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Ethics and Etiquette of Internet Resources

Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

[Est.: 9th Nov 1994. Last revised: 21 Mar 2000. This facility is provided by www.ciolek.com.]

This document tracks online materials relevant to ethics and etiquette of the use and development of networked information resources. Please mail tmciolek@ciolek.com if you know of relevant document not in these pages.

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Network Etiquette - use standards

• Be informal, specific when sending e-mail (detnews.com, USA)

  [Proper tone ensures your messages don't get mistaken for 'spam.' - online advice by Rhonda M. Abrams]

• Controlling Access to the Internet (U.Strathclyde,UK)

  [A growing set of links, collected by Paul F. Burton, to WWW material dealing with the question of Internet regulation and control (often referred to as censorship)]

• Don't Spread that Hoax! (U.Michigan,USA)

  [Correct e-mail & USENET etiquette: Background, Advice, Famous Hoaxes, Recent Hoaxes, Pranks & Humor on the Internet, Serious Information]

• Information Technology & Cyberspace: Their Impact on Rights and Liberties (ANU,Australia)

  ['New Rights' Seminar Series of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, Melbourne, 13 Sep 1995, paper by Roger Clarke]

• Internet Conduct - Basic Reference Material (info.isoc.org,USA)

  [Internet RFCs (Ethics and the Internet * Site Security Handbook * Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space * Domain Name System Structure and Delegation * Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) * The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 2 * IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures * Instructions to RFC Authors); OTHER MATERIAL (Vint Cerf, Guidelines For Conduct on and Use of Internet (draft 94) * Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams * NAS Report on Rights and Responsibilities in Networked Communities * ACM SIG on Security, Audit and Control * ACM SIG on Computers and Society * International Telecommunication Union Convention)]

• Internet Etiquette (Washington U,St.Louis,USA)
• Internet Etiquette - general rules [MAP course by P.D.Crispen] (ANU,Australia)
• Internet Etiquette - no spamming [MAP course by P.D.Crispen] (ANU,Australia)
• Musings on Electronic Mail Etiquette (Passau U,Germany)
• The Net User Guidelines & Netiquette (Florida Atlantic U,USA)

  [[A.H.Rinaldi - 94,web format]

• The Net User Guidelines & Netiquette (U.Calif. Berkeley,USA)

  [[A.H.Rinaldi - 94,text format]

• Net.Acceptable Advertising (Tenagra Co,USA)
• Net-Ethiquette - Mini Case Studies (ANU,Australia)

  [Roger Clarke's 1995 typology of dysfunctional human behaviour on the Net: Information Overload, Misinformation, Flaming, Defamation, Harassment, Obscenity, Incitement, Circumvention, Impersonation, Plagiarism, Hacking, Viruses and Worms, Security Breach, Abuse of Property Rights, Inadequate Care with Data, Surveillance, Obscuration, Compound Cases]

• The Netcheck Commerce Bureau (www.netcheck.com, USA)

  [ "The Netcheck Commerce Bureau was established in 1995 to promote ethical business practices worldwide and to increase consumer and corporate confidence in purchasing products and services on the Internet." All Consumer Services are FREE to the Internet Community. These services are provided by the Members of The Netcheck Commerce Bureau.
  File a Consumer Complaint; File a Compliment on a Company; File a Copyright Dispute; File Unsolicited Email Complaints; Search Consumer Files; Membership Information; Read Public Comments; Frequently Asked Questions;]

• Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community - FAQ (Ohio St.U,USA)
• Robert's Rules of Order for e-mail meetings (IEEE Computer,USA)

  [A 1995 paper by D.Berleant and Byron Liu]

• SPAM Fighting (The Baker Street Archives, www.intermediacy.com, USA)

  [Information about fighting spammers through Legislation, Litigation, Community Action, Filtering, and Other Resources (The Net Abuse FAQ, National Fraud Information Center, United States Postal Service on Chain Letters, Panix.com's Spam Information)]

