Computer and Information Technology, Communications and Internet Law

Treatises and Books
Law Journals
Legislative History
FCC Commission Decisions
Current Awareness/Newsletters/Databases
Agencies, Organizations and Websites
Blogroll

Treatises and Books

• Annual Institute on Computer & Internet Law
  Imprint: New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, c2005-
  Series: Intellectual property course handbook series.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Copy No.: c.1 v.26 2006
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6C65
• Communications law and practice, by Morton I. Hamburg, Stuart Brotman [looseleaf].
  Imprint: New York: Law Journal Seminars Press, 1995-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF2765.H360 1995
• Computer and Internet liability: strategies, claims, and defenses, by Richard D. Williams, Bruce T. Smyth [looseleaf]
  Imprint: Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Law & Business, 2000-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6W544
• Computer law: evidence and procedure, by David Bender [looseleaf].
  Imprint: New York: M. Bender, 1978-
  Contents: v. 1 - 2. Software protection -- v. 3. Litigation.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF8947.B430
  LexisNexis: COMPLW
• Cybercrime: the investigation, prosecution and defense of a computer-related crime, edited by Ralph D. Clifford.
  Imprint: Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, c2006.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6 C924 2006
• EU communications law, by Sebastian Farr and Vanessa Oakley.
  Imprint: London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2006.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKJE6964.F37 2006
  
• Information law, by Raymond T. Nimmer [looseleaf].
  Imprint: Boston, Mass. : Warren, Gorham & Lamont, c1996-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF2979.N566
  Westlaw: INFOLAW
• Intellectual property and computer crimes, by Peter Toren [looseleaf].
  Imprint: New York : Law Journal Press, 2003-
  Series: Intellectual property business crimes series
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF9350.T67
• Internet and online law, by Kent D. Stuckey, with contributing authors [looseleaf].
  Imprint: New York, N.Y. : Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1996-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6S780 1996
  Westlaw: IOLAW
• Internet law and practice, by contributors worldwide [looseleaf].
  Imprint: [St. Paul, MN] : Thomson/West, c2002-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6I61
  Westlaw: INTERNET
• Internet law: the complete guide, by Steven D. Imparl [looseleaf].
  Imprint: North Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Specialty Technical Publishers, c1998-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Permanent Reserve
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6I568
  
• The law of computer technology: rights, licenses, liabilities, by Raymond T. Nimmer [looseleaf].
  Imprint: [St. Paul, Minn.] : West Group, c2002-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6N5622 2002
  Westlaw: LCOMTECH
  
• Law of the Internet, by F. Lawrence Street and Mark P. Grant [looseleaf].
  Imprint: Charlottesville, Va. : Lexis Law Pub., 2001-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6S775
  LexisNexis: LAWINT
  
• Mass communication law in a nutshell, by T. Barton Carter, Juliet Lushbough Dee, Harvey L. Zuckman.
  Imprint: St. Paul, Minn. : Thomson/West, 2007.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Permanent Reserve
  Call No.: XXKF2750.Z9M372 2007
• Public international computer network law issues, by Henrik Spang-Hanssen.
  Imprint: Copenhagen, Denmark: DJ0F Pub., 2006.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXK564.C6S636 2006
  
• Scott on information technology law, by Michael D. Scott [looseleaf].
  Imprint: Austin [Tex.] : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; [New York ; Aspen Publishers, c2007-
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF390.5.C6S382 2007
  

For more books on these topics, see the Library Catalog. Search by subject; consider these subject headings:

• Telecommunication - Law and legislation - United States
• Telecommunication policy - United States
• Computer networks - Law and legislation - United States
• Internet - Law and legislation
• High technology industries - Government policy - United States.
• Computer industry - Government policy - United States.
• Internet industry - Government policy - United States.

Law Journals

• Commlaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy
• Federal Communications Law Journal
• Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology
• Berkeley Technology Law Journal
• Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Journal
• FCC record: a comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices and other documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States
• Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
• Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
• The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
• UCLA Journal of Law and Technology
• Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law
• Media Law & Policy
• Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
• Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
• Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal
• Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal
• Virginia Journal of Law and technology

To find other journals, search the Library Catalog or the Library's E-journals list.

Legislative History

• Legislative history of the Communications Act of 1934, edited by Max D. Paglin.
  Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
  Notes: Contains text of the Act.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF2762.113.A150 1989
• The Communications Act: a legislative history of the major amendments, 1934-1996, by Max D. Paglin, editor ; James R. Hobson, Joel Rosenbloom, co-editors; Golden Jubilee Commission on Telecommunications.
  Imprint: Silver Spring, Md. (1010 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring 20910) : Pike & Fischer, 1999.
  Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF2762.113 .A15 1999
• The Telecommunications Act of 1996 : law & legislative history, edited by Robert E. Emeritz ... [et al.].
  Imprint: Bethesda, Md. : Pike & Fischer, c1996.
  Location: D'Angelo Law Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF2762.115.A15 1996

See also THOMAS and LexisNexis Congressional Universe.

