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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
- Reading
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 4
- Nicholson Baker, The Charms of Wikipedia, NY Review of Books, March 20, 2008
- Wikipedia Policies
Thu, March 13 - The Generative Dilemma: Cybersecurity
- Readings:
- Randy Picker, Cyber Security: Of Heterogeneity and Autarky, pp. 1-7, 18-27
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 3
- David Banisar, 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 - Intermediaries and Polyarchy: Filtering, Zoning, and Jurisdiction
- Readings:
- Filtering
- Bruce Schneier, Review of Access Denied, Nature Note: This is the full article
- Robert Faris & Nart Villeneuve, Measuring Global Internet Filtering, Access Denied
- Open Net Initiative, Pulling the Plug: A Technical Review of the Internet Shutdown in Burma
- Principles Project, Briefing Document (via Blackboard)
- Jurisdiction
- Jonathan Zittrain, Filtering Module, pp. 33-39 (Gutnick) (via Blackboard)
- Filtering
Tue, March 25 Part I - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping: Defamation
- Readings:
- Communications Decency Act § 230
- Jonathan Zittrain, A History Of Online Gatekeeping, pp. 257-263 only
- Barrett v. Rosenthal through p. 34 only
- John Siegenthaler op-ed on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia Entry on Seigenthaler Incident
- WikiScanner (browse)
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
- Readings:
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act § 512
- Viacom complaint against Google/Youtube
- User-generated content
- Browse several letters from Chillingeffects.org
Mon, March 31 - Intermediaries and Gatekeeping III: Anonymity and Identification of (Alleged) Wrongdoers
- Readings
- âKoller Letter
- Ray Beckerman, How the RIAA Ligitation Process Works Read up to "Settlement Phase"
- Motion in AutoAdmit Case pp. 1-18 only
- McIntyre v. Ohio
Tue, April 1 - Technological Intermediaries: Liability for Devices and Tools
- Readings:
- Sony v. Universal, 464 U.S. 417 (1984), paragraphs [1]-[10] and [40]-[56]
- MGM v. Grokster, 545 U.S. 913 (2005), Majority opinion pp. 1-3, 10-24 (in slip op)
- Randy Picker, Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home and the Duty of Ongoing Design, pp. 1-10, 24-37 (rest of the article is optional)
Thu, April 3 - *NO CLASS*
Mon, April 7 - The Ethos of the Internet II: Universities and Open Access
- Readings
- Open University
- Open Access
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, Bubbling Widget Growth (Forbes)
- Free Software
- Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks, Ch. 3, pp. 63-67
- Jonathan Zittrain, Normative Principles for Evaluating Free and Proprietary Software
- Brett Smith, A Quick Guide to GPLv3
- Richard Stallman, Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding
Thu, April 10 - Technological Intermediaries III: Trusted Systems
- Readings
- Zittrain, 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, Assessing Linking Liability (NY Times description of Corley)
- Open DRM
- Sun Microsystems, Open Media Commons Releases Specifications and Source Code for Open, Royalty-Free Digital Rights Management (Press Release)
- Lawrence Lessig, openDRM (blog post)
Mon, April 14 - A Generative Dilemma at the Social Layer: Privacy 2.0
- Readings:
- Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9, pp. 200-221
- StopBadware.org, Facebook responds to privacy concerns, but some still remain
- Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)
- Demos:
Tue, April 15 - Generative Solutions: Netizenship
- Readings:
- Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9, pp. 221-234
- Beth Noveck, Wiki Government, Democracy
- Andrew Keen, 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, Laptop project enlivens Peruvian village (AP)
- Steve Stecklow & James Bandler, A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions (WSJ)
- John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace
- Optional
- Clay Shirky, A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy