CECS311

Fall 2009

Resource Materials

1.      Federal

• US Constitution
  US Constitution (FindLaw)
  or
  US Constitution (Cornell University)
• United States Code
1. US House of Representatives
   United States Code
   or
   Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute
   United States Code
   For specific US Code sections listed below, insert title & section on search screen:
   US Code Search Screen  (House) 
   or
   US Code Search Screen  (Cornell)
2. See Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 
• 18 USC § 1030  (Cornell)
3. See Electronic Communications Privacy Act
• 18 USC § 2510 & 18 USC § 2701  (Cornell)
4. See Wire Fraud and Mail Fraud Statutes
• 18 USC § 1341  (Cornell)
5. See Credit Card Abuse
• 18 USC § 1029  (Cornell)
6. See Privacy Protection Act of 1980
• 42 USC § 2000aa
7. See Privacy Protection Act of 1974
• 5 USC § 552
8. See Copyright Statutes
• 17 USC § 101et. seq. (Cornell) 
• Criminal infringement 18 USC § 2319  (Cornell)
9. See Patent Statutes
• 35 USC § 1 et. seq. (Cornell)
10. See Trademark Statutes (Lanham Act)
• 15 USC § 1051 et. seq. (Cornell)
11. See Telecommunications Act (includes Communications Decency Act)
• Telecommunications Act (Cornell) 47 U.S.C. 151
  Communications Decency Act (House of Representatives) 47 U.S.C. 223 (Cornell) which covers obscene or indecent messages
12. See Child Pornography Statute
• 18 USC § 2252  (Cornell)
13. See FCC Restrictions on Obscene and Indecent Telephone Transmissions
• 47 USC § 223  (Cornell)
• US Supreme Court decisions: 1990 - present  (Cornell University) [Note:  Decisions after October, 1997 are in Adobe PDF format.]
• Supreme Court Decisions: 1937-1975   [Fedworld]
• Supreme Court Decisions: 1998- present   [FindLaw]  

• US Court of Appeals decisions
1. 1^st Circuit (1^st Circuit) or 1st Circuit (Emory University) [November 1995 to 2001])
   Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island
2. 2nd Circuit (2^nd Circuit)
   Connecticut, New York, Vermont [January 1995 to present]
3. 3rd Circuit  (Villanova University)
   Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania [May 1994 to present]
4. 4^th Circuit (4^th  Circuit) or 4th Circuit (Emory University) [January 1995 to July 2001]
   Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
5. 5th Circuit (5th Circuit)
   Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas [1991 to present]
6. 6th Circuit (6th Circuit) [July 1999 to present] or 6th Circuit (Emory University) [January 1995 to June 1999]
   Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee [January 1995 to present]
7. 7th Circuit (7th Circuit)
   Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin [Searchable from May 1995 to present, browsable from January 1993 to present]
8. 8th Circuit (8th Circuit) 
   Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota [December 1995 to present]
9. 9th Circuit (9th Circuit) 
   Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington [June 1995 to present]
10. 10th Circuit (10th Circuit) [1995 to present]  10th Circuit (Emory University) [1995 to Sept. 1997]
    Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming
11. 11th Circuit (11^th  Circuit) or 11th Circuit (Emory University) [November 1994 to March 2003]
    Alabama, Florida, Georgia [November 1994 to present]
12. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or  U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal District (Emory University)  [August 1995 to August 2001] or alternate site (Georgetown University)
13. U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Georgetown University) [February 1995 to present]   or United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• US District Court decisions
1. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi [1994 to present]
2. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
   Some judicial opinions available in Word Perfect 7.0 format
3. View other district courts available on the web via US Court’s links screen organized by Circuit
4. United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
  FRCP (Cornell University)
• Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE)
  FRE (Cornell University)
• Federal Regulations (CFR)
1. CFR or via GPO Access to CFR
2. See FCC Obscenity Regulations
• 47 CFR 64.201
3. The Federal Register
• Search Register        

For general information and to learn more about the Federal Court system see the US Courts web site which includes a US map and  listing of the courts and a  PDF file entitled "Understanding the Federal Courts"  which contains clickable references about the court system. 

