MIT 6.805/STS085: Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier
in coordination with
Harvard Law School: Internet and Society
Fall Semester, 1999
Week 1, Sept. 6 - 10:
Introduction
Reading:
- Before the first class, you should read the article by Larry Lessig,
The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach
(PDF format),
Harvard
Law Review (Fall 1999) .
Be prepared to discuss this paper in
class. Lessig's work will give you a general perspective on the
course and introduce some of the issues we will be discussing during
the semester.
Thursday class, Sept. 9:
Introduction to the
course. General background on Internet law and policy issues.
Code and law.
Writing assignment:
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Hal Abelson (hal@mit.edu)
Mike Fischer (mfischer@mit.edu)
Danny Weitzner (djweitzner@w3.org)
Jonathan Zittrain (zittrain@law.harvard.edu)
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