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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814086803321

Titolo

Legal issues in global contexts : perspectives on technical communication in an international age / / edited by Kirk St.Amant, East Carolina University and Martine Courant Rife, Lansing Community College

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, New York : , : Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-351-86507-2

0-89503-838-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Baywood's Technical Communications Series

Disciplina

343.09/99

Soggetti

Computers - Law and legislation - United States

Intellectual property - United States

Information technology - Law and legislation - United States

Technological innovations - Law and legislation - United States

Law and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Legal Issues in Global Contexts: Perspectives on Technical Communication in an International Age""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword: Considering Legal Issues in Global Contexts""; ""Introduction: Legal Issues in Global Contexts: Examining Friction Points on the Flat Earth""; ""PART I: CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS""; ""CHAPTER 1. Hiding Behind a Password: Are Online Classes as Private as We Think?""; ""CHAPTER 2. The Power of Slogans: The Rhetoric of Network Neutrality.""

""CHAPTER 3. The Rules of the Game: Real Legal and Economic Implications of Second Life""""CHAPTER 4. Dimensions and Policies of Metrication and Communication""; ""PART II: LANGUAGE AND ACCESS""; ""CHAPTER 5. Legal Literacy for Multilingual Technical Communication Projects""; ""CHAPTER 6. Adapting to the Changing Legal Context: How Executive Order 13166 is Shaping Translation and Localization in Health Care""; ""CHAPTER 7. Usable DRM: Sailing the Pirate's Seas for



Legal Entertainment""; ""PART III: OWNERSHIP AND AUTHORSHIP""

""CHAPTER 8. Workplace Realities versus Romantic Views of Authorship: Intellectual Property Issues, Globalization, and Technical Communication.""""CHAPTER 9. Software Patent Law in Global Contexts: A Primer for Technical Writing Specialists""; ""CHAPTER 10. Orphan Works and the Global Interplay of Democracy, Copyright, and Access""; ""Afterword: Global Challenges and the Value of Heuristics""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""