Electronic theft : unlawful acquisition in cyberspace
"The convergence of communications and computing has begun to transform Western industrial societies. Increasing connectivity is accompanied by unprecedented opportunities for crimes of acquisition. Electronic Theft names, describes and analyses the range of electronic and digital theft, and constitutes the first major survey of the field." "The authors cover a broad list of electronic misdemeanours, including extortion, defrauding governments, telephone fraud, securities fraud, deceptive advertising and other business practices, industrial espionage, intellectual property crimes, and the misappropriation and unauthorised use of personal information. They have been able to capture impressively large amounts of data internationally from both scholarly and professional sources. The book poses and attempts to answer some pressing questions to do with natural sovereignty, intellectual property and enforceability of laws."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2001
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2001
x, 235 pages ; 26 cm
9780521805971, 052180597X
45757790
Theft and cyberspace
Stealing funds electronically
Digital extortion
Defrauding governments electronically
Telephone fraud and theft of internet services
Online securities fraud
Electronic 'snake oil': deceptive and misleading online advertising and business practices
Intellectual property in cyberspace
Industrial espionage in the digital age
The electronic misappropriation and dissemination of personal information
The limits of the law in controlling electronic theft