Geographic Information Science: Mastering the Legal IssuesJohn Wiley & Sons, 2005 M09 27 - 480 pages Spatial information users and providers are increasingly concerned about the legal implications relating to the use and dissemination of geographic information for which there are no right or wrong methods of practice, and no one source of information. This book fills the gap by addressing key issues in contract law, intellectual property law, rights and responsabilities and liability as they relate to the GI community.
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Geographic Information Science Legal and Policy Issues | 15 |
2 Sharing Geographic Information and Data | 53 |
3 Geographic Information and Intellectual Property Rights | 109 |
4 Geographic Information and Privacy | 207 |
5 Geographic Information and Contract Law | 291 |
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acceptance activities agencies agreement Amendment applications Australia breach chapter charges claim collection common common law consumer contract Convention copy cost countries Court created Cwlth damages database designed Directive discussion duty economic electronic ensure example facts Fair Federal Geographic Information geospatial give given identified important individuals industry infringement intellectual property interests Internet involved issues jurisdictions legislation liability licence limited loss material means Notes organisation original particular parties patent personal information position possible practice present pricing principles privacy protection protection question reasonable records regulations relation Report result rules sector sharing standards suggests tort trade types users various
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Page xxiv - OF 25 JULY 1985 On the Approximation of the Laws, Regulations and Administrative Provisions of the Member States Concerning Liability for Defective Products...
Page 402 - December 1997 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector, OJ 1998 L 24/1; Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications), OJ 2002 L 201/37.
Page xxv - Council of Europe Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data of 28 January 1981.
Page xxiv - Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, OJ 2001 L 12/1; Council Regulation (EC) No.
References to this book
Classics from IJGIS: Twenty years of the International Journal of ... Peter Fisher No preview available - 2006 |