WWS 528F / COS 598E: Information Technology and Public Policy

Princeton University

Spring 2006

Instructor: Edward W. Felten

Readings

The schedule and reading list are subject to change. Please re-check this page periodically.

Date Topic Reading

Tue 7 Feb Naming and Internet Governance Kenneth Neil Cukier, Who Will Control the Internet?, Foreign Affairs, Nov./Dec. 2005.
Kenneth Neil Cukier, No Joke, Foreign Affairs online update, Dec. 28, 2005

Tue 14 Feb Regulation and Borders Jack L. Goldsmith, Against Cyberanarchy, U. Chicago Law Review, Fall 1998.
David G. Post, Against 'Against Cyberanarchy', Berkeley Tech. Law Journal, Fall 2002.

Tue 21 Feb Privacy Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 3.0), Illinois Law Review, 2006.

Tue 28 Feb Spectrum Policy Kevin Werbach, Radio Revolution: The Coming Age of Unlicensed Wireless, New America Foundation, 2004.
Gerald R. Faulhaber and David Farber, Spectrum Management: Property Rights, Markets, and the Commons, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2003.

Tue 7 Mar Copyright William M. Landes and Douglas Lichtman. Indirect Liability for Copyright Infringement: An Economic Perspective. U. Chicago Law and Economics Working Paper, Feb. 2003.
Supreme Court decision in MGM v. Grokster, 2005.

Tue 14 Mar Competition Carl Shapiro, Competition Policy in the Information Economy, 1999.
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Pro-Innovation Competition Policy: Microsoft and Beyond, 2003.

Tue 28 Mar FCC Phone Information Privacy Proceeding Notice of proposed rulemaking

Tue 4 Apr Virtual Worlds Julian Dibbell, The Unreal Estate Boom, Wired, January 2003.
James Grimmelmann, Virtual Worlds as Comparative Law, New York Law School Law Review, 2004.
Edward Castranova, The Right to Play, New York Law School Law Review, 2004.
Optional: Try out a virtual world: Second Life (membership is free).

Tue 11 Apr Network Neutrality Tim Wu. The Broadband Debate: A User's Guide. Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 3, No. 69, 2004.

Tue 18 Apr Computer Security Wikipedia entries for computer virus, computer worm, botnet
The Weakest Link, The Economist, Oct 24, 2002.
Douglas Barnes, Deworming the Internet, Texas Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1, Nov. 2004.

Tue 25 Apr Television Marguerite Reardon, The Internet and the future of TV, News.com, October 31, 2005.
Prime Time No More: The Television Industry Struggles Against Digital Distribution Upstarts, Knowledge@Wharton, April 5 2006.
Andrew Wallenstein, Slingbox could spark new lawsuits, Hollywood Reporter, July 6 2005.

Tue 2 May Telecom, VoIP, and Wiretapping Federal Communications Commission, VoIP / Internet Voice Fact Sheet.
Orin S. Kerr, Internet Surveillance Law After the USA Patriot Act: The Big Brother That Isn't, Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 97, 2003. (Part I (pp. 610-623) only)
Charlie Savage, Wiretaps Said to Sift All Overseas Contacts, Boston Globe, Dec. 23, 2005.
K.A. Taipale, Whispering Wires and Warrantless Wiretaps: Data Mining and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, NYU Rev. Law & Security, Spring 2006.

Date	Topic	Reading
Tue 7 Feb	Naming and Internet Governance	Kenneth Neil Cukier, Who Will Control the Internet?, Foreign Affairs, Nov./Dec. 2005. Kenneth Neil Cukier, No Joke, Foreign Affairs online update, Dec. 28, 2005
Tue 14 Feb	Regulation and Borders	Jack L. Goldsmith, Against Cyberanarchy, U. Chicago Law Review, Fall 1998. David G. Post, Against 'Against Cyberanarchy', Berkeley Tech. Law Journal, Fall 2002.
Tue 21 Feb	Privacy	Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 3.0), Illinois Law Review, 2006.
Tue 28 Feb	Spectrum Policy	Kevin Werbach, Radio Revolution: The Coming Age of Unlicensed Wireless, New America Foundation, 2004. Gerald R. Faulhaber and David Farber, Spectrum Management: Property Rights, Markets, and the Commons, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2003.
Tue 7 Mar	Copyright	William M. Landes and Douglas Lichtman. Indirect Liability for Copyright Infringement: An Economic Perspective. U. Chicago Law and Economics Working Paper, Feb. 2003. Supreme Court decision in MGM v. Grokster, 2005.
Tue 14 Mar	Competition	Carl Shapiro, Competition Policy in the Information Economy, 1999. Timothy F. Bresnahan, Pro-Innovation Competition Policy: Microsoft and Beyond, 2003.
Tue 28 Mar	FCC Phone Information Privacy Proceeding	Notice of proposed rulemaking
Tue 4 Apr	Virtual Worlds	Julian Dibbell, The Unreal Estate Boom, Wired, January 2003. James Grimmelmann, Virtual Worlds as Comparative Law, New York Law School Law Review, 2004. Edward Castranova, The Right to Play, New York Law School Law Review, 2004. Optional: Try out a virtual world: Second Life (membership is free).
Tue 11 Apr	Network Neutrality	Tim Wu. The Broadband Debate: A User's Guide. Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 3, No. 69, 2004.
Tue 18 Apr	Computer Security	Wikipedia entries for computer virus, computer worm, botnet The Weakest Link, The Economist, Oct 24, 2002. Douglas Barnes, Deworming the Internet, Texas Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1, Nov. 2004.
Tue 25 Apr	Television	Marguerite Reardon, The Internet and the future of TV, News.com, October 31, 2005. Prime Time No More: The Television Industry Struggles Against Digital Distribution Upstarts, Knowledge@Wharton, April 5 2006. Andrew Wallenstein, Slingbox could spark new lawsuits, Hollywood Reporter, July 6 2005.
Tue 2 May	Telecom, VoIP, and Wiretapping	Federal Communications Commission, VoIP / Internet Voice Fact Sheet. Orin S. Kerr, Internet Surveillance Law After the USA Patriot Act: The Big Brother That Isn't, Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 97, 2003. (Part I (pp. 610-623) only) Charlie Savage, Wiretaps Said to Sift All Overseas Contacts, Boston Globe, Dec. 23, 2005. K.A. Taipale, Whispering Wires and Warrantless Wiretaps: Data Mining and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, NYU Rev. Law & Security, Spring 2006.