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=The difficult issues/areas=
Welcome to Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw, a January course taught by Professor Jonathan Zittrain and co-hosted by Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School.


The four target difficult issues:
If you are a student, please see the [[Student Responsibilities]] section and [[Course Logistics]].


# [[GNI]]
The four main difficult problems to be addressed are:
# [[UbiComp]]
*[[Global Network Initiative]]
# [[Wiki]]  
*[[Ubiquitous Human Computing]]  
# [[Cybersecurity]]
*[[Future of Wikipedia]]
*[[Cybersecurity]]


Cross-cutting themes:
Cross-cutting themes include:  
*[[Due Process on the Internet]]
*[[Motivating Good & Bad Actors]]
*[[Mass Collaboration]]
*[[Privacy and Anonymity on the Internet]]


# [[DueProcess | Due process on the Internet]]
# [[Motivation | How can bad actors on the Internet be managed and good actors motivated?]]
# [[MassCollaboration | Mass collaboration the Internet]]
# [[PrivacyAnonymity | Privacy/Anonymity on the Internet]]


=Course Logistics=
==WEEK ONE: DEFINING THE PROBLEMS==


*[[FieldTrips|Field trip ideas]]  
<center> '''Monday, January 4th''' </center>
*[http://www.drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10 File drop site: the password is difficultissues]
 
*[mailto:cyberlaw_winter10@eon.law.harvard.edu Mailing list]
'''LUNCH''': 12-2pm SLS (location TBA)
** [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/arc/cyberlaw_winter10/2009-09/ Mailing list archive]
:Student introductions
*[[Course Schedule]]: meeting times, weekly plan, final product ideas
 
'''CLASS''': 7:20-9:20pm SLS (location TBA)
:A brief overview of the course, it's goals and expectations, including an introduction to the difficult problems and the cross-cutting themes. 
:A quiz on Zittrain's book, <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span> will be given.
:Brief introduction to the Global Network Initiative
 
''Readings'':
*Read <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>
*Explore the [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ Global Network Iniative] website
*Read GNI [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/cms/uploads/1/GNI_-_Principles_1_.pdf Guiding Principles]
 
 
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<center> '''Tuesday, January 5th''' </center>
 
'''PANEL''':
 
'''CLASS''': 5:15-7:15pm SLS (location TBA)
:Identify the first-order problems regarding corporate responsibility and free expression on the internet. Examine how GNI attempts to address these problems and then evaluate whether GNI is a success and whether better approaches could be taken.
:Introduction to ubiquitous human computing.
 
*5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class
 
''Guests:''
*Mark Chandler, CISCO
 
''Readings:''
*Read the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberlaw_winter10/GNI GNI Wiki Primer]
*Read Rhys Blakely, ''[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article728898.ece Yahoo in second Chinese blog Row],'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">TimesOnline</span>, Feb. 9, 2006.  
*Read Colin Maclay, "[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/maclay-access-controlled-pdf Protecting Privacy and Expression Online]," ''in'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Access Controlled</span> (Ronald Diebert et al., eds., MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2010).
*Read Jonathan Zittrain, ''[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/ssrn-id1140445-pdf Ubiquitous Human Computing]'', SSRN Paper No 32/2008 (July 2008).
 
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<center> '''Wednesday, January 6th''' </center>
 
'''PANEL''':
 
 
'''CLASS''': 6:30-8:30pm SLS (location TBA)
:Examine the nature of ubiquitous human computing and potential future applications of human computing and the dangers.
:Introduction to cybersecurity.
*5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class
 
''Guests'':
*Lukas Biewald, [http://crowdflower.com/ CrowdFlower]
*Bjoern Hartman, see his [http://bjoern.org/projects/catbook/ Mechanical Turk Cats Book]
''Readings'':
*Visit Mechanical Turk, LiveOps, CrowdFlower or other human computing site
*Watch "[http://bigthink.com/jonathanzittrain/the-long-and-silent-subway-ride-of-the-future The Long and Silent Subway Ride of the Future]"
*Read Nancy R. Mansfield, ''[http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/internet-technology/618188-1.html The information revolution and its impact on the employment relationship: an analysis of the cyberspace workplace]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">American Business Law Journal</span> (2003).
*Skim the White House [http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Cyberspace_Policy_Review_final.pdf Cyberspace Policy Review] (2009); focus on the introduction/overview and the Near & Mid-Term Action Plans.
 
