Class Materials

In addition to the assigned reading, below you will find a variety of links to material related to the required reading assignments including background information about some of the cases, technical information that may be helpful in understanding the analysis of the legal issues, and a variety of other materials.

Week One


Information about Intel Corp. v. Hamidi is available at:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/intel-v-hamidi http://w2.eff.org/spam/Intel_v_Hamidi/
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/intelvhamidi/

Complaint in Intel Corp. v. Hamidi

FACE Intel Site (group of former and current employees of Intel formed by Ken Hamidi)

Fighting for the Right to Communicate (New York Times article about Ken Hamidi published on July 13, 2003)

Trespass to Chattels

Web Crawlers

eBay User Agreement

Pullman Sleeping Cars

The Internet Analogy List

Internet Analogies in 1999

Week Two

SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) Protest

Text of SOPA (House Bill)

Text of PIPA (Senate Bill)

Dormant Commerce Clause

Washington Anti-Spam Act

CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business (FTC)

Federal CAN SPAM Act

Settlement Over Target's Web Site Marks a Win for ADA Plaintiffs

Week Three

Does IP Address Location (Geolocation) Really Work?

How to Determine a Location from an IP Address

http://whatismyipaddress.com/

French Court Finds in Favor of Journal Editor Sued for Libel Over Book Review (March 2, 2011) (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Public Prosecutor v. Weiler (English translation) (dismissal of criminal libel case brought in France against editor of American journal that published critical book review)

Article about Public Prosecutor v. Weiler by Professor Weiler (published in EJIL:Talk! the blog of the European Journal of International Law)

French Yahoo! Decision of November, 2000

http://www.firstview.com/index.php

State Criminal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: Is There a Sheriff on the Electronic Frontier? by Terrence Berg

Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace by Johnson & Post, 48 Stanford Law Review 1367 (1996)

Jurisdiction Over Interstate Crimes: California Statutes

Multijurisdictional Practice of Law: Massachusetts Rules of Professional Responsibility

Information About Amway

Amway: the Untold Story Website
 
Personal Jurisdiction Review

Personal Jurisdiction Quiz

Week Four

Overview of Trademark Law

Trademark Basics

Dennis Toeppen's Website

People Eating Tasty Animals Website

Mike Doughney's Website

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (Wikipedia)

Registry List and Domain Name Registries

ICANN

ICANN for Beginners

New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement

Sample ICANN Registry Agreement (.net)

Sample Registry-Registrar Agreement (.net)

http://www.wunderground.com/

Brief Summary of Various Lanham Act Claims

Week Five

Rules for Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

WIPO's UDRP Supplemental Rules

List of Approved Dispute Resolution Providers

WIPO's UDRP Domain Name Cases

ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement (Section 3.8 describes UDRP obligations)

Mamas & Munchkins Website

www.munchkin.com

Go Daddy Universal Terms of Service Agreement (especially Section 1 - Overview and Section 21 - Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Venue, Waiver of Trial by Jury)

Go Daddy Domain Name Registration Agreement

Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc. (Wikipedia summary including subsequent developments)

ACPA/UDRP Quiz

Assignment Six

Basic First Amendment Principles

Time Line of Federal Efforts to Regulate Sexually Explicit Internet Speech

Spending Power Test

Public Forum Doctrine Outline

Assignment Seven

The First Amendment Rights of Public School Students

Student Internet Speech (First Amendment Center) (last updated 2008)

Discovery of Identification of Anonymous Internet Users

Banned Code Lives in Poetry and Song

Gallery of CSS Descramblers

Lyrics of DeCSS Song


Assignment Eight

Section 230 Hypotheticals

Slimed Online (2009 article)

Section 512 Safe Harbor Provisions - Frequently Asked Questions

Section 512 (complete statutory section)

Chase Masterson