I’m pleased to announce that the Second Edition of my Computer Crime Law casebook has just been published. A few quick points about it, for those who are interested in such things:
1. About 20% of the main cases are new, reflecting the dramatic caselaw development in the field since the 1st edition came out in 2006. Regular readers of the VC will be familiar with a bunch of the new cases, as I’ve blogged about several of them. The most recent case in the book is the Lori Drew case, handed down on August 28th (and edited down to about 5 pages instead of 32).
2. Despite the many new cases and notes, the book is just about the same length as before. The 1st edition was 665 pages plus the statutory materials in the appendix; the 2nd edition is 684 pages plus the statutory materials in the appendix. I didn’t want the book to become bloated, as can happen to successive editions, so I tried both to add in what was needed and to take out what was no longer as useful or relevant as before.
3. I’m finishing up a Teacher’s Manual for the book, and I will also soon have a free online Supplement available for the Spring 2010 semester to include the several important caselaw developments just in the last 2 or 3 months.
bfwebster says:
I don’t know whether to be happy or sad — I bought the first edition this past summer and am about halfway through it. But congrats on the new edition. ..bruce..
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November 10, 2009, 8:55 pmSonicfrog says:
Is SCO vs everybody in the new version?… or the old one for that matter?
November 11, 2009, 10:23 amOrin Kerr says:
What is SCO vs everybody?
November 11, 2009, 11:40 amFub says:
I think SonicFrog was joking, and I hate to explain jokes. But here goes.
Over many years, SCO Group (acronym for Santa Cruz Operation) has sued everybody in sight, particularly Linux vendors, over alleged licensing violations.
I believe, though I’ve not followed the controversies intensively as the enthusiasts, that SCO lost its suits in particularly humiliating ways, just short of frivolous.
Many in the Linux community view SCO’s actions as nothing short of criminal, and view Microsoft as the eminence grise behind the litigations. The theory, if I understand it correctly, is that Microsoft is trying to destroy Linux by something akin to champerty and maintenance.
November 11, 2009, 1:43 pm