SMG LA 349 - Law of the InternetPrereq

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Boston University

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SMG LA 245 and junior standing. E-commerce and the Internet are shaking up the law, highlighting its inherent tension between stability and change. What challenges does online business pose to traditional legal rights and principles How is law coping with those challenges This course examines and discusses a number of topics: governmental regulation, taxation, and censorship of the Internet; how e-commerce does-or does not-change the rules of contract formation; the impact of online publishing on copyright law; cyberpiracy and trademark protection; online stock offerings and the Securities and Exchange Commission; the relationship between hyperlinking and claims of unfair competition; and how courts determine jurisdiction for claims that arise in cyberspace. The course will focus on why the law has evolved as it has, and whether the law's current evolution adequately addresses the needs of e-commerce, for both businesses and consumers. 4 cr

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bu.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 353-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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