Legal issues in cyberspace

From: ETHAN KATSH (katsh@legal.umass.edu)
Date: 01/18/94


     Professor Trotter Hardy of William and Mary College of Law asked me
to post this on Law-Lib. Please direct any responses to him. His address
is at the end of the message.

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>From: Trotter Hardy

> A while ago I asked anybody who has encountered a legal problem
> or issue in cyberspace to send me a description of it. I am
> collecting examples of the problems that are in some sense
> "unique" to cyberspace and hence may benefit from new laws or
> court decisions.
>
> Several of you sent along such descriptions, and I thank you.
> The purpose of this message is to renew my call to all of you
> (including new members of this list who may not have received
> my earlier message) for examples of legal issues that are
> especially problematical in cyberspace. I actually received
> surprisingly few examples following my first request and am
> looking for more.
>
> Do you know about any particular cyber-situations that seeemed
> to you to raise unique legal questions (whether or not the
> questions were resolved or led to any actual difficulty)? I
> would very much appreciate your sending along a description of
> the situation to me. You needn't be too fussy about what
> constitutes a "unique" situation: if it seems difficult enough
> for you to resolve because it is on the net instead of in
> "real" space, then let me know about it. I prefer to be fairly
> inclusive at this stage.
>
> Thanks very much for your help. I think it would be fine to
> send any replies to the whole list; others may also be
> interested in what's going on. But of course private
> communication to me at the address shown below is fine as well.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> --Trotter Hardy
>
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