INFOSYS 204
Information Users and Society
Professors Van House and Samuelson

SYLLABUS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE TERM

October 19

Tensions Inherent in the Regulation of Information

• Boyle, James. "A Theory of Law and Information: Copyright, Spleens, Blackmail, and Insider Trading." 80 Cal. L. Rev. 1413 (1992), pp. 1413-1470.
  

October 24

More on Tensions in Regulating Information

• Boyle, James. "A Theory of Law and Information: Copyright, Spleens, Blackmail, and Insider Trading." 80 Cal. L. Rev. 1413 (1992), pp. 1470-1540.

Balancing Interests in Information Appropriation Cases

• Warren v. Microdos, http://laws.findlaw.com/11th/938474OP.html
• National Basketball Association v. Motorola, 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir.1996)

October 31

Concerns about New Legislation to Protect Data Compilations

• European Council Directive for the Protection of Databases (1996)
• Reichman and Uhlir, Database Protection at the Crossroads: Recent Developments and their Impact on Science and Technology, 14 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 793.

November 2

Mass-Market Licensing of Data Compilations and Software

• Pro CD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)
  
• 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 7

Liability for Defective Information & Insecure Systems

• 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)
  
• Pamela Samuelson, Liability for Defective Electronic Information, Communications of the ACM, January 1993, Vol. 36, No.1, pp.213-218.
  
• Model Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (1999), Part 4, Warranties
• 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)

Waiving Liability by Contract & Other Consumer Portection Issues in Information Licensing

• Model Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (1999), 113; reread 401-409
• Robert Gomulkiewicz, The License is the Product: Comments on the Promise of Article 2B for Software and Information Licensing, 13 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 891 (1998)
• Jean Braucher, Memo from Jean Braucher Regarding Consumer Objections to UCITA, http://www.4cite.org/braucher.html
  

Balancing Interests of Employees and Employers: 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)
• Bayer v. Roche Molecular, 72 F. Supp. 2d 1111 (Cal. D.C. 1999)
• Electro Optical v. White, 76 Cal. App. 4th 653 (Ca. App. Ct. 1999)
  
• KGB, Inc. v. Giannoulas, 164 Cal.Rptr. 571, 211 U.S.P.Q. 285 (1980)
  

Balancing Interests of Employees and Employers: 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)
  
  

November 21

Information Privacy: The European Approach

• European Community Directive on Data Protection (1995)
• Joel Reidenberg, Setting Standards for Fair Information Practice in the U.S. Private Sector, 80 Iowa L. Rev. 497 (1995)

Information Privacy: The U.S. Debate

• 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
• Solveig Singleton, Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 295: Privacy as Censorship, January 22, 1998, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html
  

November 30

Regulation of Encryption & Infrastructure

• Bernstein v. United States, 176 F. 3d 1132 (9th Cir. 1997)
• US Telecom v. FCC, --- F.3d ----, 2000 WL 1059852 (D.C.Cir. Aug 15, 2000), http://www.epic.org/calea/dc_cir_decision.html
• Froomkin, A. Michael, "It Came From Planet Clipper: The Battle over Cryptographic Key 'Escrow.' " 1996 Law of Cyberspace issue of the University of Chicago Legal Forum, p. 15 (October 1996).
  
  

December 5

Regulating Harmful Content by Law

• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union et al. 117 S.Ct. 2329 (1997)
• Lawrence Lessig & Paul Resnick, Zoning Speech on the Internet: A Legal and Technical Model, 98 Mich. L. Rev. 395 (1999)

December 7

Regulating Harmful Content by Other Means

• Balkin et al., Filtering the Internet: A Best Practices Model, http://www.law.yale.edu/infosociety/filtering_report.html
  
  
  

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