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The IT Law Wiki is a web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Its goal is to catalog all of the legal issues, cases, statutes, events, policies, people, organizations and publications that make up the global fields of information law, information technology law (often referred to as computer law, cyberlaw and Internet law) and telecommunications law. The IT Law Wiki is written collaboratively by volunteers from around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the "Edit This Page" link.
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The IT Law Wiki is continually updated, with the creation or updating of articles on topical events possible within seconds, minutes or hours, rather than months or years for traditional printed publications. This way, the information here can be as up-to-date as possible, instead of having to wait for a small group of people to update the information as the world changes. The more people that use the IT Law Wiki, the more complete and up-to-date the information will be.
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