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<big>'''Cyberlaw: Internet Points of Control, Spring 2008'''</big> | <big>'''Cyberlaw: Internet Points of Control, Spring 2008'''</big> | ||
==Mon, March 10 - The Ethos of the Internet | ==Mon, March 10 - The Ethos of the Internet: DNS== | ||
*Reading | *Reading | ||
**Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapters 1 & 2 | **Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapters 1 & 2 | ||
==Tue, March 11 - A Theory of Generativity | ==Tue, March 11 - A Theory of Generativity: Wikipedia== | ||
*Reading | *Reading | ||
**Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 4 | **Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 4 | ||
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***[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research No original research] | ***[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research No original research] | ||
==Thu, March 13 - The Generative Dilemma | ==Thu, March 13 - The Generative Dilemma: Cybersecurity== | ||
*Readings: | |||
** Randy Picker, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=590927#PaperDownload Cyber Security: Of Heterogeneity and Autarky], '''pp. 1-7, 18-27''' | |||
** Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 3 | |||
** David Banisar, [http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/47 Save the Net, Sue a Software Maker] | |||
*''Optional'' | |||
**Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 6 (For more background on Wikipedia) | |||
==Mon, March 24 - Intermediaries and Polyarchy | ==Mon, March 24 - Intermediaries and Polyarchy: Filtering, Zoning, and Jurisdiction== | ||
* Readings: | |||
** Filtering | |||
*** Bruce Schneier, [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7184/full/452155b.html Review of Access Denied], Nature ''Note: This is the full article'' | |||
*** Robert Faris & Nart Villeneuve, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~cmaclay/ipc/filter%20book%20excerpt.pdf Measuring Global Internet Filtering], ''Access Denied'' | |||
*** Open Net Initiative, [http://opennet.net/research/bulletins/013 Pulling the Plug: A Technical Review of the Internet Shutdown in Burma] | |||
*** Principles Project, [http://classes.nyu.edu/@@4c19291fad734ce93884d76b23871df0/courses/1/L12.2001.001.SP08/content/_2544444_1/3.19_NYU_Briefing_Doc.doc Briefing Document] (via Blackboard) | |||
** Jurisdiction | |||
***Jonathan Zittrain, [http://classes.nyu.edu/courses/1/L12.2001.001.SP08/content/_2544439_1/Gutnick.pdf Filtering Module, pp. 33-39 (Gutnick)] (via Blackboard) | |||
==Tue, March 25 Part I - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping [ | ==Tue, March 25 Part I - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping: Defamation== | ||
* Readings: | |||
** [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/230.html Communications Decency Act § 230] | |||
** Jonathan Zittrain, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=905862 A History Of Online Gatekeeping], '''pp. 257-263 only''' | |||
** [http://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/Barrett_v_Rosenthal/ruling.pdf Barrett v. Rosenthal] '''through p. 34 only''' | |||
** [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm John Siegenthaler op-ed on Wikipedia] | |||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._Wikipedia_biography_controversy Wikipedia Entry on Seigenthaler Incident] | |||
** [http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr WikiScanner] (browse) | |||
==Tue, March 25 Part II - Special Session: Filtering and Corporate Responsibility== | ==Tue, March 25 Part II - Special Session: Digital Dilemmas: Filtering and Corporate Responsibility== | ||
*This session will take place at | *This session will take place at from '''6:30-8pm in Vanderbilt 214''', and fills in for the Thu, April 3 session. We will make a video of the session available for those who may have conflicts. | ||
*For more information and to RSVP, check out the [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9224692898&ref=mf Facebook Event]. | |||
==Thu, March 27 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping II [Copyright] | ==Thu, March 27 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping II: Copyright== | ||
* Readings: | |||
** [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/512.html Digital Millennium Copyright Act § 512] | |||
** [http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/ViacomYouTubeComplaint3-12-07.pdf Viacom complaint against Google/Youtube] | |||
** User-generated content | |||
*** [http://www.ugcprinciples.com UGC Principles document] | |||
*** [http://www.eff.org/issues/ip-and-free-speech/fair-use-principles-usergen EFF/Berkman Fair Use Principles for User Generated Video Content] | |||
**Browse several letters from [http://www.chillingeffects.org Chillingeffects.org] | |||
==Mon, March 31 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping III | ==Mon, March 31 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping III: Anonymity and Identification of (Alleged) Wrongdoers== | ||
*Readings | |||
**[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ipcnyu/sites/ipcnyu/images/Kollerletter.pdf âKoller Letter] | |||
**Ray Beckerman, [http://info.riaalawsuits.us/howriaa_printable.htm How the RIAA Ligitation Process Works] '''Read up to "Settlement Phase"''' | |||
**[http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/WSJ_law-080228_25-1.pdf Motion in AutoAdmit Case] '''pp. 1-18 only''' | |||
**[http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-986.ZO.html McIntyre v. Ohio] | |||
==Tue, April 1 - Technological Intermediaries | ==Tue, April 1 - Technological Intermediaries: Liability for Devices and Tools== | ||
