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Week 1: Jan. 2 - Jan. 5
Day 1. The Good Old Days:Generative Tech, Generative Content
(Tue. Jan. 2)
- Readings:
- Jonathan Zittrain, Generativity: The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop it, Chapter 1: "The Good Old Days" (PDF Posted to MyHLS)
- JP Barlow's Declaration of Internet Independence
- Compuserve FAQ
- PC History: "Inventors of the Modern Computer" -- first 2 pages ("The History of the IBM PC - International Business Machines" and "The History of the MS-DOS Operating Systems, Microsoft, Tim Paterson, and Gary Kildall")
Day 2. Generative Discontent
(Wed. Jan. 3)
- Readings:
- Jonathan Zittrain, Generativity: The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It, Chapter 2: Cybersecurity and the Generative Dilemma (PDF Posted to MyHLS)
- Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0, Chapter 5 Excerpt
- House Testimony of David A. Powner, Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Leadership Needed to Enhance Cybersecurity
- Doug Lichtman and Eric Posner, "Holding Internet Service Providers Liable," 14 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 221 (2006)
- Assignments Due Today:
Day 3. A Potential Solution: Intermediary Liability
(Thu. Jan. 4)
- Readings - there are many, but they're short!
- Section of Jonathan Zittrain, Generativity: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It, Chapter 4: "The Appliancized Internet" (Link to PDF on MyHLS)
- CDA 230
- Cases on the CDA and intermediary liability for the Web:
- Wikipedia Justice
- The business and politics of entries
- Assignments Due Today: Day 2 Assignment: Edit Wikipedia
Day 4. Copyright in Cyberspace
(Fri. January 5)
- Readings:
- DMCA § 512 -- focus on (a)-(d), (g), (h)
- YouTube and the DMCA
- YouTube sued over copyright infringement (focus on YouTube's DMCA defense)
- Plaintiff's Motion for summary judgment
- EFF (Wendy Seltzer), Unsafe Harbors: Abusive DMCA Subpoenas and Takedown Demands:
- Identifying primary infringers
- Ray Beckerman, How the RIAA Litigation Process Works
- Cease and Desist/University Letter/Koller Letter
- Paramount v. O'Neill p. 1-16 only
- BMG v. Gonzalez
- Assignments Due Today:
- None, continue working on the assignment for Monday.
Week 2: Jan. 8 - Jan. 12
Day 5: P2P Day
(Mon. Jan. 8)
- Readings:
- JZ's Chapter 4, Part 2
- Case Summary, Sony v. Universal (Note: Only the part up to "Counsel" is assigned, although you are welcome to read the rest of the case.)
- Napster Injunction
- Summary of the Grokster Briefs by Morrison and Forrester
- Grokster opinion
- Terry Fisher's testimony on P2P before the Education Committee
- Wired News, A Nation Divided Over Piracy
- Suggested Reading (not in printed packet):
- Assignments Due Today: Day 3 Assignment - Participate in Wikipedia Dispute Resolution
Day 6: Trusted Systems Day
(Tue. Jan. 9)
- Readings:
- Zittrain, Technological Complements to Copyright, p. 55-98 -- Available in the Coop or printed packets
- 17 USC 1201 (DMCA)
- Bill Gates on the Future of DRM
- Sony Rootkit
- Apple DRM Issues
Day 7: Open Code Day
(Wed. Jan. 10)
- Readings
- Zittrain, Normative Principles for Evaluating Free and Proprietary Software (PDF)
- SCO: Open Letter on Copyrights
- GNU General Public License (GPL)
- GPLv3 Draft - Read Preamble, ¶¶ 2, 3, 5 and 11.
