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**Worldwide but Homegrown, New York Times, Oct. 30, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/opinion/30sun2.html
**Worldwide but Homegrown, New York Times, Oct. 30, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/opinion/30sun2.html


== Day 2: Generative Discontent: Cybersecurity ==
== Day 2: MASTURBATING INTO A PAPER CUP ==
(Thu. Jan. 3)
(Thu. Jan. 3)


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** Paul Ohm, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=967372 The Myth of the Superuser], pp. 1-19, 48-50
** Paul Ohm, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=967372 The Myth of the Superuser], pp. 1-19, 48-50
** David Banisar, [http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/47 Save the Net, Sue a Software Maker]
** David Banisar, [http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/47 Save the Net, Sue a Software Maker]
== Day 3: Intermediary Liability: Defamation ==
(Fri. Jan. 4)
* 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
** Cases and case studies related to the CDA:
*** [http://www.citmedialaw.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2007-02-13-Order%20on%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss-Western%20District%20of%20Texas.pdf Doe v. MySpace, 474 F.Supp.2d 843 (W.D. Tex. 2007)], pp. 1-10
*** [http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/870C17829A420BDA882572DC0051EC26/$file/0456916.pdf?openelement Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com, 489 F.3d 921 (9th Cir. 2007)]
*** [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm John Siegenthaler op-ed on Wikipedia]
** [http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr WikiScanner] (browse)
* Assignment due today: Edit Wikipedia
= Week 2: Jan. 7 - Jan. 11 =
== Day 4: Intermediary Liabilty: ISPs and OSPs ==
(Mon. Jan. 7)
* 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]
**Letters from [http://www.chillingeffects.org Chillingeffects.org]:
*** [http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=807 "Loving Family" Pendants]
*** [http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=15384 Electronic Arts Blocks Mobile Tetris]
*** [http://chillingeffects.org/protest/notice.cgi?NoticeID=4523 Don't Affiliate Me with Your Subversive Acts]
*** [http://chillingeffects.org/domain/notice.cgi?NoticeID=16017 Boston Beer Froths at "Sam Adams for Mayor" Website] (Sidenote: The founder of Boston Beer is an HLS alum.)
== Day 5: Secondary Liability ==
(Tue. Jan. 8)
*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)
*Optional:
** Browse Ginsburg and Breyer concurrences in [http://w2.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/04-480.pdf MGM v. Grokster]
* Assignment due this evening at midnight: Wikipedia Dispute Resolution
== Day 6: Generativity Theory ==
(Wed. Jan. 9)
*Readings:
** Lawrence Lessig, [http://pdf.codev2.cc/Lessig-Codev2.pdf ''Code 2.0''], Ch. 5
** Jonathan Zittrain, ''The Future of the Internet'', pp. 101-123
** Eric von Hippel, ''Democratizing Innovation'', [http://mit.edu/evhippel/www/books/DI/Chapter2.pdf Ch. 2]
** Debora Spar, ''Ruling the Waves'', Prologue: The View from Partenia
== Day 7: Trusted Systems ==
(Thu. Jan. 10)
*Readings:
** Zittrain, ''Technological Complements to Copyright'', pp. 1-9; 11-19; 51-54; 58-63; 130-134 -- Available in the Coop or printed packets
** Carl Kaplan, [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/08/technology/08CYBERLAW.html Assessing Linking Liability] (NY Times description of Corley)
** Julie Cohen, [http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/jec/self_help.pdf "Copyright and the Jurisprudence of Self-Help"] (pp. 13-22)
** Third-party development
*** [http://developers.facebook.com/terms.php Facebook Developers Terms of Service] '''(preface only)'''
** Jonathan Zittrain, ''The Future of the Internet'', pp. 123-126
*Optional:
** [http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/terms.html Google OpenSocial API Terms of Service]
== Day 8: Open Code ==
(Fri. Jan 11)
*Readings:
**Wendy Tanaka, [http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/12/31/widgets-google-facebook-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0103widgets.html Bubbling Widget Growth] (Forbes)
**Yochai Benkler, ''The Wealth of Networks'', [http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_3.pdf Ch. 3], pp. 63-67
** Roger Parloff, [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867 Microsoft Takes on the Free World], (Fortune)
** Charles Babcock, [http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204300545 Law Center Steps Up GPL Defense, Seeks First U.S. Test Case] (Information Week)
** 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)
** Brett Smith, [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html A Quick Guide to GPLv3]
** Anne Eisenberg, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/business/06novel.html What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You] (NY Times)
= Week 3: Jan. 14 - Jan. 18 =
== Day 9: Free Culture ==
(Mon. Jan. 14)
*Readings:
**Lessig, Free Culture Excerpt
** Michiko Kakutani, Book Review, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/books/29book.html The Cult of the Amateur]
** [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ Creative Commons FAQ]
**Eldred (?)
**Articles on OCW, Open Access?
**New Lessig econ book?
== Day 10: Privacy 2.0 ==
(Tue. Jan. 15)
*Readings:
**Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9
*Optional:
**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]
== Day 11: Filtering, Jurisdiction, and Net Neutrality ==
(Wed. Jan. 16)
* Readings:
** [http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/comments/225767.htm 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: Netizenship: The Public Spirit in Private Organizations ==
(Thu. Jan. 17)
* Readings:
** Lior Strahilevitz, [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=899144 'How's My Driving?' for Everyone (and Everything?)]
== Day 13: Conclusion: OLPC and the Future of the Internet ==
(Fri. Jan. 18)
* Readings:
** 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)
*** Microsoft TechNet, [http://blogs.technet.com/jamesu/archive/2007/12/05/olpc-in-the-news-part-2.aspx OLPC in the News pt. 2]?
** Zittrain, ''The Future of the Internet'', Conclusion

Revision as of 21:55, 8 January 2008

Week 1: Jan. 2 - Jan. 5

Day 1: Introduction: Generativity at the Network and Content Layer

(Wed. Jan. 2)

Day 2: MASTURBATING INTO A PAPER CUP

(Thu. Jan. 3)

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