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Courts around the world are creating Internet law right now that is quite interesting to watch. Unlike other areas of commerce that can turn to historical traditions to help settle disputes and guide the development of the law, the law of the Internet has no history to fall back on. Cyber law is instead being developed by judges who must do their best to fit legal disputes on the Internet into preexisting legal frameworks. As a result, the legal principles governing conduct and commerce in cyberspace are still in a state of flux. Claims of trademark and copyright infringement have become common place items on the World Wide Web.explain

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Cyber law is the least developed law in the common law system as it is so new and there are just no laws on the books to cover some of the issues that are becoming apparent now. These include copyright infringement on Web ...

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