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Week 1: Jan. 2 - Jan. 5
Day 1: Introduction: Generativity at the Network and Content Layer
(Wed. Jan. 2)
- Readings:
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It (Forthcoming 2008), Chapters 1-2
- Worldwide but Homegrown, New York Times, Oct. 30, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/opinion/30sun2.html
Day 2: Generative Discontent: Cybersecurity
(Thu. Jan. 3)
- Readings:
- Randy Picker, Cyber Security: Of Heterogeneity and Autarky
- Paul Ohm, The Myth of the Superuser, pp. 1-19, 48-50
- David Banisar, Save the Net, Sue a Software Maker
Day 3: Intermediary Liability: Defamation
(Fri. Jan. 4)
- Readings:
- Communications Decency Act § 230
- Jonathan Zittrain, A History Of Online Gatekeeping, pp. 257-263
- Cases and case studies related to the CDA:
- WikiScanner (browse)
- Assignment due today: Edit Wikipedia
Week 2: Jan. 7 - Jan. 11
Day 4: Intermediary Liabilty: ISPs and OSPs
(Mon. Jan. 7)
- Readings:
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act § 512
- Viacom complaint against Google/Youtube
- User-generated content
- Letters from Chillingeffects.org:
- "Loving Family" Pendants
- Electronic Arts Blocks Mobile Tetris
- Don't Affiliate Me with Your Subversive Acts
- Boston Beer Froths at "Sam Adams for Mayor" Website (Sidenote: The founder of Boston Beer is an HLS alum.)
Day 5: Secondary Liability
(Tue. Jan. 8)
- Readings:
- Sony v. Universal, 464 U.S. 417 (1984), paragraphs [1]-[10] and [40]-[56]
- MGM v. Grokster, 545 U.S. 913 (2005), Majority opinion pp. 1-3, 10-24 (in slip op)
- Randy Picker, Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home and the Duty of Ongoing Design, pp. 1-10, 24-37 (rest of the article is optional)
- Optional:
- Browse Ginsburg and Breyer concurrences in MGM v. Grokster
- Assignment due this evening at midnight: Wikipedia Dispute Resolution
Day 6: Generativity Theory
(Wed. Jan. 9)
- Readings:
Day 7: Trusted Systems
(Thu. Jan. 10)
- Readings:
- Zittrain, Technological Complements to Copyright, pp. 1-9; 11-19; 51-54; 58-63; 130-134 -- Available in the Coop or library
- Carl Kaplan, Assessing Linking Liability (NY Times description of Corley)
- Julie Cohen, "Copyright and the Jurisprudence of Self-Help" (pp. 13-22)
- Third-party development
- Facebook Developers Terms of Service (preface only)
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, pp. 123-126
- Optional:
Day 8: Open Code
(Fri. Jan 11)
- Readings:
- Wendy Tanaka, Bubbling Widget Growth (Forbes)
- Free Software
- Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks, Ch. 3, pp. 63-67
- Jonathan Zittrain, Normative Principles for Evaluating Free and Proprietary Software
- Brett Smith, A Quick Guide to GPLv3
- Richard Stallman, Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding
- The Patent Dilemma
- Roger Parloff, Microsoft Takes on the Free World (Fortune)
- Charles Babcock, Law Center Steps Up GPL Defense, Seeks First U.S. Test Case (Information Week)
- Open DRM
- Sun Microsystems, Open Media Commons Releases Specifications and Source Code for Open, Royalty-Free Digital Rights Management (Press Release)
- Lawrence Lessig, openDRM (blog post)
- Anne Eisenberg, What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You (NY Times)
Week 3: Jan. 14 - Jan. 18
Day 9: Free Culture
(Mon. Jan. 14)
- Readings:
- Lessig, Free Culture Excerpt
- Amateurism
- Andrew Keen, Cult of the Amateur Ch. ?
- Terry Fisher, Speech on Amateurism (OECD Digital Content Conference)
- David Weinberger, Andrew Keen's Best Case (Huffington Post)
- Open University
- Open Access
- Budapest Open Access Initiative
- PRISM, New Initiative Preserving Research Integrity to Unite Scholars, Publishers (press release)
- Peter Suber, Publishers launch an anti-OA lobbying organization
- American Association of Publishers, Publishers Say Enactment of NIH Mandate on Journal Articles Undermines Intellectual Property Rights Essential to Science Publishing
- Google books:
Day 10: Privacy 2.0
(Tue. Jan. 15)
- Readings:
- Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9
- StopBadware.org, Facebook responds to privacy concerns, but some still remain
- Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)
- Demos:
Day 11: Filtering, Jurisdiction, and Net Neutrality
(Wed. Jan. 16)
- Readings:
- OpenNet Initiative, Myanmar (Burma) profile
- Proposal for Use of Search Engines to Administer the Internet and Next Steps (sensitive)
- Tim Wu, Network Neutrality FAQ
- Ex Parte Filing United States DOJ In the Matter of Broadband Industry Practices
Day 12: Netizenship: The Public Spirit in Private Organizations
(Thu. Jan. 17)
- Readings:
- Lior Strahilevitz, 'How's My Driving?' for Everyone (and Everything?)
Day 13: Conclusion: OLPC and the Future of the Internet
(Fri. Jan. 18)
- Readings:
- OLPC
- Frank Bajak, Laptop project enlivens Peruvian village (AP)
- Steve Stecklow & James Bandler, A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions (WSJ)
- Microsoft TechNet, OLPC in the News pt. 2?
- Digital Natives?
- Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Conclusion
- OLPC