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
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The Cyberlaw Rules Overview
• Does the Internet and e-commerce actually
change anything?
• The Cyberlaw Rules
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Has Anything Changed?
• Online Shopping vs. Catalogue Shopping
• Online Data Collection vs. Offline Data
Collection
• Email confidentiality vs. Cell phone/fax
confidentiality
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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
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The Cyberlaw Rule #1Loss of Control
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The Cyberlaw Rule #1Loss of Control
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The Cyberlaw Rule #1Loss of Control
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The Cyberlaw Rule #1Loss of Control
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The Cyberlaw Rule #1 Loss of Control
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The Cyberlaw Rule #2Speed
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The Cyberlaw Rule #3Volume
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The Cyberlaw Rule #3Volume
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The Cyberlaw Rule #4Shifting Power Dynamics
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The Cyberlaw Rule #4Shifting Power Dynamics
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The Cyberlaw Rule #4Shifting Power Dynamics
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The Cyberlaw Rule #4Shifting Power Dynamics
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The Cyberlaw Rule #4Shifting Power Dynamics
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The Cyberlaw Rule #5The Challenge of Computer Code
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The Cyberlaw Rule #5The Challenge of Computer Code
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The Cyberlaw Rule #5The Challenge of Computer Code
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The Cyberlaw Rule #5The Challenge of Computer Code
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The Cyberlaw Rule #5 The Challenge of Computer Code
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The Cyberlaw Rule #5The Challenge of Computer Code
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The Cyberlaw Rule #6 Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
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The Cyberlaw Rule #6 Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
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The Cyberlaw Rule #6 Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
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The Cyberlaw Rule #7The Net Doesn’t Fit
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The Cyberlaw Rule #7The Net Doesn’t Fit
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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
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