Legal Aspects of Managing Technology Textbook Review

Legal Aspects of Managing Technology written bydifficult read for an average college student which can
Lee Burgunder is a fairly good textbook gearedbe a real deterrent to reading some of the other
towards a college classroom. Unlike many otherbusiness law textbooks out there. If you are a student,
textbooks, it actually addresses legal cases thatexpect this textbook to be a semi-difficult read, but
students are interested in. Therefore, this book isnothing out of the ordinary.
recommended by the author to be taught in an ITThe examples they give in this textbook are incredibly
related business law class.interesting. They even talk about Linkin Park's Hybrid
This textbook covers cases such as Napster,Theory CD which most college students will be able to
Grokster, and Live 2 Crew which are extremelyrelate to as this is modern music that they probably
applicable to this time period's college students whohear in high school or college. The author tries incredibly
grew up with these issues. In addition, it thoroughlyhard to relate to the students which makes this a very
covers issues that will need to be understood whenworth while read.
the average college student reaches the businessOverall, Legal Aspects of Managing Technology is
world such as sarbanes oxley.highly recommended over your average business law
The read itself is rather complex, but is stilltextbook. You will find students getting much more
understandable by the average English speakinginvolved and interested in the cases because of how
person. Expect international students to have a bitmodern and technology based the examples are. As
more issues especially when reading some of theof 2009, this textbook is still very applicable to both
cases and new terminology that the average personprofessors and students.
may not be familiar with. However, it is still not an ultra