Infosys 204

Fall, 2003

Information Law and Policy – Part One

Readings

Topic Readings

1. Introduction to Information Policy 5 Challenges

Barlow, Declaration

2. Balancing Interests of Employers and Wexler

Employees: Trade Secrecy and Cybertek

Non-compete Agreements KGB

3. Balancing Interests of Employers and Aymes v. Bonelli

Employees: Default Rules of Copyright Aetna Standard

and Patent Law

4. Copyright Protection for Databases Feist v. Rural

Protection for Databases MacLean-Hunter

5. Limits of Copyright Protection for Warren v. Microdos

Databases NBA v. Motorola

6. New Forms of Legal Protection EU Directive

for Databases Reichman & Uhlir

7. Mass-Market Licenses for Computer ProCD v. Zeidenberg

Information UCITA provisions

Elkin-Koren, BTLJ

8. Consumer Protection Issues in Mortensen

Information Licensing Williams v. AOL

UCITA provisions

Braucher memo

9. Liability for Defective Information Cardozo v. True

Aetna v. Jeppesen

Samuelson CACM

UCITA provisions

10. Liability for Insecure Systems Gripman

11. Government Policy on Computer Critical Infrastructure Report

12. Information Privacy: The European Approach EU Directive

13. Information Privacy: The U.S. Debate Reidenberg

FTC Report

14. Publication of Intercepted Private Bartnicki

Communications