Fall 1999
Class meetings: Tuesdays 4-5 and Thursdays 4-6 in room 36-156, except for the joint meetings at Harvard Law School, which will be held in Vorenberg Classroom, Langdell Hall (click here for map).
Course Calendar
| Week/Assignment | Tuesday | Thursday |
| Week 1: Sep. 6 – 10 | Registration Day (no class) | Introduction to Internet law and policy issues |
| Writing assignment: Policy analysis memo due September 16 | ||
| Week 2: Sep. 13 – 17 | The First Amendment and dangerous speech | Defamation and liability in cyberspace (class was canceled) |
| Writing assignment: Legal analysis memo due September 28 | ||
| Week 3: Sep. 20 – 24 | Defamation and liability in cyberspace (make up for last Thursday’s canceled class) | Congress and the Internet (at Harvard) |
| Week 4: Sep. 27 – Oct. 1 | Technical background in cryptography | Cryptography policy |
| Writing assignment: midterm paper proposal due October 5 | ||
| Week 5: Oct. 4 – 8 | Controversial content and content control | Reno v. ACLU, filtering and labelling |
| Week 6: Oct. 11 – 15 | Fundamentals of intellectual property law | Open code. The Microsoft case (at Harvard) scribe’s notes from class |
| Midterm paper due October 19 | ||
| Week 7: Oct. 18 – 22 | Digital rights architectures | Impact of trusted systems (at Harvard) |
| Week 8: Oct. 25 – 29 | Software and patents | “Cheap speech” and scary introduction to privacy (at Harvard) Note the change: We’re meeting at Harvard today |
| Week 9: Nov. 1 – 5 | Privacy | Anonymity on the Internet |
| Writing assignment: Impact analysis due November 9 This assignment has been canceled. | ||
| Week 10: Nov. 8 – 12 | Digital identity and authorization | Veterans Day holiday — no class |
| Week 11: Nov. 15 – 19 | Test | Anti-spam control, self-help efforts, and private enforcement (at Harvard) |
| Writing assignment: Final paper proposal due November 23 | ||
| Week 12: Nov. 22 – 26 | Student presentations | Thanksgiving — no class |
| Week 13: Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 | Special evening session at Harvard: Moot court on December 1, Ames Court Room | International development |
| Final paper due December 9 | ||
| Week 14: Dec. 6 – 10 | Microsoft remedies | Last class |
Student Papers
| Lucy Borodavkina | Click “OK” to Send Your Personal Information |
| Karin Cheung | Tapping the Net: A Study of the Wiretap Debates |
| Janelle Prevost | Biometrics With Limited Government Intervention |
| Sunil K. Rao | A Digital Signature Architecture and Roadmap |
| Jeffrey W Sheldon | Privacy Issues in Public Key Infrastructures |