[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1510050093524{background-color: #ffffcc !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”3188″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Cyber Laws (5th Edition)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Content” tab_id=”1510049671188-abd760da-3693″][vc_column_text]This second edition of the book, updated with the latest judicial decisions and and statutory provisions is divided into two parts. Part-I deals with the different aspects of Cyber Laws with discussions or various topics, controversies and their possible solutions. Foreign statutes and laws and their reference on the Internet have also been cited. Part-II contains relevant Acts, Rules, Notifications, Circulars etc.
Chapter-I deals with the historical background of the Information Technology Act and mainly refers to the various sections of the Act. Chapter-2 deals with International Organisations and important Treaties. Chapters-3 to 5 deals with the protection of computer software, trade secret and reverse engineering. Chapter-6 deals with the legal problems faced by sites hosting web pages and information service providers. Chapter-7 and 8 deal with the future of IPR in the area of computer software, E-commerce and Taxation respectively. The grey areas are covered by Chapter-9.
For the proper analysis of Cyber Laws, the author lucidly explains the science behind the technology in order to sort out the legal issues. The book will be an asset to companies dealing in computer software or provi9ding software solutions, web page providers, Internet service providers, Banks, Insurance companies and other bodies providing online services, government departments implementing information technology, police officials dealing with investigation of cyber-crimes, teachers, students, lawyers and Judges.
| PART I CHAPTER 1 Information Technology (IT) Act |
| IT Act (Chapter I): Preliminary-Cyber Laws |
IT Act (Chapter-II & III): Digital Signature, Electronic Governance
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IT Act (Chapter IV): Attribution, Acknowledgement and Despatch of Electronic Records – Jurisdictional Issues
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| IT Act (Chapter V-VIII): Security Concerns, Preventive Measures. |
IT Act (Chapter IX-XII): Security Concerns, Penalties, Adjudication, and Offences
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| IT Act (Chapter XII): Net Work Service Provider-Protection |
| IT Act (Chapter XIII) (Section 78): Criminal Procedure |
| IT Act (Chapter XIII) (Section 91): IPC |
IT Act (Chapter XIII) (Section 92 &93): Evidential Issues -Admissiblity in Court Proceedings
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| IT Act (Chapter XIII) (Section 94): Electronic Fund Transfer |
Chapter 2 Intellectual Property Rights, International Organisations, And Treaties |
| Intellectual Property Rights |
| World Trade Organisation (WTO) |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
Chapter 3 Computer Software, Copyright And Copyleft |
| Source Code And Object Code |
| Copyright Act, Amendments, Remedies for Infringement of Copyright |
Anti Circumvention Law And Digital Rights Management
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Software Licences, Open Source Software and Copyleft
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| Chapter 4 Patents |
| Historical Background Grant Of Patents-Procedural Simplification Patents- Rights And Liabilities |
Computer Programme- Invention
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| Chapter 5 Trade Secret, Contract Act And Reverse Engineering |
| Trade Secret |
| Contractual Protection-Term Of Licence |
Reverse Engineering
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| Chapter 6 Intellectual Property Rights In Cyber-Space |
| Linking |
Domain Name Dispute
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| Framing |
| Metatags And Key Words |
| Chapter 7 Future – IPR |
Future- Peer To Peet (P2p) File Sharing
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Open Source Proprietory Software
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Chapter 8 E-Commerce And Taxation |
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| Chapter 9 Grey Areas |
Right To Privacy
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| Phishing |
| Cyber Stalking-The Communication Convergence Bill |
| Cyberslacker |
Chapter 10 |
| Conclusion |
| Part II |
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[The book] touches upon the technological basis of cyber laws. It carries discussions and understanding of digital signatures, source codes, metatags, linking, electronic documents etc.; some elementary and not-so-elementary concepts that are fundamental to any deliberation on cyber law jurisprudence . . . .The Tribune
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Cyber Laws is divided in two parts. Part I consists of Justice Singh’s lectures on different facets of cyber law in various fora. He has modified them for doing the book. The primary emphasis is on continuity. Part II carries statutory provisions, rules and regulations. Justice Singh’s work covers the issues being currently debated for understanding cyber law jurisprudence. His work touches upon the technological basis of cyber laws. It carries discussions and understanding of digital signatures, source codes, metatags, linking, electronic documents etc. . . . . . . . . .gunaah.com
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The learned author has taken great pains to compile and present important legislations on the subject and also several guidelines, which are indispensable for practioners. We compliment the learned author for having brought out a work which has been long felt need for aspirants in the relevant branch of law. The publishers deserve special congratulations for blemishless printing and colourful get up. …2005(1) The Law Weekly (Journal Section) 31
The book ‘Cyber Laws’, by Justice Yatindra Singh, a sitting judge of Allahabad High Court, has been published by Universal Law Publishing Co. and is now in its fourth edition. The book is a comprehensive guide to the various legal issues which have arisen as a result of the unprecedented growth of the internet. It covers both academic and practical information regarding technology related issues and the underlying legal principles which have been applied in these areas……The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (http://www.ijlt.in)
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