NYMITY, P2P & ISPs: Lessons from BMG Canada Inc. V. John Doe

Privacy and Technologies of Identity: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 269-294

  Kerr, Ian ^a   Cameron, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Compelled disclosure of identity; Copyright; Cybercrime internet service; Peer to peer; Privacy; Providers

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; DATA PRIVACY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANONYMITY; COMPELLED DISCLOSURE OF IDENTITY; INTERNET SERVICES; PEER TO PEER; PROVIDERS;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS;

EID: 84893679164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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