Law and the World Wide Web
Legal 491s
Ethan Katsh (katsh@legal.umass.edu)
Teaching assistant: Alissa McLean (amclean@student.umass.edu)
Tuesday / Thursday 1 - 2:15
Course web site: http://www.umass.edu/cyber

In addition to the list below, you might get some ideas at the following :

Topic list at New York Law School
Lawtopic.org
Jurist

Some issues/topics you might consider:

Evaluate the recently enacted anti-spam act
Web accessibility and the Americans for Disabilities Act
Prohbited online transactions
Cryptography
Digital signatures
"Digital divide"
Internet telephony
Mobile phones
Payment systems and underdeveloped countries
HIPAA
The Net in developing countries
Analysis of UDRP domain name disputes - update Milton Mueller "Rough Justice" study, analyze case data
Study of UDRP panelists
DMCA - proposals for revision
Stalking and harassment online
Identity theft
What role should the United States play in the management of the domain name system?
Law and MMORPGs (massive multi-player onine role playing games) (any gamers in the class?)
RFIDs - radio frequency identification tags

Digital government issues
Project involving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - email me aout this if you are interested.