'''ASSIGNMENT: Due -- Email Admin with Problem Topic Choice'''
 
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<center> '''Thursday, January 7th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 11:10am-1:10pm SLS (location TBA)
:Cybersecurity has been identified as one of the greatest threats facing the United States today, but it is ill-defined and almost impossible to address. How can we frame this problem to better inspire solutions?  How should government, military, businesses, and internet/tech approach the problem from different angles and do these different approaches work together?
:Introduction to Future of Wikipedia
 
*5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class
 
''Guests'':
*
 
''Readings'':
*Listen to David Clark, [http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/sl20090304 The Internets We Did Not Build].
*Col. Allen & Lt. Col Demchak, ''[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10 The Palestinian-Israeli Cyberwar]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Military Review</span> (2003).
*Kim Zetter, ''[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/08/revealed-the-in/ Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Wired</span> (2008).
*Review <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Zittrain, [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>; Chapter 3
*''[http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/11/23/wsj-volunteers-log-off-as-wikipedia-ages/ Wikipedia Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Wall Street Journal</span>.
 
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<center> '''Friday, January 8th''' </center>
 
'''FIELD TRIP''': eBay office visit (details to follow)
 
'''CLASS''': 3:00-5:00pm SLS (location TBA) ['''NOTE CLASS TIME''']
:Wikipedia has grown quickly and rapidly to become one of if not the largest online content-generating collaboration. Following the 2009 Wikimania, Wikimedia has undertaken a self-review, looking at strategies for the future of Wikipedia. Is it a sustainable model?  and if so, to what other fields is it applicable? How can its reception in academia be improved? and what are its applications for education?
:Brief introduction of next week's cross-cutting themes
 
*5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class
 
''Guests'':
 
''Readings'':
*Review <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Zittrain, [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>; Chapter 5
*Peruse Wikipedia's [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Strategy Page]
*Strona, ''[http://prawo.uni.wroc.pl/~kwasnicki/EkonLit6/WikipediaSoul.pdf The Battle for Wikipedia's Soul]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">The Economist</span>, March 6, 2008.
*''[http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki A Stand Against Wikipedia?]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Inside Higher Ed</span>, Jan. 26, 2007.
 
'''CLASS SOCIAL''': Optional, evening, details TBD
 
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<center> '''Saturday, January 9th''' </center>
 
Tour of San Francisco (Optional); details http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/edit/SyllabusTBD. To give input and suggestions, visit [[Tour Ideas]].
 
==WEEK TWO: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES==
 
<center> '''Monday, January 11th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 7:20-9:20pm SLS (location TBA)
:One potential way to address some of the problems addressed in this course is through innovations and technological solutions. Several solutions have changed the way our browsers work and thereby changed the way we interact with the internet, making life better. In what other areas could a similar approach be applied?
:Introduction to cross-cutting theme of privacy, anonymity and liability on the internet
 
''Guests'':
*John M. Agosta, [http://disputefinder.cs.berkeley.edu/ DisputeFinder]
*Tye Rattenbury, DisputeFinder
*Rob Ennals, DisputeFinder
*Tad Hersch, DisputeFinder
 
''Readings'':
*Visit [http://www.herdict.org/web/ HerdictWeb]
*Zittrain's [http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/02/10/berkman-jz-on-herdict/ Comments on Herdict] at a Berkman Center Lunch
*Visit [http://disputefinder.cs.berkeley.edu/ DisputeFinder] (Test it out!)
*Read Introduction to Ann Bartow, ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/vol322/383-430.pdf  Internet Defamation As Profit Center: The Monetization of Online Harrassment]'', 32 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Harvard Journal of Law & Gender</span> 383 (2009).
 
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<center> '''Tuesday, January 12th''' </center>
 
'''WORKSHOP''': 10am-3pm Faculty Lounge, Stanford [http://public.resource.org/law.gov/ law.gov workshop]
Hosted by Carl Malamud
 
 
'''CLASS''': 5:15-7:15pm SLS (location TBA)
:Privacy and anonymity can raise significant issues for accountability for online actions. Users often believe they are more anonymous than they truly are online - how can we better educate the public about the reality of privacy online?
 
''Guests'':
*Mark Chandler, CISCO
*Ryan Calo, SLS Fellow
 
''Readings'':
*Odia Kagan, ''[http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1915 Fighting Anonymous Defamation],'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">International Business Law Services</span>, November 26, 2007.
*Consider commercial applications; visit [http://www.reputationdefender.com/ ReputationDefender]
*Read through the Facebook or Google terms of service
 
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<center> '''Wednesday, January 13th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 6:30-8:30pm SLS (location TBA)
:
 
 
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<center> '''Thursday, January 14th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 11:10am-1:10pm SLS (location TBA)
 
 
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<center> '''Friday, January 15th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 1:00-3:00pm SLS (location TBA)
: Group Presentation of proposed solution
 
'''CLASS SOCIAL''': Optional, evening, details TBD
 
==WEEK THREE: SOLUTIONS==
 
<center> '''Monday, January 18th''' </center>
 
'''NO CLASS''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]
 
----
 
<center> '''Tuesday, January 19th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 5:15-7:15pm SLS (location TBA)
: Group Presentation of proposed solution
 
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<center> '''Wednesday, January 20th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 6:30-8:30pm SLS (location TBA)
: Group Presentation of proposed solution
 
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<center> '''Thursday, January 21th''' </center>
 
CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS (location TBA)
: Group Presentation of proposed solution
 
WRAP-UP DINNER: 7:20-9:20pm SLS (location TBA)
 
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<center> '''Sunday, January 24th''' </center>
 
'''FINAL PROJECTS DUE'''

Revision as of 01:31, 3 December 2009

Welcome to Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw, a January course taught by Professor Jonathan Zittrain and co-hosted by Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School.

