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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 - DNS and 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 - Wikipedia and Group 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 - Cybersecurity and the Generative Threat==
==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 - Filtering, Zoning, and Jurisdiction==
==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 - Intermediaries: Defamation==
==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 - 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 7pm in Furman Hall, and will serve as a make-up class. We will make a video of the session available for those who may have conflicts.
*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: ISPs and OSPs==
==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 - Identification of Primary Infringers==
==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 ‎Koller 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 - Secondary Liability==
==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)


==Mon, April 7 - Free Culture, University, and Open Access==
==Thu, April 3 - *NO CLASS*==


==Tue, April 8 - Appliancization and Open Code==
==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]


==Thu, April 10 - Trusted Systems==
==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]


==Mon, April 14 - Privacy 2.0==
==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)


==Tue, April 15 - Netizenship and Generative Solutions==
==Mon, April 14 - A Generative Dilemma at the Social Layer: Privacy 2.0==


==Tue, April 15 - Optional Session: The Future of the Internet==
*Readings:
*This event will take place at 7pm, exact NYU law location TBA.
**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


==Thu, April 17 - Conclusion: OLPC and a Generative Future?==
==Tue, April 15 - Generative Solutions: Netizenship==
 
* 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

Thu, March 13 - The Generative Dilemma: Cybersecurity

Mon, March 24 - Intermediaries and Polyarchy: Filtering, Zoning, and Jurisdiction

Tue, March 25 Part I - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping: Defamation

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

Mon, March 31 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping III: Anonymity and Identification of (Alleged) Wrongdoers

Tue, April 1 - Technological Intermediaries: Liability for Devices and Tools

Thu, April 3 - *NO CLASS*

Mon, April 7 - The Ethos of the Internet II: Universities and Open Access

Tue, April 8 - Technological Intermediaries II: Appliancization, Product v. Service, and Open Code

Thu, April 10 - Technological Intermediaries III: Trusted Systems

Mon, April 14 - A Generative Dilemma at the Social Layer: Privacy 2.0

Tue, April 15 - Generative Solutions: Netizenship

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

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