*Readings: | |||
** [http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/464_US_417.htm Sony v. Universal], 464 U.S. 417 (1984), paragraphs [1]-[10] and [40]-[56] | |||
** [http://w2.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/04-480.pdf MGM v. Grokster], 545 U.S. 913 (2005), Majority opinion pp. 1-3, 10-24 (in slip op) | |||
*** [http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/files/wilson_orderspecial_master_for_streamcast.pdf MGM v. Grokster Appointment of Special Master] | |||
*** Fred von Lohmann, [http://www.eetimes.com/disruption/essays/vonlohmann.jhtml How Hollywood Has Been Trying to Disrupt Disruptive Innovation] | |||
** Randy Picker, [http://picker.uchicago.edu/Papers/PickerSony.200.pdf Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home and the Duty of Ongoing Design], pp. 1-10, 24-37 (rest of the article is optional) | |||
==Thu, April 3 - *NO CLASS*== | ==Thu, April 3 - *NO CLASS*== | ||
==Mon, April 7 - The Ethos of | ==Mon, April 7 - The Ethos of the Internet II: Universities and Open Access== | ||
*Readings | |||
** Open University | |||
*** [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Open_access_peer_review#OPEN_COURSEWARE_-_Anne_Margulies Nesson-Margulies Interview] | |||
*** Jeffrey Young, [http://chronicle.com/free/2008/01/1159n.htm Thanks to YouTube, Professors Are Finding New Audiences] | |||
*** Sara Rimer, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star] | |||
** Open Access | |||
*** [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml Budapest Open Access Initiative] | |||
*** Peter Suber, [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007_08_19_fosblogarchive.html#365179758119288416 Publishers launch an anti-OA lobbying organization] | |||
*** American Association of Publishers, [http://www.pspcentral.org/publications/AAP_press_release_NIH_mandatory_policy.pdf Publishers Say Enactment of NIH Mandate on Journal Articles Undermines Intellectual Property Rights Essential to Science Publishing] | |||
==Tue, April 8 - Technological Intermediaries II | ==Tue, April 8 - Technological Intermediaries II: Appliancization, Product v. Service, and Open Code== | ||
*Readings: | |||
**Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, pp. 123-126 | |||
**Wendy Tanaka, [http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/12/31/widgets-google-facebook-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0103widgets.html Bubbling Widget Growth] (Forbes) | |||
**Free Software | |||
***Yochai Benkler, ''The Wealth of Networks'', [http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_3.pdf Ch. 3], pp. 63-67 | |||
***Jonathan Zittrain, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=529862 Normative Principles for Evaluating Free and Proprietary Software] | |||
***Brett Smith, [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html A Quick Guide to GPLv3] | |||
***Richard Stallman, [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding] | |||
==Thu, April 10 - Technological Intermediaries III | ==Thu, April 10 - Technological Intermediaries III: Trusted Systems== | ||
*Readings | |||
** Zittrain, [http://classes.nyu.edu/courses/1/L12.2001.001.SP08/content/_2557734_1/TechCompCopyright_2.13_post_copyedit3.pdf Technological Complements to Copyright], pp. 1-9; 11-19; 51-54; 58-63; 130-134 (you must log in via Blackboard to view this link) | |||
** Carl Kaplan, [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/08/technology/08CYBERLAW.html Assessing Linking Liability] (NY Times description of Corley) | |||
** Open DRM | |||
*** Sun Microsystems, [http://www.openmediacommons.org/news/03212006-omcworkshop_press_release.html Open Media Commons Releases Specifications and Source Code for Open, Royalty-Free Digital Rights Management] (Press Release) | |||
*** Lawrence Lessig, [http://lessig.org/blog/2006/03/opendrm.html openDRM] (blog post) | |||
==Mon, April 14 - A Generative Dilemma at the Social Layer | ==Mon, April 14 - A Generative Dilemma at the Social Layer: Privacy 2.0== | ||
*Readings: | |||
**Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9, pp. 200-221 | |||
**StopBadware.org, [http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2007/12/05/facebook-responds-to-privacy-concerns-but-some-still-remain Facebook responds to privacy concerns, but some still remain] | |||
**Solveig Singleton, [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Privacy as Censorship] (CATO) | |||
*Demos: | |||
**http://www.whosarat.com | |||
**http://www.gawker.com/stalker | |||
**http://www.rapleaf.com | |||
==Tue, April 15 - | ==Tue, April 15 - Generative Solutions: Netizenship== | ||
==Thu, April 17 - | * Readings: | ||
** Jonathan Zittrain, ''Future of the Internet'', Chapter 9, pp. 221-234 | |||
** Beth Noveck, [http://www.democracyjournal.org/printfriendly.php?ID=6570 Wiki Government], Democracy | |||
** Andrew Keen, [http://www.democracyjournal.org/printfriendly.php?ID=6595 The Foolishness of Crowds], Democracy | |||
==Wed, April 16 - Optional Session: Futures of the Internet== | |||
*'''6:30-8:30pm, Vanderbilt 206.''' Featuring Jimmy Wales (Founder, Wikipedia), Clay Shirky (Author/Professor@ITP), Tim Wu (Professor@Columbia Law), Lauren Cornell (Exec Director, Rhizhome), and the one and only JZ. Reception included! | |||
