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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
Things You Need To Know About Internet Law
By Jonathan Bick
Author: 101 Things You Need To Know About Internet Law
                      (Random House Dec. 2000)
Adjunct Professor of Internet Law at Rutgers Law School and Pace Law School
The Internet Is Mainstream
So You Need to Know Internet Law
Internet law developed in lockstep with Internet
Internet now mainstream
Things You Need To Know About Internet Law
You need to know that parents are not liable for their children’s bad acts on the Internet.
You need to know that e-credit card users are fully protected.
You need to know bad privacy agreements are deceptive trade practices.
You need to know blind people have a legal right to access commercial Internet sites.
You need to know the law strictly limits e-selling to children.
You need to know e-wrongs are actionable in your local court.
You need to know what taxes must be paid on Internet transactions.
Businesses need to know
Businesses need to know that Internet privacy laws are important because the Federal Trade Commission and state attorney generals are regularly investigating Internet privacy matters.
Businesses need to know that it is the connection between their privacy policies and privacy actions is the real Internet legal concern.
Internet legal privacy difficulties arise when privacy notices say one thing and a business staff does another.
ADA and the Internet
Disabled people need to know that they have as much a right to independent access to the Internet as to shopping center access.
The Internet is now deemed a public accommodation.
E-Selling to Children
Children, child service providers and businesses need to know that e-seller may not contract them more than once.
Strict laws were passed to prevent e-selling to children under the age of 13.
Internet Justice
No longer point of presence of the the perpetrator
We all need to know that Internet wrongs are actionable in our local courts.
People need to know they will find Internet justice in their hometown courts.
Despite the Internet Tax Moratorium,
Internet transactions are subject to tax.
Accountants need to know how and where to apply taxes to Internet transactions.
Accountants need to know that most Internet transactions should be treated like software transactions for e-tax law purposes.
More Things You Need To Know
Anti-virus duty
E-funding and SEC matters
E-crime
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
By Jonathan Bick
Author: 101 Things You Need To Know About Internet Law (Random House Dec. 2000)
Adjunct Professor of Internet Law at Rutgers Law School and Pace Law School