Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age

Telecommunications law is a subject that needs clear synthesis and focus as the picture shifts to reveal a new global telecom market. Sharon Black has undertaken the remarkable task of demystifying this area of the law and explaining the key issues that affect businesses and individuals at the state, national, and international level. This book should be on the shelves of anyone who is interested in the rights, obligations, and policies governing modern communications.

-- Brent Alderfer, President, Community Energy, Inc., and former Public Utility Commissioner

Sharon Black's book provides a broad treatment of law related to the new telecommunications industry. Practicing professionals should consider this an essential reference to be effective in this dynamic industry.

-- Martin Weiss, Chairman of the Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, University of Pittsburgh

For companies in and around the telecommunications field, the past few years have been a time of extraordinary change-technologically and legally. The enacting of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the development of international trade agreements have fundamentally changed the environment in which your business operates, creating risks, responsibilities, and opportunities that were not there before.

Until now, you'd have had a hard time finding a serious business book that offered any more than a cursory glance at this transformed world. But at last there's a resource you can depend on for in-depth analysis and sound advice. Written in easy-to-understand language, Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age systematically examines the complex interrelationships of new laws, new technologies, and new business practices, and equips you with the practical understanding you need to run your enterprise optimally within today's legal boundaries.

Features

• Offers authoritative coverage from a lawyer and telecommunications authority who has been working in the field for over three decades.
• Examines telecommunications law in the U.S., at both the federal and state level.
• Presents an unparalleled source of information on international trade regulations and their effects on the industry.
• Covers the modern telecommunications issues with which most companies are grappling: wireless communication, e-commerce, satellite systems, privacy and encryption, Internet taxation, export controls, intellectual property, spamming, pornography, Internet telephony, extranets, and more.
• Provides guidelines for preventing inadvertent violations of telecommunications law.
• Offers guidance on fending off legal and illegal attacks by hackers, competitors, and foreign governments.
• Helps you do more than understand and obey the law: helps you thrive within it.

Authors:

Sharon Black is an international telecommunications attorney and consultant with 30 years of industry experience. She was the first person in the U.S. to earn an M.S. in telecommunications, graduating in 1972 from the University of Colorado's Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program in the Department of Electrical Engineering. She holds an undergraduate degree in international economics from the University of Colorado and a law degree from the University of Denver.

Black has served as a telecommunications policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce and an analyst, network designer, manager, and vice president of telecommunications in the financial services industry. For her accomplishments, she has been honored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunications (now NTIA), and various national industry organizations. She is the author of numerous telecommunications and law articles and has taught telecommunications courses for Telecommunications Research Associates and the University of Colorado.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - IntroductionThe New Telecommunications Environment

Part I The New Competitive Telecommunications Environment

Chapter 2 - Competition and Regulationa Continuing Telecommunications Cycle
Chapter 3 - The Telecommunications Act of 1996
Chapter 4 - Outstanding Issues from the Telecommunications Act of 1996

Part II Embracing the Expanded Global Telecommunications Market

Chapter 5 - The World Trade Organization and Its Telecommunications-Related Agreements
Chapter 6 - Participating in Global Telecommunications Trade: U.S. Import and Export Laws
Chapter 7 - Licensing to Protect Telecommunications Intellectual Property

Part III Legal Issues With Advanced Technologies

Chapter 8 - Privacy
Chapter 9 - Encryption
Chapter 10 - Cyberlaw: Evolving Legal Issues with the Internet

Appendix A - Key Documents and Decisions Concerning Local Number Portability
Appendix B - Key Documents and Decisions Concerning Universal Service
Appendix C - Key Documents and Decisions Concerning Access and Reciprocal Compensation
Appendix D - Legal Instruments Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round
Appendix E - Membership of the World Trade Organization
Appendix F - Commitments and Most Favored Nation Exemptions
Appendix G - Chapters within Title 19 of the U. S. Code Customs Duties
Appendix H - State Privacy Laws
Appendix I - Resources to Detect and Delete Cookies
Appendix J - State Laws Concerning Encryption, Key Escrow, and Digital Signatures
Index

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Computer & Communication Networks

電信法是一個需要清晰綜合和專注的主題，因為情況正在變化，揭示出一個新的全球電信市場。Sharon Black承擔了解密這個法律領域並解釋影響企業和個人在國家、全國和國際層面的關鍵問題的非凡任務。這本書應該放在任何對現代通信的權利、義務和政策感興趣的人的書架上。

- Brent Alderfer，Community Energy，Inc.總裁，前公用事業委員會委員

Sharon Black的書提供了關於新電信行業的法律的廣泛論述。從業專業人士應該將其視為在這個充滿活力的行業中有效的必備參考資料。

- Martin Weiss，匹茲堡大學信息科學和電信系主任

對於電信領域內外的公司來說，過去幾年是技術和法律上的非凡變革時期。1996年電信法的頒布和國際貿易協議的制定從根本上改變了您的業務運作環境，創造了之前不存在的風險、責任和機遇。

直到現在，您很難找到一本嚴肅的商業書籍，它不僅僅是對這個變革世界的粗略一瞥。但現在終於有一個可靠的資源，可以提供深入分析和可靠建議。以易於理解的語言撰寫，《互聯網時代的電信法》系統地研究了新法律、新技術和新商業實踐之間的複雜相互關係，並為您提供了在當今法律範圍內最佳運營企業所需的實用理解。

特點：

- 提供了一位從事該領域工作超過三十年的律師和電信專家的權威報導。
- 檢視了美國聯邦和州級的電信法。
- 提供了關於國際貿易法規及其對該行業的影響的無與倫比的信息來源。
- 涵蓋了大多數公司正在努力應對的現代電信問題：無線通信、電子商務、衛星系統、隱私和加密、互聯網稅收、出口管制、知識產權、垃圾郵件、色情、互聯網電話、外部網絡等。
- 提供了防止意外違反電信法的指南。
- 提供了抵禦黑客、競爭對手和外國政府的合法和非法攻擊的指導。
- 幫助您不僅僅理解和遵守法律，還幫助您在其中茁壯成長。

作者：

Sharon Black是一位國際電信律師和顧問，擁有30年的行業經驗。她是美國第一位獲得電信碩士學位的人，於1972年畢業於科羅拉多大學電氣工程系的跨學科電信計劃。她擁有科羅拉多大學的國際經濟學學士學位和丹佛大學的法學學位。

Black曾擔任美國商務部的電信政策分析師，以及金融服務行業的分析師、網絡設計師、經理和副總裁。因其成就，她曾獲得美國商務部電信辦公室的表彰。