ing in 2007 is privacy rights. While you might immediately jump to the conclusion I am talking about how the government invades our privacy, I am not. Instead, the issue of how companies use our privateAs we start off the 2007 year, many in the web community probably have questions about what developments we can expect in web law in 2007. Well, the issues already appear to be coming together.

Internet Law in 2007

The beauty of the web is it is still a relatively new communication platform and is evolving on a daily basis. From a legal standpoint, this raises all kinds of issues and problems. The law prefers stability. It is also generally slow to react to new issues. Since the net is evolving on a daily basis, this puts the legal issues regarding it in some what of a time warp. Simply put, the law is a couple years behind on issues such as phishing, privacy and so on. Still, 2007 is cranking up to be an interesting year.

One of the major areas where we should see more legal wrangling in 2007 is privacy rights. While you might immediately jump to the conclusion I am talking about how the government invades our privacy, I am not. Instead, the issue of how companies use our private

ternet Law in 2007

The beauty of the web is it is still a relatively new communication platform and is evolving on a daily basis. From a legal standpoint, this raises all kinds of issues and problems. The law prefers stability. It is also generally slow to react to new issues. Since the net is evolving on a daily basis, this puts the legal issues regarding it in some what of a time warp. Simply put, the law is a couple years behind on issues such as phishing, privacy and so on. Still, 2007 is cranking up to be an interesting year.

One of the major areas where we should see more legal wrangling in 2007 is privacy rights. While you might immediately jump to the conclusion I am talking about how the government invades our privacy, I am not. Instead, the issue of how companies use our private

ms. The law prefers stability. It is also generally slow to react to new issues. Since the net is evolving on a daily basis, this puts the legal issues regarding it in some what of a time warp. Simply put, the law is a couple years behind on issues such as phishing, privacy and so on. Still, 2007 is cranking up to be an interesting year.

One of the major areas where we should see more legal wrangling in 2007 is privacy rights. While you might immediately jump to the conclusion I am talking about how the government invades our privacy, I am not. Instead, the issue of how companies use our private

t, the law is a couple years behind on issues such as phishing, privacy and so on. Still, 2007 is cranking up to be an interesting year.

One of the major areas where we should see more legal wrangling in 2007 is privacy rights. While you might immediately jump to the conclusion I am talking about how the government invades our privacy, I am not. Instead, the issue of how companies use our private

ing in 2007 is privacy rights. While you might immediately jump to the conclusion I am talking about how the government invades our privacy, I am not. Instead, the issue of how companies use our private information is going to come front and center again. Specifically, the security used by companies in protecting our information is laughable. It seems a day does not pass without a company announcing it has been hacked and private information exposed. Frankly, it is a miracle that identity theft is not a bigger problem. Regardless, you should expect Congress and lawsuits to carve out clearer rules on this issue.

In some ways, 2007 will be the same as 2006, 2005 and so on in one are – copyright. If you work on the web, you are probably sick of hearing about copyright by now. I am! Still, the issue continues to rear its head as new web innovations arise. The obvious issue arising now is YouTube and similar sites. Specifically, what happens when people post content that they do not own the copyrig