Syllabus

Week 1: Jan. 2 - Jan. 5

Day 1

(Wed. Jan. 2)

• Readings:

Day 2

(Thu. Jan. 3)

• Readings:

Day 3

(Fri. Jan. 4)

• Readings:
  • Debora Spar, Ruling the Waves

Week 2: Jan. 7 - Jan. 11

Day 4 (Intermediary Liability)

(Mon. Jan. 7)

• Readings:
  • Communications Decency Act § 230
  • Cases and case studies related to the CDA:
    • Doe v. MySpace, 474 F.Supp.2d 843 (W.D. Tex. 2007)
    • Fair Housing Council v. Roommate.com, 489 F.3d 921 (9th Cir. 2007)
    • Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 129 F.3d 327, 328 (4th Cir. 1997)
    • John Siegenthaler controversy on Wikipedia
  • User-generated content?
    • UCG Principles document
    • EFF/Berkman Fair Use Principles for User Generated Video Content
• Assignment due today: Edit Wikipedia

Day 5

(Tue. Jan. 8)

• Readings:

Day 6

(Wed. Jan. 9)

• Readings:

Day 7

(Thu. Jan. 10)

• Readings:

Day 8

(Fri. Jan 11)

• Readings:

Week 3: Jan. 14 - Jan. 18

Day 9

(Mon. Jan. 14)

• Readings:

Day 10

(Tue. Jan. 15)

• Readings:

Day 11

(Wed. Jan. 16)

• Readings:
  • Ex Parte Filing United States DOJ In the Matter of Broadband Industry Practices
  • Proposal for Use of Search Engines to Administer the Internet and Next Steps (sensitive)

Day 12

(Thu. Jan. 17)

• Readings:

Day 13

(Fri. Jan. 18)

• Readings: