The Cyberlaw Rules: Why The Internet is Transforming Law Carleton University March 2002 Professor Michael Geist University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law Director

The Cyberlaw Rules:Why The Internet is Transforming Law

Carleton UniversityMarch 2002

Professor Michael Geist

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

Director of E-Commerce Law, Goodmans LLP

Professor Michael A. Geist www.lawbytes.com

The Cyberlaw Rules Overview

• Does the Internet and e-commerce actually

change anything?

• The Cyberlaw Rules


Has Anything Changed?

• Online Shopping vs. Catalogue Shopping

• Online Data Collection vs. Offline Data

Collection

• Email confidentiality vs. Cell phone/fax

confidentiality


The Cyberlaw Rules

• Loss of Control

• Speed

• Volume

• Shifting Power Dynamics

• The Challenge of Computer Code

• Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

• The Net Doesn’t Fit


The Cyberlaw Rule #1Loss of Control








The Cyberlaw Rule #1 Loss of Control


The Cyberlaw Rule #2Speed






The Cyberlaw Rule #3Volume












The Cyberlaw Rule #4Shifting Power Dynamics












The Cyberlaw Rule #5The Challenge of Computer Code








The Cyberlaw Rule #5 The Challenge of Computer Code




The Cyberlaw Rule #6 Things Aren’t Always What They Seem






The Cyberlaw Rule #7The Net Doesn’t Fit





The Cyberlaw Rules:Why The Internet is Transforming Law

Professor Michael Geist

University of Ottawa Law School

[email protected] * www.lawbytes.ca

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The Cyberlaw Rules: Why The Internet is Transforming Law Carleton University March 2002 Professor Michael Geist University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law Director