- GPL 3 Disses DRM
- Richard Stallman, List of Words to Avoid
- MS-Novell Patent Deal
- Microsoft discusses how open source software can complicate business transactions
- Natali Del Conte, Microsoft to Support Open-Source Linux with Novell, PC Magazine
- Peter Galli, Microsoft Hands Out 16,000 SuSE Linux Subscriptions, eWeek.com
- Microsoft's FAQ explaining the deal with Novell
- Reactions to the MS-Novell deal (online only)
- Reasons to Love Open-Source DRM - Wired.com
Day 8: The Generativity Theory Day
(Thu. Jan. 11)
- Reading
- Yochai Benkler, Wealth of Networks (pp. 273-78 & 285-300)
- Von Hippel (Read Ch. 2, pp. 11-27. Focus on pp. 11 & 19-26)
- JZ Book Ch. 3 Link to PDF via MyHLS
- Assignment due today:
- Come to class with either: 1) an example a negative impact of generativity, or 2) a positive example of generativity that is underappreciated.
Day 9: Free Culture Day
(Fri. Jan. 12)
- Readings
- Eldred v. Ashcroft Syllabus Only, 1-6
- Larry Lessig, Free Culture pp. xiii-xvi, 21-30, 183-207
- Raymond Nimmer, Rights and restrictions in copyright: debate continues
- Creative Commons, Choosing a License, Creative Commons Licenses
- Michael Madow, Description of Semiotic Democracy
- Terry Fisher's Speech on Amateurism, OECD Digital Content Conference
- Urs Gasser and Silke Ernst, From Shakespeare to DJ Danger Mouse: A Quick Look at Copyright and User Creativity in the Digital Age
- Noank Media Proposal
- The Economist, Scientific Publishing: Access All Areas
- Optional Comic Book
- Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain PDF, 8 MB or HTML version
Week 3: Jan. 16 - Jan. 19
Monday, Jan. 15 is off: Martin Luther King Day.
Day 10: Paris Cafe: The Case of Privacy, and Tools for a Generative Society
(Tue. Jan. 16)
- Readings:
- John Grohol, Anonymity and Online Community: Identity Matters
- Ina Steiner, eBay 'Feedback Farms' Planted with One-Cent eBooks, AuctionBytes.com
- Resnick et al, The Value of Reputation on Ebay: A Controlled Experiment
- George Lenard, Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part I
- CNN: Software Will Make Finding Web Photos Easier
- Riya (visit site)
- Jennifer Granick, Face It: Privacy Is Endangered, Wired.com
- Stalkerati (visit site)
- Optional:
Day 11: Enforcement and Points of Control
(Wed. Jan. 17)
- Readings:
- Part I:
- Zittrain, Jurisdiction Module (Read pp. 33-35, 54-61, 69-81, 94-100) -- Available in the Coop or printed packets
- Part II:
- Zittrain & Palfrey, Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering (MyHLS link)
- GOFA
- Congressional Testimony of Jack Krumholtz, Associate General Counsel of MS, focus on "China as a Special Case"
- Labels Sue www.Allofmp3.com
- RIAA Backs Off on Chinese Site (Review 512(j))
- The Pirate Bay plans to buy island, The Local, Jan. 12 2007. (hat tip to Ashahdadi)
- Optional:
- Rebecca MacKinnon, Flatter World and Thicker Walls? Blogs, Censorship and Civic Discourse in China
- Background on The Pirate Bay
- Part I:
Day 12: Netizenship
(Thu. Jan. 18)
- Readings:
- CBS: Man Arrested for Stealing WiFi
- "What is Fon?"
- Zittrain, The Future of the Internet -- Chapter 6: "Netizenship" (MyHLS link)
- David Pogue on Netiquette
- Katie Hafner, "We're Google, So Sue Us", N. Y. Times, Oct. 23, 2006.
- Stopbadware.org FAQ
- Stopbadware.org Manifesto
- Jeremy Kirk, Google irks Web site owners over malware alerts
- Optional:
- Assignment due today:
- Visit the Tor Park website ( http://www.torrify.com/ ), see if you can get Tor Park up and running.
Day 13: One Laptop Per Child: The Future of Generativity?
(Fri. Jan. 19)
- Readings:
- Zittrain, The Future of the Internet -- Introduction (MyHLS link)
- Browse the OLPC site
- Wikipedia Entry on OLPC
- Summary of Arguments Surrounding OLPC
- Balancing Act, Battle for the Cheap Education Computer Hots Up
- Suggested in class
- A Lesson in Computer Literacy from India's Poorest Kids, suggested by Ivan.