• SUESPAMMERS.ORG - a legal resource for recovering from damages caused by e-mail vandalism (www.suespammers.org, USA)

  [This site aims to: Inform about existing laws that protect you from spam Offer a step-by-step guide to using those laws to collect damages Provide a forum for people currently pursuing or considering legal action against spammers]

• USENET group and Listserve/Majordomo List Netiquette (The Baker Street Archives, www.intermediacy.com, USA)

  [(1) Post only on-topic messages; (2) Ignore provocation; (3) Reply by private e-mail to any message that irritates you; (4) Edit, edit, EDIT replies; (5) Don't use attachments or fancy formatting on list correspondence; (6) Don't complain about administration to the list/group]

Network Etiquette - plagiarism issues

• Instructor's Guide to Internet Plagiarism

  [The purpose of this site is to help teachers or professors (or even parents) determine if a given piece of academic work has been obtained from the Internet. Site contents: Suspicious Title List * Dead Giveaways * Suspicious Sites to Watch]

Network Etiquette - piracy issues

• Anti-Piracy Information (Business Software Alliance,USA)

  [Illegal distribution of software over the Internet damages the software market, forces prices up, slows new software development and slows job creation in software development. Site contents: Did You Know? Piracy Statistics; Global Fact Sheet; Counterfeit Fact Sheet; Software Piracy and the U.S.Law; The Information Marketplace; Virus FAQ; Guide to Software Management; Enforcement; Internet; Worldwide Anti-piracy Hotlines]

Network Etiquette - privacy issues

• Privacy on the Internet - What can others learn about you? (www.delphi.com, USA)

  [What information do you give away while websurfing?, What are cookies, and should you disable them?, What information is already on the web about you?, Is e-mail secure?, Are credit cards safe to use on the net?, What information do you give away with Usenet newsgroups?, Suggested Readings]

• Privacy & Anonymity on Internet - FAQ (Ohio St.U,USA)
• Privacy and Computers (Charles Sturt U,Australia)

  [A 1995 Asia Pacific WWW Conference paper by Seumas Miller]

Network Etiquette - web publishing

• W3C Guide to Etiquette for Information Providers (W3C,USA)

Network Etiquette - copyright issues

• 10 Big Copyright Myths (www.clari.net,USA)
• Copyright FAQ (Ohio State U,USA)

  [Introduction, Copyright Basics, Common miscellaneous questions, International aspects, Further copyright resources, Appendix (a note about legal citation form)]

• Copyright Issues (Library of Congress,USA)
• Copyright Act 1968 (U.Tasmania, Australia)
• Intellectual Property: The Impact of the Web (Charles Sturt U,Australia)

  [A 1995 Asia Pacific WWW Conference paper by Andrew Alexander]

• Electronic Publishing Risks: About Errors and Omissions Liability (www.poulton.com,USA)

  [Links to articles on the minimalisation of the legal liabilities of the Web developers]

Computer Use Ethics - use standards

• Computer Ethics - Guide (U.Pennsylvania,USA)
• Computer Ethics - Register (U.Minnesota,USA)
• Ethics and the Internet [RFC 1087] (nic.merit.edu,USA)
• Responsible Computing Policy - Register (nearnet.gnn.com,USA)
• Responsible Computing Policy [93 document] (Rensselaer Poly,USA)
• The Ten Commandments For Computer Ethics (Florida Atlantic U,USA)

Information Ethics - production and use standards

• International Center For Information Ethics (ICIE) (Univ. of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Germany)

  [A website by Prof. Rafael Capurro; Teaching; Research; Publications; Meetings; Virtual Forums; News]

Acknowledgements

Work on this page has been furthered by information, suggestions and advice kindly provided by:

Rafael Capurro, Roger Clarke, Gregg Senechal, Paul Sober, Mayu Tsuruya-Wynne

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