Ethics and Cyber Law Assignment
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Running head: CYBER LAWS & ETHICS1Cyber Laws & EthicsName:Institution:Date:
CYBER LAWS & ETHICS2Law Question 1To: Massachusetts state senatorFrom: AideDate:Re: Free expression under the first amendmentIssues There are more problems that censorship on the internet presents rather than it saves. There are several constitutional claims that are likely to be raised in this type of litigation(Kennedy & Schwartz, 2001). Most people argue that censorship is a violation of the bill of rights with statutes such as the Child Online Protection Act and Communication Decency Act living many of their proponents unsatisfied. The general purpose of these statutes is to protect minors from patently offensive or indecent material. Therefore they may argue that adults should not be restricted from accessing such sites. However, there is no general consensus on what deserves to be labeled indecent.In addition, routes providers of materials that is indecentmust take the responsibility to prevent minors from accessing their sites(Banks, 2010). How to resolve the issuesThey may create a way of enabling that only adults access their sites by requiring credit card numbers which may also exclude adults without credit cards. As an expert on internet issues, I would propose that the service providers provide filters that not only blocks materials that are indecent but also allows the user to decide on what is decent. For example a p[aren’t may choose a filter that does not allow any pornographic content that might be accessible to the child.
CYBER LAWS & ETHICS3When such issues are brought in the litigation, the court may also use the constitutionality of the Communication Decency Act of 1996 that curtails dissemination of indecent materials to minors. This may be used against those who claim that a free expression right under the first amendment is violated(Quigley, 2008). Question 2To: Myweb. IncFrom: AideDate:Re: Defamation and Copyright infringementA) The law of defamation protects people from unwarranted and unfair attacks. It protects scrutiny in the private lives of public figures and hinders free speech. It allows people to sue those who have published false and malicious comments on people’s lives. In this case, Mr. Sergey Brin has threatened to sue Myweb Inc. through his attorney saying that the comments made are false and malicious. SergyBrin is right in demanding that Myweb in disabling Ms. Jang’s website. This is because my webs will be involved in a legal law suits in the country. The company should terminate Ms. Jang’s website as it is hosted in MywebsInc(Tsagourias&Buchan, n.d.). B) Copyright infringement is a liability that will be eminent to both parties including Myweb and Ed Cox. Copyright infringement is punishable by the law. Infringement of copyright is both criminal and civil. Ed Cox, will have infringed SergyBrins copyright laws and since the publishing is done by my web, the two parties are both liable for infringement of
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