The GigaLaw Guide to Internet Law: The One-Stop Legal Resource for Conducting Business Online

Internet law is a vital topic about which anyone who conducts business online must become educated. This is true regardless of your online activities if you fall into any of the following categories:

• a self-employed businessperson or independent contractor, creating content for the World Wide Web, designing websites, or authoring software applications;
• an entrepreneur who wants to launch an online business;
• a consumer who engages in e-commerce;
• an information technology professional for a company of any size;
• a business executive for a company that exists solely on the Internet or simply has a promotional website; or
• a lawyer who regularly fields high-tech legal questions from clients or simply needs to be prepared for the occasional Internet legal issue.

Regardless of what role you play online — in your personal or professional life, as a sole proprietor, or as an employer or an employee — Internet law affects you. This book explains how.

I read this book from cover to cover. The examples of case law are of enormous illustrative value. Some of them will raise your blood pressure (well, mine went up several notches, anyway). Well worth the time to read

VINT CERF, CHAIRMAN, INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN)

Doug Isenberg pulls off the toughest hat trick in legal writing — he and his contributing authors map out the legal landscape of cyberspace in language accessible and friendly to lay readers, providing a comprehensive guide for lawyers who want to gain a quick grasp of cyberlaw, and they do all this with scholarly care for accuracy and precision.

MIKE GODWIN, AUHTOR OF CYBER RIGHTS: DEFENDING FREE SPEECH IN THE DIGITAL AGE

A treasure trove of information that is a relief to find, a pleasure to read, and a snap to apply to dozens of your most pressing Internet legal questions.

CAROL DARR, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR POLITICS, DEMOCRACY AND THE INTERNET

Doug Isenberg is the authority on all issues regarding Internet law. His insight is exceptional, his experience unsurpassed. This book is both a reference work and a bible, enlightening and showing the way — a quintessential, all-encompassing work for both the novice and the veteran.

MARC ADLER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, MACQUARIUM INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS

"Doug Isenberg pulls off the toughest hat trick in legal writing — he and his contributing authors map out the legal landscape of cyberspace in language accessible and friendly to lay readers, providing a comprehensive guide for lawyers who want to gain a quick grasp of cyberlaw, and they do all this with scholarly care for accuracy and precision." Mike Godwin, author of Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

A primer on legal issues relevant to an online business includes coverage of such topics as trademarks, domain names, patents, free speech, privacy, spam, taxes, e-commerce, employment, contracts, and copyrights.

Doug Isenberg is an attorney and the founder of GigaLaw.com, an award-winning website about Internet law. He writes regularly as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online and CNET News.com and has represented numerous high-tech and Internet clients.

Copyright law — Domain names and trademarks — Patent law / Greg Kirsch — Privacy — Free speech and the First Amendment — Contract law and high technology.