Berkman Center

Cyberlaw: Internet Points of Control - Winter 2008

This course examines current legal, political, and technical struggles for control/ownership of the global Internet and its content.

Cyberlaw: Internet Points of Control - Winter 2007

This course examines current legal, political, and technical struggles for control/ownership of the global Internet and its content. Course themes include the interaction between emerging Internet self-governance regimes and rule by traditional sovereigns; the expression of conflicting interests of commercial and individual Internet speakers/broadcasters; new modes of control over widely distributed intellectual property; and the potential for market giants and other architects of Internet technologies to constrain behavior online in ways governments find difficult to assimilate. Classroom discussion of these topics may be augmented by online discussion software through which students will have one-on-one exchanges about issues in the course.

Internet Law 2003: Program of Instruction for Lawyers

The Internet is maturing. With it, the laws and the norms that surround the use of Internet technologies have less of an edgy feel than they did just a few years ago. Yet much of the promise of the technology and the uncertainty of the legal environment remain. This continued promise and this uncertainty keep things interesting. This week-long "second period" PIL course will draw you into five core areas of Internet law, each of which continues to evolve. The globalization of both the Internet and the law lie at the core of what's interesting about these five themes and enable them to hang together.

Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control - Winter 2003

This course examines current legal, political, and technical struggles for control/ownership of the global Internet and its content. The course will draw upon a growing body of cyberlaw cases and commentary, class members' research, and participation by invited guests, including lobbyists, politicians, journalists, and scholars from the HLS faculty and elsewhere.

Torts - Fall 2002

Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control - Spring 2002

This course examines current legal, political, and technical struggles for control/ownership of the global Internet and its content. The course will draw upon a growing body of cyberlaw cases and commentary, class members' research, and participation by invited guests, including lobbyists, politicians, journalists, and scholars from the HLS faculty and elsewhere.

Torts - Fall 2001

Counsel to the Internet Client: Practical Advice, Strategy and Litigation - Fall 2001

This semester, we will explore the nuts and bolts of advising and defending Internet-related businesses, organizations and individuals. With the help of practicing cyberlawyers and other outside participants, we will delve into some of the most contested issues involving intellectual property, speech, and privacy on the Net, and the means by which courts and legislatures are asked to take sides and, at times, affect the course of the Internet's evolution.

Torts - Spring 2001

Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control - Fall 2000

This course examines current legal, political, and technical struggles for control/ownership of the global Internet and its content. The course will draw upon a growing body of cyberlaw cases and commentary, class members’ research, and participation by invited guests, including lobbyists, politicians, journalists, and scholars from the HLS faculty and elsewhere.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

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