cyberlaw 2002 professor susanna frederick fischer class one: introduction august 26, 2002
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CYBERLAW 2002
Professor Susanna Frederick Fischer
Class One: Introduction
August 26, 2002
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WELCOME!
Welcome to the study of CyberlawThis is a survey course covering a number of important topics concerning the application of law to new communications technologies, including the InternetCutting edge materialCLI elective but open to all studentsNo technical experience required or expectedBreakfast provided on Monday mornings
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STUDENTS
Diverse backgrounds and interests
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Introductory Class
Introduction to this Class: Materials, Content, Activities, Policies, Students
Introduction to the problem of “regulability” of cyberspace: Lawrence Lessig Code pp. 3-8
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COURSE MATERIALS
Larry Lessig, Code (1999)
Jerry Kang, Communications Law and Policy 2001)
Online Materials
Course Web Pages:
http://faculty.cua.edu/fischer [click on Cyberlaw Fall 2002]
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COURSE MATERIALS
Don’t forget to read Kang update for CB assignments. They are online at: http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~kang/commlaw/ [click on update: it’s a pdf file]
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COURSE UNITS
1. Introduction to Cyberlaw
2. Regulation and Governance
3. Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
4.Online Speech and Content
5. Privacy in Cyberspace
6. Looking Ahead to the Future of Cyberlaw in a Digital Society
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COURSE ACTIVITIES
Course Goals
Class Maven
Qualifying Paper
Drafts and Editing Requirements
Online Version of Paper
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COURSE POLICIES
See online Course Outline on class web pagesAttendanceClass ParticipationGradingDeadlinesFormatting for PaperClass MavenTechnology
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Symposium: Oct. 9 & 10
The Rule of Law and New Communications Technologies: Reconciling Private Rights and Public InterestOrganizers: Profs. Fischer & WagnerOrganized to coincide with oral argument in U.S. Supreme Court in Eldred v. Reno
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Symposium: Oct. 9 & 10
Confirmed speakers include:
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School
Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School
Amitai Etzioni, George Washington
Shira Perlmutter, Associate General Counsel for IP, AOL Time Warner
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Lawrence Lessig: Code
Who is Lawrence Lessig?
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Lawrence Lessig: Code
Professor of Law at Stanford Law SchoolFormerly taught at Harvard, Chicago, YaleClerked for Judge Posner in the Seventh Circuit and for Justice Scalia
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Some interesting links
Lessig blog at:http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/
Berkman Center for Internet and Society at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
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Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999)
According to Lessig, what’s the similarity between the collapse of communism and the birth of cyberspace?
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Issue: “regulability”
To what extent can government regulate cyberspace?
To what extent should government regulate cyberspace?
Which government?
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Issue: Control
To what extent can people or entities other than governments control cyberspace?
To what extent should people or entities other than governments control cyberspace?
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Lessig on the Invisible Hand
(Code p. 6) “The invisible hand, though commerce, is constructing an architecture that perfects control– an architecture that makes possible highly efficient regulation.”