Mihai's Project on the
Interaction between Law and Information Technology
Information technology continuously changes in response to market demands and technological advances. Accordingly, the legal framework attempts to adapt to these changes, either by subsuming the new advances within existing practices or by adding laws to cope specifically with these changes.
This page is meant to collect various references to the intricate interaction between information technology and the legal system.
U.S. Laws
U.S. Code information is provided by the Legal Information Institute, part of the Cornell Law School.Public Law information is provided by the Thomas Legislative Information service of the Library of Congress.
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) (1984)
18 U.S.C. § 1030 -
Electronic Communications Protection Act (ECPA)
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Wiretap Act
18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2522 -
Stored Communications Act
18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2712
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Wiretap Act
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No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (1997)
H.R. 2265 Public Law 105-147 -
Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) (1998)
H.R. 2281 Public Law 105-304 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (2001) H.R. 3162 Public Law 107-56
Articles, Analyses, Reports
- Steven Robinson "U.S. Information Security Law" (Feb. 2003) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
- The Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) Cyber Security and Research Development Agenda (Jan. 2003) (PDF, 356 kB)
- White House: "The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace" (Feb. 2003)
- EFF: Unintended Consequenced: Four Years under the DMCA (Jan. 2003)
- EFF: Analysis of the Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that Relate to Online Activities (Oct. 2001)