Class meetings: Tuesdays 4-5 and Thursdays 4-6 in room 36-156, except for the joint meetings at Harvard Law School, which will be held in Vorenberg Classroom, Langdell Hall (click here for map).
Click on the individual weeks below to see the overview and the assignments for each class, including readings to be completed before class. (Weeks in the calendar without links do not yet have their assignments in final form.)
| Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1: Sep. 6 - 10 | Registration Day (no class) | Introduction to Internet law and policy issues |
| Writing assignment: Policy analysis memo due September 16 | ||
| Week 2: Sep. 13 - 17 | The First Amendment and dangerous speech | Defamation and liability in cyberspace (class was canceled) |
| Writing assignment: Legal analysis memo due September 28 | ||
| Week 3: Sep. 20 - 24 | Defamation and liability in cyberspace (make up for last Thursday's canceled class) | Congress and the Internet (at Harvard) |
| Week 4: Sep. 27 - Oct. 1 | Technical background in cryptography | Cryptography policy |
| Writing assignment: midterm paper proposal due October 5 | ||
| Week 5: Oct. 4 - 8 | Controversial content and content control | Reno v. ACLU, filtering and labelling |
| Week 6: Oct. 11 - 15 | Fundamentals of intellectual property law | Open code. The Microsoft case (at Harvard) scribe's notes from class |
| Midterm paper due October 19 | ||
| Week 7: Oct. 18 - 22 | Digital rights architectures | Impact of trusted systems (at Harvard) |
| Week 8: Oct. 25 - 29 | Software and patents | "Cheap speech" and scary introduction to privacy (at Harvard)
Note the change: We're meeting at Harvard today |
| Week 9: Nov. 1 - 5 | Privacy | Anonymity on the Internet |
| Writing assignment: Impact analysis due
November 9 This assignment has been canceled. |
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| Week 10: Nov. 8 - 12 | Digital identity and authorization | Veterans Day holiday -- no class |
| Week 11: Nov. 15 - 19 | Test | Anti-spam control, self-help efforts, and private enforcement (at Harvard) |
| Writing assignment: Final paper proposal due November 23 | ||
| Week 12: Nov. 22 - 26 | Student presentations | Thanksgiving -- no class |
| Week 13: Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 | Special evening session at Harvard: Moot court on December 1, Ames Court Room | International development |
| Final paper due December 9 | ||
| Week 14: Dec. 6 - 10 | Microsoft remedies | Last class |
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