  2.      State (Commonwealth of Kentucky)

• Ky Constitution
• Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
• Kentucky Revised Statues (KRS) 
• Unlawful Access to a Computer:   KRS 434.840--.860 (PDF) Legislative Research Commission  This statute was revised by HB 193 during the 2002 legislative session. See KRS 532.020 for penalties for offenses.
• Ky Trademarks and Service Marks Statutes (PDF)
  KRS 365.561--.695
• Ky Trade Secrets Act (PDF)
  KRS 365.880--.900 
• Kentucky Administrative Regulations (KAR)
• Kentucky Attorney General  
  Includes AG opinions and Consumer Law information
• Kentucky Court of Justice, Administrative Office of the Court includes links to Kentucky Court System
• Kentucky Supreme Court, see Ky Constitution § 110 (Some published opinions available)
• Court of Appeals, see Ky Constitution  § 111
• Circuit Court (trial court of general jurisdiction), see Ky Constitution § 112
• District Court (trial court of limited jurisdiction), see Ky Constitution § 113
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Legal References (KBA)

3.      Other

1.      Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct  (See also Bylaw 15)
• Software Engineering Code of Ethics (PDF) (Version 5.2 adopted by ACM and IEEE Computer Society) (from October 1999 issue of IEEE’s Computer) or PDF copy of Software Engineering Code of Ethics via CECS311ClassSite

2.      Report of Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Volume I, Chapter 8  History as Cause: Columbia and Challenger

3.      Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (Illinois Institute of Technology)   

• "Thinking Like an Engineer:  The Place of a Code of Ethics," Michael Davis, discussing the Challenger
  Disaster, Copyright 1991 Princeton University Press
• "Technology, Values, and Ethics: A Framework" (PDF),  Michael Davis, paper given at a GTE  Lecture at the University of Wisconsin Center/Fond du Lac, October 13, 1992
• "Engineering Codes of Ethics: Analysis and Applications" (PDF),  Heinz C Luegenbiehl and Michael Davis, unpublished paper July 10, 1992
• Links to Other Professional Codes of Ethics 

4.      Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics (Harvard University)

5.      Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (National Academy of Engineering)

6.      Sapere Aude!  (The Life and Ideas of Immanuel Kant) by Anja Steinbauer (Philosophy Now: A Magazine of Ideas)

7.      Cyberlaw & Society – Canadian lawyer’s site of links and other cyberlaw information (Justin J. Walsh)

8.      Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Advocacy group promoting online civil rights and public interest legislation

9.      Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) - Rules for resolving domain name disputes: Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)

10.      Law Crawler A Search Tool for Finding Legal Materials on the Web

11.  Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe (Signon-from UofL)

12.  Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), see below (item 4 at end)

13.  Shepard’s Quick Reference Guide (PDF) (LexisNexis PDF file 2.94MB)

14.  Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) (formerly known as Uniform Commercial Code Article 2B which addresses software licensing)

• UCITA as approved and recommended for enactment by the states by NCCUSL
  This draft was approved and recommended at the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) at its July 23-30, 1999 convention in Denver, Colorado (University of Pennsylvania)
• James S. Huggins’ Collection of UCITA information, James S. Huggins’ Refrigerator Door

15.  U.S. Copyright Office

16.  U.S. Department of Justice

17.  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

18.  Online Technology Related Law Journals

• Berkeley Technology Law Journal  
• Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
• Journal of Online Law  (College of William and Mary – Ceased publication in 2001)
• Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review  
• Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
• Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal

