The Internet Law:8 Recipes on How to Get Jailedby Using the Internet

Zivic, Sunderic, Ignjatovic, Milutinovic

vm@etf.bg.ac.yu, marko@exe.co.yuhttp://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm

Table of Contents

CopyrightWatermarkSpamViruses and WormsCredit Card TrapsPublishing Wrong Data About CompetitionPublishing Dangerous InfoInternet Auctions

Table of Contents

Methodology

Words of LawCase StudyPitfalls

Copyright

IF:1. Enough similarity

with registered / protected text,title,name

AND2. It can be proved that

the Web owner of accused contents knew ahead of time

THEN:3. GUILTY

Case Study

University professor makes a lecture entitled"MBA in a Nutshell"

Puts it on the Web and makes it available to students to download

One day, email arrives...

Pitfalls

Not searching the Web,after a strike of creativity...

Was on the original Web site,for other reasons, before...

Additional errors made in conversationadd to the guilt...

Watermark

IF:

1. One claims property over an image

AND

2. Watermark detected

THEN:

3. GUILTY

Case Study: Miodrag Potkonjak, UCLA

Watermarking techniques used for intellectual property protection (IPP)Common concerns are:– How much information can we embed

without degrading the quality of IP?– How much information do we have to embed

to prove our authorship?

Several mathematically sound techniques are in common use

Pitfalls

Spam

IF:

1. Detected

AND

2. Reported

THEN:

3. GUILTY

Case Study

Cutting the IMP off

Teaming with the superprovider

BioPop

Pitfalls

Baksuzi

Baksuzi 2

Baksuzi 3

Viruses and Worms

What are viruses and Worms?

Are you guilty if your technology does a crime?

Are you guilty if your technology reveals your secrets?

Case Study

A Story About Tanatos

Target: e-Address Book

Manifestation: Periodically, one of your emails is sent to ALL

Hint: Resending does not happen from your own account

Pitfalls

What are the possible damages?

Political damage

Financial damage

Privacy damage

Credit Card Traps

IF:

1. Fraud made

AND

2. Fraud detected and connected to you

THEN:

3. Guilty

Case Study

Provider is NOT guilty if a customer gets trapped!

Exception: If local rules define methods of verification

Example: Provider is not responsible for ads it publishes

Suggestion: Be aware!

Pitfalls

The ongoing discussions:

National interests

Human rights

Common crime

Publishing Wrong Data About Competition

IF:

1. Alarm

AND2. Downplay

THEN:3. Sticking yourself up

Case Study

Who is guilty?

If you are the source - You are guilty If you take from other sources, then

a. You are guilty, if you did not specify the source b. You are NOT guilty, if you did specify the source

Pitfalls

The notion of INTENTION

Crucial!

Do you get away if you play naive?

You have to prove that your intention was positive!

Publishing Dangerous Info

IF:

1. Instructing someone how to do dangerous things

AND

2. Someone does it and get hurt

THEN:

3. Guilty

Case Study

Instructions related to extreme sports

Amateur follows the instructions and gets hurt

Pitfalls

Am I guilty if someone missinterprets my "How to Use" procedures?

Not, conditionally!

Examples ...

Internet Auctions

IF:

1. Placed the wining bet

AND

2. You don’t want to buy

THEN:

3. Guilty

Case Study

Biding in the internet auction

Typed wrong amount in the form

Confirmed without reading the form response

Pitfalls

If I win in an auction, do I have to purchase?

The local law is relevant

In any case, you must prove that the conditions changed enough drastically

Conclusion