If you are a student, please see the Student Responsibilities section and Course Logistics.

The four main difficult problems to be addressed are:

Cross-cutting themes include:


WEEK ONE: DEFINING THE PROBLEMS

Monday, January 4th

LUNCH: 12-2pm SLS (location TBA)

Student introductions

CLASS: 7:20-9:20pm SLS (location TBA)

A brief overview of the course, it's goals and expectations, including an introduction to the difficult problems and the cross-cutting themes.
A quiz on Zittrain's book, The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It will be given.
Brief introduction to the Global Network Initiative

Readings:


Tuesday, January 5th

PANEL:

CLASS: 5:15-7:15pm SLS (location TBA)

Identify the first-order problems regarding corporate responsibility and free expression on the internet. Examine how GNI attempts to address these problems and then evaluate whether GNI is a success and whether better approaches could be taken.
Introduction to ubiquitous human computing.
  • 5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class

Guests:

  • Mark Chandler, CISCO

Readings:

Wednesday, January 6th

PANEL:


CLASS: 6:30-8:30pm SLS (location TBA)

Examine the nature of ubiquitous human computing and potential future applications of human computing and the dangers.
Introduction to cybersecurity.
  • 5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class

Guests:

Readings:

ASSIGNMENT: Due -- Email Admin with Problem Topic Choice

Thursday, January 7th

CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS (location TBA)

Cybersecurity has been identified as one of the greatest threats facing the United States today, but it is ill-defined and almost impossible to address. How can we frame this problem to better inspire solutions? How should government, military, businesses, and internet/tech approach the problem from different angles and do these different approaches work together?
Introduction to Future of Wikipedia
  • 5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class

Guests:

Readings:

Friday, January 8th

FIELD TRIP: eBay office visit (details to follow)

CLASS: 3:00-5:00pm SLS (location TBA) [NOTE CLASS TIME]

Wikipedia has grown quickly and rapidly to become one of if not the largest online content-generating collaboration. Following the 2009 Wikimania, Wikimedia has undertaken a self-review, looking at strategies for the future of Wikipedia. Is it a sustainable model? and if so, to what other fields is it applicable? How can its reception in academia be improved? and what are its applications for education?
Brief introduction of next week's cross-cutting themes
  • 5 students will have 4 minutes each to introduce themselves at the beginning of class

Guests:

Readings:

CLASS SOCIAL: Optional, evening, details TBD

Saturday, January 9th

Tour of San Francisco (Optional); details http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/edit/SyllabusTBD. To give input and suggestions, visit Tour Ideas.

WEEK TWO: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES

Monday, January 11th

CLASS: 7:20-9:20pm SLS (location TBA)

One potential way to address some of the problems addressed in this course is through innovations and technological solutions. Several solutions have changed the way our browsers work and thereby changed the way we interact with the internet, making life better. In what other areas could a similar approach be applied?
Introduction to cross-cutting theme of privacy, anonymity and liability on the internet

Guests:

  • John M. Agosta, DisputeFinder
  • Tye Rattenbury, DisputeFinder
  • Rob Ennals, DisputeFinder
  • Tad Hersch, DisputeFinder

Readings:

Tuesday, January 12th

WORKSHOP: 10am-3pm Faculty Lounge, Stanford law.gov workshop Hosted by Carl Malamud


CLASS: 5:15-7:15pm SLS (location TBA)

Privacy and anonymity can raise significant issues for accountability for online actions. Users often believe they are more anonymous than they truly are online - how can we better educate the public about the reality of privacy online?

Guests:

  • Mark Chandler, CISCO
  • Ryan Calo, SLS Fellow

Readings:

Wednesday, January 13th

CLASS: 6:30-8:30pm SLS (location TBA)


Thursday, January 14th

CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS (location TBA)


Friday, January 15th

CLASS: 1:00-3:00pm SLS (location TBA)

Group Presentation of proposed solution

CLASS SOCIAL: Optional, evening, details TBD

WEEK THREE: SOLUTIONS

Monday, January 18th

NO CLASS: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 19th

CLASS: 5:15-7:15pm SLS (location TBA)

Group Presentation of proposed solution
Wednesday, January 20th

CLASS: 6:30-8:30pm SLS (location TBA)

Group Presentation of proposed solution
Thursday, January 21th

CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS (location TBA)

Group Presentation of proposed solution

WRAP-UP DINNER: 7:20-9:20pm SLS (location TBA)

Sunday, January 24th

FINAL PROJECTS DUE

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