Cases / Related Readings

• Jurisdictional Issues - Supplemental Info Available 

1.      U.S. v. Thomas, 1996 FED App. 0032P (6th Cir.) or U.S. v. Thomas,  74 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996), reh'g, en banc, denied, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 4529 (6th Cir. Mar. 12, 1996), cert.denied, 519 U.S. 820 (1996)

2.      Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King, (The "Blue Note" case), (S.D.N.Y. 1996), affirmed 126 F.3d. 25 (2d Cir. September 10, 1997), Docket No. 96-9344, No. 1383

3.      State of Minnesota v. Granite Gate Resources, Inc. d/b/a On Ramp Internet Computer Services, Minnesota Court of Appeals C6-97-89 (File C6957227), September 5, 1997 Online gambling jurisdiction case

4.      Hall v. LaRonde (Word format), or Hall v. LaRonde (PDF format) , California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Division 6, 2d Civil No. B017423 (Superior Court No. 165815, Ventura County), August 7, 1997

• Copyright/Patent/Trademark

1.      Lotus v. Borland, 513 U.S.233, __ S.Ct. __ (January 16, 1996) affirming Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., ___ F. 3rd ___, No. 93-2214 (1st Cir. 1995) See Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., 788 F. Supp. 78 [ 22 USPQ2d 1641] (D. Mass. 1992) ("Borland I"); Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., 799 F. Supp. 203 (D. Mass. 1992) ("Borland II"); Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., 831 F. Supp. 202 [ 30 USPQ2d 1081 ] (D. Mass. 1993) ("Borland III"); Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., 831 F. Supp. 223 [ 30 USPQ2d 1081] (D. Mass. 1993) ("Borland IV"). [740 F. Supp. 37 (D.Mass. 1990)]

2.      Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340, 111 S. Ct. 1282 (1991)

3.      Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena, 839 F.Supp. 1552 (M.D.Fla. 1993)

4.      Sega Enterprises Ltd.v. Maphia, 30 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1921 (N.D.Cal. 1994)

5.      Hasbro v. Internet Entertainment, (W.D.Wa. 1996) "CANDYLAND" case

6.      The Comp Examiner Agency v. Juris, Inc., CV 96-0213 (C.D. Cal. April 25, 1996)

• Contract/Licensing

1.      ProCD, Inc. v. Matthew Zeidenberg and Silken Mountain Web Services, Inc., 86 F.3d 144, 39 USPQ2d 1161 (CA 7), (7th Cir. No. 96-1139 June 20, 1996) reversing ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 908 F. Supp. 640 (W.D. Wis. 1996)

• Criminal Law

1.      United States v. Robert Morris, 928 F2d 504 (2d Cir 1991)

2.      Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. U.S. Secret Service, 816 F.Supp. 432 (W.D. Texas 1993), aff'd. 36 F. 3rd 457 (5th Cir. 1994)

3.      United States v. LaMacchia, 871 F. Supp. 535 (D. Mass. 1994)

• Civil Law/1st Amendment/Freedom of Expression Supplemental Info Available 

1.      Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S. Ct. 2607 (1973) re'hg denied, 414 U.S. 881, 84 S. Ct. 26 (1973) (Search by case name from FedWorld  to view case.)

2.      FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726, 98 S.Ct. 3026 (1978), "The 7 dirty words case"

3.      Sable Communications v. FCC, 492 U.S. 115, 109 S. Ct. 2829 (1989)

4.      Dial Information v. Thornburgh, 938 F.2d 1535 (2nd Cir. 1991)

5.      Info Providers Coalition v. FCC, 928 F.2d 866 (9th Cir 1991)

6.      Cubby, Inc. v. Compuserve, Inc., 766 F. Supp. 135 (SDNY 1991)

7.      U.S. v. Thomas, 1996 FED App. 0032P (6th Cir.) or U.S. v. Thomas, F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996), U.S. v. Thomas, Case No. 94-20019-G (W.D. Tenn. 1994)

8.      Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co., No. 31063/94 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. May 25, 1995)

9.      Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-line Communication Services, Inc.