FCC Commission Decisions

• FCC's Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) "EDOCS lets you search a database of Daily Digest entries for FCC documents posted to the FCC web site since March 1996."
• FCC Record: A Comprehensive Compilation of Decisions, Reports, Public Notices and Other Documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States
  Location: D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
  Call No.: XXKF2763.3.A2U535
  

Current Awareness/Newsletters/Databases

• BNA Computer Technology & Law Report
• BNA Media Law Reporter
• BNA Telecommunications Monitor
• BNA World Communications Regulation Report
• BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report
• Pike & Fischer Internet Law & Regulation
• Technology Daily (from National Journal)
• FCC Daily Digest

To locate other current awareness resources, consult the Library's Law Databases page.

Agencies, Organizations and Websites

• Federal Communications Commission
  • Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
  • Enforcement Bureau
  • International Bureau
  • Media Bureau
  • Wireless Telecommunications
  • Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau
  • Wireline Competition Bureau
  • Office of Administrative Law Judges
  • Office of Communications Business Opportunities
  • Office of Engineering And Technology
  • Office of The General Counsel
  • Office of Inspector General
  • Office of Legislative Affairs
  • Office of The Managing Director
  • Office of Media Relations
  • Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis
  • Office of Work Place Diversity
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
• National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution (NCTDR)
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsiblity (CPSR)
• Justia.com Internet & Communications Law

Blogroll

(Communications and Internet Law Blogs, courtesy of Justia.com)

• Blawg IT. Covers patent, copyright, trademark and Internet related legal issues. By Patent Attorney Brett Trout.
• Blogging Broadband. Covers cable franchise renewal, municipal telecom systems, cable operators, competitive franchising and IPTV. By Jon Kreucher.
• ByteLawyer Briefings. Covers current law and technology developments affecting business and society. By Nanyang Business School Professor Harry SK Tan.
• Center for Citizen Media Blog. Covers issues related to grassroots media and citizen journalism. From the Center for Citizen Media, affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism & the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
• Center for Democracy and Technology. News and commentary from the Center for Democracy and Technology, which works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.
• CYB3RCRIM3. Features observations on technology, law and lawlessness. By University of Dayton Susan Brenner.
• Freedom To Differ. A blog that speaks freely about legal and policy issues facing the media and the internet. By Peter Black.
• Freedom to Tinker. Focuses on issues related to legal regulation of technology, and especially on legal attempts to restrict the right of technologists and citizens to tinker with technological devices. From Princeton Computer Science and Public Affairs Professor Ed Felten.
• GrepLaw. Covers news, commentary, and discussion about Internet and computer law and policy. From Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
• Information Overlord. Information management and librarian blog with a communications media and technology law slant. By Scott Vine.
• InternetCases.com. Legal developments involving the Internet and new technologies. Published by Evan Brown of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
• LawMeme. Focuses on law, technology and policy. From Yale Law School.
• Lessig Blog. Covers copyirght, creative commons, politics, telecom, good/bad code and good/bad laws. By Stanford University Law Professor Lawrence Lessig.
• Lex Ferenda. Cover cyberlaw, libraries, media and higher education. By Daithi Mac Sithigh.
• LibraryLaw Blog. Covers issues concerning libraries and the law. By Peter Hirtle, Raizel Liebler, Mary Minow and Susan Nevelow Mart.
• Media Law. Covers freedom of the press. By Robert J. Ambrogi.
• Media Law Prof Blog. By Louisiana State University Law Professor Christine A. Corcos.
• MediaBerkman. Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast.
• Recording Industry vs The People Covers the RIAA's lawsuits of against ordinary working people.
• Robert Ambrogi's LawSites Tracking new and intriguing Web sites for the legal profession.
• Silicon Valley Media Law Blog Covers content, e-commerce, technology and venture capital. By Cathy Kirkman.
• Stanford Center for Internet and Society Podcasts Audio from various conferences, classes and radio shows (KZSU Hearsay Culture Show) of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.
• Technology & Marketing Law Blog Covers Internet, technology and online marketing legal issues. Published by Santa Clara University School of Law Professor Eric Goldman.
• Technology Law Update Covers judicial opinions and other developments in intellectual property, technology and media law. From Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP.
• Telecom Law Blog Covers consumer protection and the FCC. By Davis Wright Tremaine.
• TeleFrieden Covers legal, regulatory, marketplace and cultural issues affecting the information, communications and entertainment industries. By Rob Frieden.
• The First: First Amendment Project's Weblog  Covers First Amendment Issues. From the First Amendment Project.
• The Volokh Conspiracy By Eugene Volokh, Dale Carpenter, David Kopel, David Bernstein, David Post, Erik Jaffe, Ilya Somin, Jim Lindgren, Jonathan Adler, Kevan Choset, Orin Kerr, Randy Barnett, Russell Korobkin, Sasha Volokh, Stuart Benjamin, Todd Zywicki & Tyler Cowen.
• this WEEK in LAW Denise Howell and guests discuss technology law. From the TWiT netcast network.
• Tom Buscaglia: The Game Attorney Covers computer game and technology law.

A few others...

• Info/Law
• Information Governance
• Matt Blaze's Exhaustive Search
• Official Blog of the MSBA Computer and Technology Law Section
• Schneier on Security
• Slashdot