Law 897
The Law in Cyberspace Seminar

Topics

This list is a work in progress; expect to see possible topics appearing and disappearing between now and the first day of classes.
If you're signed up for the seminar and would like to suggest a topic, email it to me with an appropriate link.

I have listed more than 60 possible topics below. I've assigned them to broad categories, but since many of the topics cut across category lines, the categorization is a little arbitrary. You'll also notice considerable overlap among topics. Next to each topic, I have posted a link to something that will give you a quick and dirty introduction to one facet of the topic. There's no expectation that your assignment or paper will concentrate on that facet; rather, I'm trying to give you a very brief introduction to some of the issues raised by each of the topics.

Caution: Some of the linked items are less objective than others.

    E-Commerce

  1. The enforceability of online clickthrough or browsewrap contracts and terms of use -- Mark Lemley law review article abstract

  2. Taxation of Internet transactions -- Institute for local self-reliance one pager

  3. Internet banking -- AP story

  4. Click fraud -- c|net news story

  5. Auction site regulation -- c|net news story

  6. Antitrust -- c|net news article

  7. Regulating online advertising -- CDT Policy Post


    8. Internet Governance and Electronic Democracy

  8. Regulation of the domain name system, and ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) -- ICANNwatch blog intro

  9. Electronic and online voting -- EFF webpage on Evoting

  10. The digital divide -- Wikipedia entry

  11. The Internet in China --James Fallow's story for The Atlantic

    12. Government Regulation of Internet-mediated activities

  12. Regulating Social Networking sites -- Washington Post story

  13. Cybersecurity -- CBC News story

  14. Internet gambling -- American Spectator column by Eli Lehrer

  15. Cybercrime -- DOJ Press release

  16. Access for People with Disabilities -- DRA press release

  17. Protecting Children --- Guardian Article

    18. Freedom of Expression

  18. Content regulation: pornography, indecency, hate speech and nazi paraphernalia -- National Post story

  19. Can anything be done about Spam?-- MX Logic June, 2008 threat forecast report

  20. 1st amendment protection for software code -- 6th Circuit opinion in Junger v. Daly

  21. Regulation of library-based Internet access and use -- USA today story

  22. Gripe sites -- UDRP decision in Red Bull v. Gamel

  23. Bloggers and journalist privileges --- Mercury News story

  24. Talking (or writing) about hacking --- c|net News.com story by Declan McCullagh

    25. Jurisdiction and Procedure

  25. Jurisdiction --State court opinion in Shisler v. Sanfer Sports Cars

  26. The dormant commerce clause and state Internet laws -- 2d Circuit opinion in American Booksellers Foundation v. Dean

  27. Cross-border enforcement and extraterritorial application of national laws --9th Circuit opinion in Yahoo! v. LICRA

  28. Electronic dispute resolution -- Cybersettle Press release

    29. Privacy

  29. Anonymity -- EFF's Anonymity page

  30. Data Privacy -- Washington Post story

  31. Data Security -- CDT policy post

  32. Radio Frequency ID Tags -- CDT policy post

  33. Biometrics, global unique identifiers, digital signatures and other identification technologies -- EPIC's biometric identifiers page

  34. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act -- EPIC's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act page

  35. eMail privacy -- 9th Circuit decision in Quon v. Arch Wireless

  36. Government surveillance of Internet activity-- Times Online Story

  37. Corporate surveillance of Internet activity -- EPIC's deep packet inspection page

  38. Online profiling -- Business Week article

    39. Telecommunications

  39. Internet telephony -- FCC VOIP webpage

  40. Network neutrality -- SaveTheInternet.com FAQ

  41. Broadcast flag -- EFF Broadcast Flag page

  42. Municipal free wifi -- c|net news article

  43. CALEA -- Susan Crawford blog entry

    44. Torts

  44. Common law trespass to computers and networks -- Pamela Samuelson column

  45. Self help -- Wired News story

  46. Defamation on the Internet -- ABA Journal story

  47. Search engine liability -- Chilling Effects DMCA safe harbor page

  48. Internet service provider liability -- BitLaw ISP liability page


    49. Intellectual Property

  49. Trademark infringement online -- decision in Standard Process v. Total Health Discount

  50. Cybersquatting -- CADNA home page

  51. The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ["UDRP"] -- panel opinion in No. D2001-1391

  52. KeyWord advertising -- Eric Goldman's Blog post

  53. Peer to peer file sharing -- British news story

  54. Liability for hyperlinking -- D-Lib article by Maureen O'Rourke

  55. Creative commons licenses -- New York Times news story by John Markoff

  56. Digital Rights Management -- Wikipedia entry

  57. Google Book Search -- New Yorker story by Jeffrey Toobin

  58. Internet business method patents -- EFF's patent busting project

  59. Music licensing -- Register of Copyrights' testimony

  60. Open source and free software -- Free Software Foundation home page

  61. Trusted computing -- Wikipedia entry

  62. Viacom v. YouTube -- amended complaint

  63. Virtual property -- MTTLR Blog post

  64. Webcasting -- SaveNetRadio.org website

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