10.  ACLU v. Reno, No. 96-963 (E.D. Penn. June 11, 1996),
affirmed U.S. Supreme Court No. 96-511 decided June 26, 1997 .

• Antitrust

1.      U.S. v. Microsoft Corp., 56 F.3d 1448 (D.D.C. 1995)

2.      Antitrust Case Filings, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

• Privacy Related Issues

1.      Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Advocacy group promoting online civil rights and public interest legislation

2.      TrustE (formerly ETrust), Developed privacy program and web site disclosure standards

3.      Employee Monitoring: Is There Privacy in the Workplace?, FAQ Fact Sheet prepared by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

4.      Center for Democracy and Technology, includes ways to protect privacy online

• E-Mail in the Workplace Junk Mail/SPAM Supplemental Info Available 

1.      Bourke v. Nissan,No. B068705, June 26, 1993

2.      Shoars v. Epson America Inc., No. B 073234, April 14, 1994

3.      Smyth v. Pillsbury Co.,914 F. Supp. 97 (E.D. Pa. 1996)

4.      Cyber Promotions v. America OnLine, Inc, 948 F.Supp. 436 (E.D. Pa. 1996),  1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16237 [May also use Academic Universe, search in “Federal Case Law: Get a Case”  using  party names or citation]

• Electronic Signatures

1.      Kentucky Electronic Signatures Page (Note: The original electronic signatures statute was superceded in August 2000 by the new statute below.)

2.      Kentucky Electronic Transactions Act (KRS 369.101 - 359.120)   (PDF format for each section) 

• Encryption, Personal Security and National Security

1.       Bernstein v. U.S. Dept. of State (Bernstein I), 922 F.Supp. 1426 (N.D.Cal. April 15, 1996), Bernstein v. U.S. Dept. of State (Bernstein II), 945 F. Supp. 1279 (N.D. Cal. December 9, 1996),  Bernstein v. U.S. Dept. of State (Bernstein III), 974 F. Supp.1288 (N.D.Cal. August 25, 1997,   9th Circuit Stay of Bernstein III injunction, September 22, 1997, Transcript of Hearing before 9th Circuit, December 8, 1997 9th Circuit affirming Berstein  May 6, 1999.  For recent filings and briefs (including US government efforts for re-hearing click here.) (Courtesy of Electronic Frontier Foundation) 

2.      The Applied Cryptography Case (Case history and exhibits or Internet Archive),  Karn v. U.S. Dept. of State (Karn I), 925 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. March 22,1996),  Karn v. U.S. Dept of State, 107 F.3d 923 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the  DC Circuit Court January 21, 1997)(Appeals court rules to remand back to D.C. District Court) (Karn II),  Judge Oberdorfer grants hearing (Beginning of Karn III),(D.D.C. February 18, 1999) (Courtesy of Phil Karn and Internet Archive, www.archive.org )

3.      Junger v. Christopher, now Junger v. Daley (Professor Junger's history of the case),   Junger v. Daley, 8 F.Supp. 2d 708, 1998 US Dist LEXIS 10225 (N.D. Ohio July 2, 1998),  Appeal to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellant brief of Peter Junger, March 10, 1999   (Courtesy of Professor Peter D. Junger (deceased November 2006) and Internet Archive, www.archive.org),   Junger v. Daley, 209 F3d 481(6th Cir 2000) (PDF) decided April 4, 2000 

4.      Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

• International PGP Home Page 
• http://www.pgp.com/ (PGP Corporation) 

Comments/suggestions/corrections regarding this page should be sent to:   Professor King

© Copyright 2009  All Rights Reserved David. D. King

  Use of this page for non profit educational purposes is granted provided the source is credited.
Special thanks to Professor Margaret Chon at Seattle University School of Law, Professor Emeritus Peter Junger of Case Western Reserve University, Phil Karn and EFF for access to several cases.