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Overview of Cyber Law Principles

The document outlines the objectives and units of a course on cyber law. The course intends to educate students on the legal, social, and international issues related to cyber space. It will also cover remedies available for cyber offenses under the Information Technology Act. The five units cover introduction to cyber law; online contracts and taxation; cyber crimes; intellectual property rights; and contemporary issues such as cloud computing, censorship, and privacy. Prescribed books provide further information on topics like new internet laws, legal dimensions of cyber space, and intellectual property in the digital age.

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Overview of Cyber Law Principles

The document outlines the objectives and units of a course on cyber law. The course intends to educate students on the legal, social, and international issues related to cyber space. It will also cover remedies available for cyber offenses under the Information Technology Act. The five units cover introduction to cyber law; online contracts and taxation; cyber crimes; intellectual property rights; and contemporary issues such as cloud computing, censorship, and privacy. Prescribed books provide further information on topics like new internet laws, legal dimensions of cyber space, and intellectual property in the digital age.

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SUBJECT: CYBER LAW

SUBJECT CODE: HTA

Objective of the Course:

The course intends to inculcate the significance of Cyber space and to enlighten the various
legal, social and international issues and the various remedies available under the Information
Technology Act for the breach and commission of offence in cyber space. The course also
outlines international best practices and the various legal mechanisms to control the various
offences in the cyberspace

UNIT – I: Introduction

Introduction to cyber space -UNCITRAL Model Law - Information Technology Act,

2000 with recent amendments - Jurisdictional issues - Digital signatures - regulation of -

certifying authorities - Cyber Regulation Appellate Tribunal

UNIT – II Online Contracts:

Formation of online contracts - E banking transactions, online payment options, online

advertising - Electronic and digital signatures - Taxation issues in cyber space- indirect

tax, tax evasion, double tax, international tax, permanent establishment - Protection of

trade secrets and deceptive trade practices

Unit - III Cyber Crimes

Understanding cyber crimes - actus reus and mens rea - Types of crimes in the internet-

against person, against property, against government - Digital evidence- investigation and

adjudication of cyber crimes in India- cyber arbitration, cyber conflict investigation


Unit – IV: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Cyber Space

Copyright issues in the internet- protection of computer software, caching, international

regime-OSS, DMCA, Data Protection Directive - Trademark issues in the internet –

Domain Name Registration, Domain Name Registration, Domain Name Dispute,

ICANN, UDRP policy, linking, framing, tagging - Database issues in the internet

Unit – V: Contemporary Issues

Convergence Technologies - Cloud Computing - Online Digital Libraries - Access To

Internet: A Human Right Issue -Issue of Censorship - Privacy Issues, National Security

and Social Security

Statutory Material
1. UNCITRAL model law
2. Information Technology Act 2000, its amendment and IT Rules 2011.
3. Convergence Technology Bill

Books Prescribed:
1. Computers , Technology and the new internet laws – Karnika Seth
2. Legal dimensions of cyber space – [Link]
3. Cyber law – Nandan kamath
4. Intellectual property and the Internet – Rodney Ryder
Books for Reference:
1. Information technology law – Ian. J. Lyod
2. Cyber space law commentaries and Materials- Yee fen Lim
3. Cyber law – Yatindra Sinha
4. Commentaries on Information technology Act – Apar Gupta
5. Law of the Internet - George. B. Delta

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