internet law

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a federal statute addressing copyright issues arising from digital technology and the internet.

A digital signature is an electronic equivalent of a person’s physical signature. It is like an electronic fingerprint that is unique to each signer. As explained by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, a digital signature is an advanced mathematical technique routinely used to validate the authenticity and integrity of a message (e.g., an email, a credit card transaction, or a digital document). It prevents the copying and tampering of digital communications.

A domain name is a unique address that internet users enter into a web browser to access a website. It corresponds to a numerical identifier called an Internet Protocol (IP) address but is easier to type, read, and remember.

Under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act, specifically 15 U.S.C.

Electronic surveillance is the use of electronic, mechanical, or other devices to collect the contents of wire or electronic communications in situations where at least one party has a reasonable expectation of privacy

• Fourth Amendment
• constitutional law
• SURVEILLANCE
• search and seizure
• PRIVACY

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent executive agency tasked with regulating the telecommunications sector, including radio, television, wire communications, satellite, cable, and the internet. The power of the FCC is laid out in Title 47 of the United States Code. 

In a legal context, hacking is a term for utilizing an unconventional or illicit means to gain unauthorized access to a digital device, computer system, or network. Hacking is a federal crime. The National Coordinator for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience is responsible for protecting Americans from cyber threats originating domestically or abroad.

HTML, the abbreviation of Hypertext Markup Language, is an internet markup language that governs the structure of online pages. It is one of the most fundamental components of any website. It was designed by the British scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN nuclear physics laboratory in Switzerland during the 1980s.

HTTP, the abbreviation of HyperText Transfer Protocol, is the communications protocol for transferring data over web servers on the Internet or on a local network (intranet).

Inlining is a legally and ethically questionable method of displaying a file, usually an image, from one website onto another website without permission. Inlining operates by a website owner linking onto their website the file address from another website which will transfer the file along servers to appear as though the file originated from the linking website. The trouble is because the file will appear as if it is from the website that inlined the file, not from the original website.