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