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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

St. Amant, Kirk, 1970- editor.

Rife, Martine Courant, editor.

Series:

Baywood's technical communications series.

Baywood's Technical Communications Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers--Law and legislation--United States.

Computers.

Intellectual property--United States.

Intellectual property.

Information technology--Law and legislation--United States.

Information technology.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation--United States.

Technological innovations.

Law and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

Today, it has been said, the world is "flat," as online media allow information to move easily from point to point across the earth. International legal differences, however, are increasingly affecting the ease with which data and ideas can be shared across nations. Copyright law, for example, affects the international flow of materials by stipulating who has the right to replicate or to share certain kinds of content. Similarly, perspectives on privacy rights can differ from nation to nation and affect how personal information is shared globally. Moreover, national laws can affect the exchange of ideas by stipulating the language in which information must be presented in different geopolitical regions. Today's technical communicators need to understand how legal factors can affect communication practices if they wish to work effectively in global contexts. This collection provides an overview of different legal aspects that technical communicators might encounter when creating materials or sharing information in international environments. Through addressing topics ranging from privacy rights and information exchange to the legalities of business practices in virtual worlds and perspectives on authorship and ownership, the contributors to this volume examine a variety of communication-based legal issues that can cause problems or miscommunication in international interactions. Reviewing such topics from different perspectives, the authors collectively provide ideas that could serve as a foundation for creating best practices on or for engaging in future research in the area of legal issues in international settings.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-86507-2

0-89503-838-2

OCLC:

922967747