canadian forms & precedents. Commercial transactions. Information technology & entertainment, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, looseleaf)
o   Brown & Klein, A Complete Guide to E-Marketing Under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
o   * Burshtien, S., Domain Names and Internet Trademark Issues: Canadian Law and Practice (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Campbell, R., Legal issues in electronic commerce, 2nd ed. (Captus Press, 2005)
o   Card, D., Information Technology Transactions: Business, Management and Legal Strategies, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2007)
o   Eltis, K., Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: Law, Ethics and Practice (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2012)
o   Festinger, Metcalfe & Ripley, Video game law, 2nd ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis, 2012)
o   Geist, M., Internet and ecommerce Law in Canada (Markham: Butterworths) (monthly)
o   Geist, M., Internet Law in Canada, 3rd ed. (Captus Press, 2002)
o   Handa, S., Fundamentals of Information Technology (Markham: Butterworths, 2004)
o   Kratz, M., Canada’s Internet Law in a Nutshell (Toronto: Carswell, 2013)
o   Kyer & Beardwood, Outsourcing Transactions: a practical guide (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o   Mann, F., Information and Technology Law: Recent Developments for Professionals (Toronto: Carswell, bi-monthly)
o   Morgan & Saulgrain, E-mail Law (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
o   Potts, D., Cyberlibel: Information Warfare in the 21st Century? (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2011)
o   Scassa & Deturbide, Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada, 2nd. ed. (Toronto: CCH Canadian, 2012)
o   Sookman, B., Sookman Computer Law: Acquiring and Protecting Information Technology (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   * Sookman, B., Computer, Internet and Electronic Commerce Law (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf) (4 volumes)
o   Sookman, B., Computer, Internet and Electronic Commerce Terms: Judicial, Legislative and Technical Definitions (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
o   Sookman, B., Computer, Internet and electronic commerce terms: judicial, legislative and technical definitions (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Takach, G., Computer Law, 2nd. ed. (Concord: Irwin Law, 2003)
o   Van Barr & Handa, Legal Protection of Software: Patents and Trade-Marks (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2012)
 
English
o   Cox, N., Technology and legal systems (Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2006)
o   Dictionary of computing, 6th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   Durrant, F., Negotiation Licences for Digital Resources (London: Facet Publishing, 2006) 
o   Hornle, J., Cross-border internet dispute resolution (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
o   Kohl, U., Jurisdiction and the Internet: A Study of Regulatory Competence Over Online Activity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
o   Lindsay, D., International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007)
o   Michalos, C. ,The law of photography and digital images (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2004)
o   Morgan & Burden, Morgan and Burden on Computer Contracts, 8th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2009)
o   Reed & Angel, Computer Law, 4th ed. (London: Blackstone, 2000)
o   Susskind, R., Transforming the Law: Essays on Technology, Justice and the Legal Marketplace ( Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2003)
 
Amercian
o    American Law Institute, Principles of the law of software contracts: discussion draft (March 30, 2007) (Philadelphia: American Law Institute, 2007)
o   * Bender, D., Computer Law (New Jersey: Lexis Nexis, looseleaf) (4 volumes)
o   Campbell, D., E-commerce and the law of digital signatures (New York: Oceana Publications, 2005)
o   Computer Law Guide (Chicago: CCH, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o   Klemens, B., Math You Can't Use: Patents, Copyright and Software (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2006)
o   Principles of the Law of Software Contracts: Tentative Draft No. 1 (March 24, 2008) (Philadelphia: Executive Office, American Law Institute, 2008)
o   * Roditti, E., Computer Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting (New York: Matthew Bender, looseleaf) (5 volumes)
o   Rosen, Open source licensing: software freedom and intellectual property law (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2005)
 
Other countries
o   Bayer, J., Liability of Internet service providers for third party content (Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law, 2007)
o   Blanpain, Roger & Luis Aparico-Valdez, eds. Labour Relations in the Asia-Pacific Countries (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2004)
o   Forder & Svantesson, Internet and e-commerce law (South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   Guibault, L., Unravelling the Myth Around Open Source Licences: an Analysis from a Dutch and European Law Perspective (The Hague: T.M.C. Asser, 2006)
o   Schellekens, M., Electronic Signatures: Authentication Technology from a Legal Perspective (The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004)
o   Siegfried et al., European Union E-Commerce Law: Consolidated Legislation (Stanford: Stanford Law Books, 2008).
 
Blogs
Michael Girard: http://www.e-lawg.com/
Judge Stein Schjolberg: http://www.cybercrimelaw.net/
Davis & Co. video game law blog: http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law
 
Websites
Canadian
Electronic Frontier Canada
 
Cyberlaw Encyclopedia
 
The Canadian Internet Law Resource Page (Michael Geist Site)
 
Canadian IT Law Association
 
Strategis Canada
 
Canadian Association of Internet Providers.
 
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP internet law website
   
Electronic Commerce in Canada (Industry Canada site)
 
Online Rights Canada (ORC)
 
Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP)
 
Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
 
Toronto Computer Lawyers Group
 
Canadian Internet Law Resource Page (CILRP) (by Michael Geist)
 
BNA's Internet Law News (By Michael Geist)
 
Website that collects and analyzes legal complaints about online activity and includes a database of cease and desist letters
 
Domain names and registration
Electronic Frontier Foundation
 
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
 
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
 
National (domain dispute) Arbitration Forum - Dispute decisions
 
Official United States Domain Registry
 
Website that allows one to look up the geographical location of an  ISP address
 
International
A dictionary of technology and Internet terminology - webopedia.com
 
Congressional Research Service Reports (American) on intellectual property, cyberlaw and electronic commerce. Free access to full text of the reports in pdf format.
 
Internet crime complaints centre (American)
 
Legal news on IT and e-commerce issues (satellite website for a law firm)
   
Global Information Infrastructure Commission
 
CommerceNet - Non-profit consortium advocating global e-commerce
 
InterNIC - Internet information centre, U.S. Department of Commerce
 
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
 
Journal of Information Law and Technology (United Kingdom)
 
Tech Law Journal
 
GigaLaw (Legal information for internet professionals)
 
Tech Law Practice Center
 
Groklaw (Legal issues related to free software and open
source communities)
 
Open source alternatives
 
A Comprehensive Legal Guide to Cyberspace Law