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A Legal Study of Cyber Violence

This article is about cyber violence, like as slander, curse, libel etc. in cyberspace and internet real name system for prevention of them. Internet is regarded as the most participatory marketplace and speech-enhancing medium in the 21th century. Some argue that Internet should be set free from legal regulations. Can we then say that Internet is really a free space ? The answer would be no. Internet has already become a subject of legal regulation, although the degree of regulation differs according to each country. Internet takes the form of a mixture of broadcasting, communications, and press. It would be inappropriate to evaluate Internet as just one of the above-mentioned media, thus mitigate or aggravate the responsibilities in it. Rather, Internet should be recognized separately. An e-mail could be regarded as a form of private communication, but an open bulletin board cannot be regarded as a form of private communication. Therefore it is possible to regulate defamation and pornography on the Internet. I suggest a legal countermeasure against cyber violence, that is to say, introduction of internet real name system in this article.