Schedule

• Monday. Class discussion.
• Wednesday. David Johnson

Required Reading

1. Rights & Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities
   1. Chapter 2: Networks and Society
   2. Chapter 3: Legal Considerations for Electronic Networks
   3. Chapter 8: Common Themes
   4. Appendix D: Keynote Speech by Edward Markey
2. Georgetown University Computer Systems Acceptable Use Policy
3. Steve Talbott, Forgetting Ourselves in the Age of Automatons
4. U.S. NII Virtual Library - see especially NII Publications
5. Information Society: Agenda for Action in the U.K.

Recommended Reading

1. Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers - tutorials
2. Cyberspace Law Center - directory of resources
3. Cornell Law Institute
4. Find Law
5. CyberLaw - educational service
6. Center for Democracy & Technology
7. Legislative Information
8. How Our Laws Are Made

Questions

1. What are the key claims in the readings?
2. What is the nature of Internet communities and how do they differ from other types of communities?
3. How do norms and laws evolve?
4. Pick two different communities on the Internet. What are their values?
5. What are the dominant values on the Internet?
6. What is the nature of the four legal domains described in Chapter 3 of R&R?
7. What is the difference between a publisher and distributer in terms of legal rights and obligations?
8. What was the significance of Cubby vs. Compuserve?
9. What could you do as sender of an e-mail message or publisher of a web page that would violate U.S. law?
10. What could you do as sender of an e-mail or publisher of a web page that would violate Georgetown acceptable use policy?
11. What could you do as sender or receiver of an e-mail that would be unethical or in poor taste?
12. What is the U.S. NII initiative?