Legal, Ethical & Social Issues in Computing
LaSalle University, Masters in Computer Information Science

Professor Jane Turk, LaSalle University
Topics include: laws regarding computer use; privacy both on and off-line; cryptography and encryption; attacks on computer systems; ethics and codes of ethics; risks and responsibilities of computing; effects of computers on society and culture.

This website covers the presentations surrounding the Legal Issues Presentations by Professor Kenneth P. Mortensen, ken@harveymortensen.com.

Presentations

Intellectual Property Right: Copyrights and Patents

The Right and Law of Privacy

Information Protection Overview: Law and Policy

Materials

The Right to Privacy, Justice Brandeis

Costar Group Inc. v. LoopNet, Inc., CV-DKC-99-2983 (September 2001)
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland reviews a case under both a claim of contributory negligence and defence under the 'safe haven' provisions of the DMCA and provides a very good review of the current state of copyright law and the interpretation of Sec. 512 of the Copyright Act.