The Internet Law:
8 Recipes on
How to Get Jailed
by Using the Internet
Zivic, Sunderic, Ignjatovic, Milutinovic
[email protected], [email protected]
http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~vm
Table of Contents
Copyright
Watermark
Spam
Viruses and Worms
Credit Card Traps
Publishing Wrong Data About Competition
Publishing Dangerous Info
Internet Auctions
Table of Contents
Methodology
Words of Law
Case Study
Pitfalls
Copyright
IF:
1. Enough similarity
with registered / protected text,
title,
name
AND
2. 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 conversation
add 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
AND
2. 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