Infosys 204: Fall 2002 - Part II
Information Users and Society
Professor Pam Samuelson

• Writing assignments
  1. Due October 29
  Fair Use For Computer Programs and Other Copyrightable Works in Digital Form: The Implications of Sony, Galoob and Sega, 1 J. Intell. Prop. L. 49 (1993)
  2. Due November 14
  3. Due December 6

• October 17 *** Introduction to Information Policy
  Five Challenges for Regulating the Global Information Society In REGULATING THE GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY (Chris Marsden ed., Routledge, 2000).
  

• October 22 *** Balancing Interests of Employers andEmployees: Trade Secrecy and
  Non-compete Agreements
  Wexler v. Greenberg, 160 A.2d 430 (Pa. Sup. Ct. 1960). *Pennsylvania Supreme Court *
  Cybertek v. Whitfield, 203 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 1020 (Ca. Sup. Ct. 1977)
  KGB, Inc. v. Giannoulas, 164 Cal.Rptr. 571, 211 U.S.P.Q. 285 (1980)

• October 24 ***Balancing Interests of Employers and Employees: Default Rules of Copyright and Patent Law
  Aymes v. Bonelli, 980 F. 2d 857 (2nd Cir. 1992)
  Aetna Standard v. Rowland, 228 U.S.P.Q (BNA) 292 (Pa. Sup. Ct 1985)

• October 29 *** Copyright Protection for Databases Protection for Databases
  Feist v. Rural
  MacLean-Hunter

• October 31 *** Limits of Copyright Protection for Databases
  Warren v. Microdos, http://laws.findlaw.com/11th/938474OP.html
  NBA v. Motorola 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir.1996), http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/2nd/967975.html

• November 5 *** New Forms of Legal Protection for Databases
  EU Directive,http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=32001L0029&model=guichett
  Reichman and Uhlir, Database Protection at the Crossroads: Recent Developments and their Impact on Science and Technology, 14 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 793.
  

• November 7 *** Mass-Market Licenses for Computer Information
  Pro CD v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)
  UCITA provisions( Model Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (1999)), sections 105, 112, and 209
  Niva Elkin-Koren, Copyright Policy and the Limits of Freedom of Contract, 12 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 93 (1997)
  

• November 12 *** Consumer Protection Issues in Information Licensing
  Mortensen
  Williams v. AOL
  UCITA provisionsModel Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (1999), 113; reread 401-409
  Memo from Jean Braucher Regarding Consumer Objections to UCITA,
  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/warranty/comments/braucherjean.pdf

• November 14 *** Liability for Defective Information
  Cardozo v. True, Fla.App., 342 So.2d 1053 (Fl. Ct. App. 1997).
  Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Jeppesen & Company, 642 F.2d 339 (9th Cir. 1981)
  P. Samuelson, Liability for Defective Electronic Information, Comm of the ACM, January 1993, Vol. 36, No.1, pp.213-218.
  UCITA provisions

• November 19 *** Liability for Insecure Systems
  David L. Gripman, The Doors are Locked But the Theives and Vandals are Still Getting In: A Proposal in Tort to Alleviate Corporate America's Cyber-Crime Problem, 16 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 167 (1997)

• November 21 *** Government Policy on Computers
  Critical Infrastructure Report: National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace , http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/
  
  

• November 26 Information Privacy: The European Approach
  EU Directive: European Community Directive on Data Protection (1995)
  

• November 28 No class - Thanksgiving
  
  

• December 3 Information Privacy: The U.S. Debate
  Joel Reidenberg, Setting Standards for Fair Information Practice in the U.S. Private Sector, 80 Iowa L. Rev. 497 (1995)
  FTC Report: Federal Tarde Commission, Privacy Online: Fair Information Practices in the Electronic Marketplace - A Report to Congress, May 2000, http://www.ftc.gov/os/2000/05/index.htm#22

• December 5 Publication of Intercepted Private Communications
  Bartnicki
  
  
  
  Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:30-4:00 at 305B South Hall or by appointment
  Email: pam@sims.berkeley.edu
  Phone: (510) 642-6775
  

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