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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

 

Tuesday

Thursday

1/29/04
Course Introduction

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2/3/04
What is new about cyberspace? How is cyberspace linked to law? Long term challenges and short term issues

2/5/04
Can one trespass in cyberspace?

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2/10/04
Virtual guest: Gregory Lastowka, counsel for Hamidi in Intel v. Hamdi.

2/12/04
ICANN and domain names: designing legal authority in cyberspace

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2/17/04
ICANN and domain names: designing dispute resolution for cyberspace

2/19/04
ICANN, legitimacy and public participation

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2/24/04
Internet Service Providers: a substitute for the state?

2/26/04
Whose rules apply in cyberspace? Russians in Las Vegas and Yahoo in France 

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3/2/04
Taxation, gambling and prescription drugs

3/4/04
Online dispute resolution

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3/9/04
Virtual guest: Colin Rule - Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay

3/11/04
Technology and lawyers: Will technology make lawyers obsolete? Should 15 year olds be allowed to give legal advice online?

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3/23/04
Technology and lawyers: How do lawyers use technology? Delivering legal services online

3/25/04
Online law schools

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3/30/04
Copyright: goals, history and the lessons of Mickey Mouse

4/1/04
Software code v. legal code

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4/6/04
No class

4/8/04
When should copyrighted works enter the public domain?

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4/13/04
No class

4/15/04
Technology and the boundaries of free speech: Pornography and obscenity

4/20/04
Annoying speech (spam) and hate speech

4/22/04
No class

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4/27/04
Project Presentations

4/29/04
Privacy

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5/4/04
Project presentations

5/6/04
Project Presentations

       

5/11/04
Project presentations

5/13/04
Last day of classes