==Thu, April 17 - A Generative Future?: OLPC== | |||
* Readings: | |||
** Zittrain, ''The Future of the Internet'', Conclusion | |||
** OLPC | |||
*** Frank Bajak, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22389026 Laptop project enlivens Peruvian village] (AP) | |||
*** Steve Stecklow & James Bandler, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119586754115002717.html A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions] (WSJ) | |||
** John Perry Barlow, [http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~zs/decl.html A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace] | |||
* ''Optional'' | |||
** Clay Shirky, [http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy] |
Latest revision as of 00:43, 17 April 2008
Cyberlaw: Internet Points of Control, Spring 2008
Mon, March 10 - The Ethos of the Internet: DNS
- Reading
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapters 1 & 2
Tue, March 11 - A Theory of Generativity: Wikipedia
- Reading
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 4
- Nicholson Baker, The Charms of Wikipedia, NY Review of Books, March 20, 2008
- Wikipedia Policies
Thu, March 13 - The Generative Dilemma: Cybersecurity
- Readings:
- Randy Picker, Cyber Security: Of Heterogeneity and Autarky, pp. 1-7, 18-27
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 3
- David Banisar, Save the Net, Sue a Software Maker
- Optional
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 6 (For more background on Wikipedia)
Mon, March 24 - Intermediaries and Polyarchy: Filtering, Zoning, and Jurisdiction
- Readings:
- Filtering
- Bruce Schneier, Review of Access Denied, Nature Note: This is the full article
- Robert Faris & Nart Villeneuve, Measuring Global Internet Filtering, Access Denied
- Open Net Initiative, Pulling the Plug: A Technical Review of the Internet Shutdown in Burma
- Principles Project, Briefing Document (via Blackboard)
- Jurisdiction
- Jonathan Zittrain, Filtering Module, pp. 33-39 (Gutnick) (via Blackboard)
- Filtering
Tue, March 25 Part I - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping: Defamation
- Readings:
- Communications Decency Act § 230
- Jonathan Zittrain, A History Of Online Gatekeeping, pp. 257-263 only
- Barrett v. Rosenthal through p. 34 only
- John Siegenthaler op-ed on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia Entry on Seigenthaler Incident
- WikiScanner (browse)
Tue, March 25 Part II - Special Session: Digital Dilemmas: Filtering and Corporate Responsibility
- This session will take place at from 6:30-8pm in Vanderbilt 214, and fills in for the Thu, April 3 session. We will make a video of the session available for those who may have conflicts.
- For more information and to RSVP, check out the Facebook Event.
Thu, March 27 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping II: Copyright
- Readings:
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act § 512
- Viacom complaint against Google/Youtube
- User-generated content
- Browse several letters from Chillingeffects.org
Mon, March 31 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping III: Anonymity and Identification of (Alleged) Wrongdoers
- Readings
- âKoller Letter
- Ray Beckerman, How the RIAA Ligitation Process Works Read up to "Settlement Phase"
- Motion in AutoAdmit Case pp. 1-18 only
- McIntyre v. Ohio
Tue, April 1 - Technological Intermediaries: Liability for Devices and Tools
- 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)
Thu, April 3 - *NO CLASS*
Mon, April 7 - The Ethos of the Internet II: Universities and Open Access
- Readings
- Open University
- Open Access
Tue, April 8 - Technological Intermediaries II: Appliancization, Product v. Service, and Open Code
- Readings:
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, pp. 123-126
- 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
Thu, April 10 - Technological Intermediaries III: Trusted Systems
- Readings
- Zittrain, Technological Complements to Copyright, pp. 1-9; 11-19; 51-54; 58-63; 130-134 (you must log in via Blackboard to view this link)
- Carl Kaplan, Assessing Linking Liability (NY Times description of Corley)
- 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)
Mon, April 14 - A Generative Dilemma at the Social Layer: Privacy 2.0
- Readings:
- Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9, pp. 200-221
- StopBadware.org, Facebook responds to privacy concerns, but some still remain
- Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)
- Demos:
Tue, April 15 - Generative Solutions: Netizenship
- Readings:
- Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9, pp. 221-234
- Beth Noveck, Wiki Government, Democracy
- Andrew Keen, The Foolishness of Crowds, Democracy
Wed, April 16 - Optional Session: Futures of the Internet
- 6:30-8:30pm, Vanderbilt 206. Featuring Jimmy Wales (Founder, Wikipedia), Clay Shirky (Author/Professor@ITP), Tim Wu (Professor@Columbia Law), Lauren Cornell (Exec Director, Rhizhome), and the one and only JZ. Reception included!
Thu, April 17 - A Generative Future?: OLPC
- Readings:
- Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Conclusion
- OLPC
- Frank Bajak, Laptop project enlivens Peruvian village (AP)
- Steve Stecklow & James Bandler, A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions (WSJ)
- John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace
- Optional
- Clay Shirky, A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy