WWS 586F / COS 598E: Information Technology and Public Policy

Princeton University

Spring 2008

Instructor: Edward W. Felten

Readings

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

Date Topic Reading

Feb 5, 7 Electronic Voting U.S. Election Assistance Commission, U.S. Constitutional Provisions [Regarding Elections]
Pew Center on the States, The Help America Vote Act at 5, 2007
Clive Thompson, Can You Count on Voting MAchines?, New York Times Magazine, January 6, 2008

Feb 12, 14 Naming and Internet Governance Kathleen Fuller, ICANN: The Debate Over Governing the Internet, Duke Law and Technology Review, 2001
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

Feb 19, 21 Regulation and Borders David R. Johnson and David G. Post. Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace. 48 Stanford Law Review 1367, 1996 (abridged).
Jack L. Goldsmith, Against Cyberanarchy, U. Chicago Law Review, Fall 1998.

Feb 26, 28 Privacy Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 3.0), Illinois Law Review, 2006.

Mar 4, 6 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. Drew Clark, Spectrum Wars, National Journal Technology Daily, Feb. 18, 2005.

Mar 11, 13 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.

Mar 25, 27 Competition Carl Shapiro, Competition Policy in the Information Economy, 1999.
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Pro-Innovation Competition Policy: Microsoft and Beyond, 2003.

Apr 1, 3 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.
Julian Dibbell, Dragon Slayers or Tax Evaders?, Legal Affairs, Jan./Feb. 2006. Try out a virtual world: Second Life (membership is free).

Apr 8 Network Neutrality Tim Wu. The Broadband Debate: A User's Guide. Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 3, No. 69, 2004.

Apr 10 E-Government Beth Simone Noveck. Wiki-Government. Democracy, Winter 2008.

Apr 15, 17 Offshoring, Immigration, and Globalization ACM Task Force on Job Migration. Globalization and Offshoring of Software: Overview. 2006. (This is one chapter from a longer report.)

Apr 22, 24 Computer Security Wikipedia entries for computer virus, computer worm, botnet
Douglas Barnes, Deworming the Internet, Texas Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1, Nov. 2004.

Apr 29, May 1 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
Feb 5, 7	Electronic Voting	U.S. Election Assistance Commission, U.S. Constitutional Provisions [Regarding Elections] Pew Center on the States, The Help America Vote Act at 5, 2007 Clive Thompson, Can You Count on Voting MAchines?, New York Times Magazine, January 6, 2008
Feb 12, 14	Naming and Internet Governance	Kathleen Fuller, ICANN: The Debate Over Governing the Internet, Duke Law and Technology Review, 2001 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
Feb 19, 21	Regulation and Borders	David R. Johnson and David G. Post. Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace. 48 Stanford Law Review 1367, 1996 (abridged). Jack L. Goldsmith, Against Cyberanarchy, U. Chicago Law Review, Fall 1998.
Feb 26, 28	Privacy	Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 3.0), Illinois Law Review, 2006.
Mar 4, 6	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.	Drew Clark, Spectrum Wars, National Journal Technology Daily, Feb. 18, 2005.
Mar 11, 13	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.
Mar 25, 27	Competition	Carl Shapiro, Competition Policy in the Information Economy, 1999. Timothy F. Bresnahan, Pro-Innovation Competition Policy: Microsoft and Beyond, 2003.
Apr 1, 3	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. Julian Dibbell, Dragon Slayers or Tax Evaders?, Legal Affairs, Jan./Feb. 2006. Try out a virtual world: Second Life (membership is free).
Apr 8	Network Neutrality	Tim Wu. The Broadband Debate: A User's Guide. Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 3, No. 69, 2004.
Apr 10	E-Government	Beth Simone Noveck. Wiki-Government. Democracy, Winter 2008.
Apr 15, 17	Offshoring, Immigration, and Globalization	ACM Task Force on Job Migration. Globalization and Offshoring of Software: Overview. 2006. (This is one chapter from a longer report.)
Apr 22, 24	Computer Security	Wikipedia entries for computer virus, computer worm, botnet Douglas Barnes, Deworming the Internet, Texas Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1, Nov. 2004.
Apr 29, May 1	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.