Fall 2015
Class meetings: Thursday 1-4 Room 36-156
Instructors: Abelson, Fischer, Weitzner
Writing instructors: Stickgold-Sarah, Trice
TA: Testart
Course Calendar
| Week | Topic | Writing Assignment due | Research project milestones |
| 1: Sept 10 | Introduction to Internet Law and Architecture | 0: Mainstream Marketing brief (9/9) | Introduce project topics |
| 2: Sept 17 | Internet Freedom of Expression | 1: Policy analysis memo on Obama ‘signals intelligence speech’ (9/15) 2: Reno brief (9/15) | Students express topic preferences |
| 3: Sept 24 | Internet Intermediary Liability | 3: OECD policy analysis memo (9/22) 4: Congressional hearing writing assignments (9/24) | Topics and groups assigned |
| 4: Oct 1 | Fourth Amendment Fundamentals | 5: Team Interest Report (9/29) | Communication workshop |
| 5: Oct 8 | Electronic Surveillance, Internet Data and Pervasive Sensor Networks | Detailed Plan | |
| 6: Oct 15 | Consumer Privacy Protection in the United States | 6: Detailed Plan (10/13) | Communication workshop |
| 7: Oct 22 | Privacy Across Borders | Project Proposal | |
| 8: Oct 29 | Cybersecurity | 7: Project Proposal (10/30) | Communication workshops |
| 9: Nov 5 | Moot court on new surveillance methods | Partial Draft | |
| 10: Nov 12 | Basics of Copyright and Patent Law | 8: First (Partial) Draft(11/13) | Communication workshop |
| 11: Nov 19 | Online Copyright | Complete draft | |
| Thanksgiving (Nov 26-27) | 9: Complete draft (Wednesday 11/25) | ||
| 12: Dec 3 | Net Neutrality | ||
| 13: Dec 10 | Final project presentations | 10: Final Draft | Final draft |
Student Papers
| Aneesh Agrawal, Andrew Bartow, and James Loving | Improving the security of home application distribution |
| Bao Kham Chau, Zane Markel, Danielle Man | Liability for home IoT |
| Eric Mannes, Kesiena Owho-Ovuakporie, Clark Wood | Opportunity for an FCC bully pulpit |