Title :
Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act: empowering law enforcement or limiting privacy?
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The government plays a greater role in punishing those who conceal their identities online, particularly when they do so in furtherance of a serious criminal offense or in violation of a federally protected intellectual property right. The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act proposes increased prison time for those who provide false contact information to a domain name registrar and then use that online location in committing a trademark or copyright infringement felony.
Keywords :
Internet; biometrics (access control); computer crime; data privacy; fraud; government policies; industrial property; legislation; Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act; Internet domain name registrar; copyright infringement; criminal offense; data privacy; intellectual property right; law enforcement; trademark; Auditory system; Costs; Intellectual property; Internet; Law enforcement; Privacy; Protection; Speech; Trademarks; US Government;
Journal_Title :
Distributed Systems Online, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDSO.2004.1301255
