CECS 311

Ethics, Social and Legal Aspects on the Electronic Frontier
University of Louisville
Fall 2011
Topic Outline/Class Schedule

Note:  This schedule is subject to change during the semester.  Check web page/class listserv for updates.

or   highlights any items added or revised after August 22, 2011.

Date

Topic

Readings

Also see online reading and resource list which is updated during the semester.

08-22 M

08-24 W

King  & Losavio

Introduction to Class/
Review Course Plans

Visit UofL Blackboard web site https://blackboard.louisville.edu/ and

Visit CECS311 Class Home Page: http://louisville.edu/faculty/ddking01/cecs311.html (plone)

Review resources for class available on the Blackboard Class website.

The class will use the CECS311 Topic Outline/Class Schedule (this web page) for the general topic and class schedule of topics and reading assignments.  Particluar assignments and specifics will be provided in class and via the Blackboard class web site.  For example, see class website on Blackboard regarding reading assignments in Course Documents that are contained in publications of the ACM and legal decisions sections of Course Documents.

Read [CACM Bruckman]

See Blackboard Course Documents regarding service learning project. Discuss formation of teams.

Send e-mail to Professor King by 5:00 PM on 08/23/11 (Tues) with your e-mail address for class listserv.

Information provided regarding Americana and Portland Plaza on Wed regarding team service projects.

Legal Framework

08-24 W

08-29 M 

King & Losavio

Overview of the U.S. Legal System
Applying the Law to an Online World
The pace of technology change versus the pace of legal change
Case study - The Online Provider- Broadcaster, Publisher, Bookstore, Distributor, or Common Carrier?
Drawing analogies from prior fact situations

Federal Practice Toolbelt for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Constitution 

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Court of Justice, Commonwealth of Kentucky
http://www.kycourts.net 

The Role of Analogies in Legal Analysis: The Internet as a "Copier:" Religious Technology Ctr. vs. Netcom On-Line Comm. Servs., 1997 U.S. LEXIS 23572 (N.D. Cal. 1977) and the Internet as a Library or an Encyclopedia MAINSTREAM LOUDOUN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LOUDOUN COUNTY LIBRARY,2 F. Supp. 2d 783 (E.D. Va. 1998)

09-07 W

4:30PM Deadline for finalizing team membership – team leader to send e-mail with team membership for team project.  (Send list of team members by e-mail to Professors King and Losavio.)

08-31 W

09-07 W

King  & Losavio

Procedural and Jurisdictional Issues

Whose Law Applies?
Federal District/Court of Appeals/Supreme Court progression

MGM vs. Grokster Triology– Read only the District court opinion specified.  See Blackboard class web site for details.

In addition to the above reading, specific cases will be assigned to individuals for sharing with on the listserv/Blackboard Discussion Board and/or in class. (Focus only on the jurisdiction aspects of the case.) Cases presented in class will be on 09/07.

09-05 M

Labor Day Holiday- No class

09-16 Fri

4:30 PM Deadline for sending Electronic Comment/Assignment (either via e-mail to Class CECS311 Listserv or posting on Blackboard Class Discussion Board.) (Topic will be provided.)

Professional and Ethical Issues Relating to Computer Technology

09-12 M

09-14 W

Losavio & King

Ethical Philosophy

Is Computing a Profession? Should it be?

The interplay of Law, Ethics and Daily Life     

1.      Book I, Nicomachean Ethics By Aristotle Translated by W. D. Ross

2.      Book I, Part 1, Metaphysics By Aristotle Translated by W. D. Ross

See Blackboard class web site for Communications of the ACM reading assignments: [CACM Denning 1], [CACM Denning 2], [CACM Laudon], [DB Conger], [DB Linderman], [DB Ellis]

Are “Computer Ethics” different from other “Ethics”?

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

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech: Chapter 1, pp. 1-34, Chapter 2, pp. 35-74, and Chapter 3, pp. 75-100.

09-14 W

09-19 M

09-21 W

King & Losavio

Overview of Ethical Issues and Ethical Decision Making relative to Information Technology

What makes a Professional?

Codes of Ethics

Professional Standards

Focus on ACM Code of Ethics and Case Studies

"Thinking Like an Engineer: The Place of a Code of Ethics," Michael Davis, discussing the Challenger Disaster, Copyright 1991 Princeton University Press

Additional readings on subsequent NASA investigations (assigned in class)

ACM Code of Ethics                                                      (Also available via ACM web site - link via CECS 311 Reading & Resource Page).

IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics of Engineers (PDF)  (Also available via CECS 311 Reading & Resource Page.

See Blackboard class web site for Communications of the ACM reading assignments: [CACM Payne]

Case Studies/Fact Situations (Handouts)

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech: Chapter 4, pp. 101-131

09-26 M 

4:30 PM Deadline for E-mail to Professors Losavio and King with “Regular” paper topic

 TBD when sent by Prof Losavio

Second Electronic Comment due by 4:30pm to CECS311 Listserv (topic to be supplied)

Intellectual Property Interests & Disputes in Cyberspace

09-26 M

09-28 W 

10-03 M

10-05 W

10-12 W

10-17 M

King

Intellectual Property Law and Legislation Involving Computers and Electronic Information Dissemination

Copyright
Patent
Trademark/Service Mark
Trade Secrets
Other Proprietary Rights

Digital Musical Recordings
Framing & Linking
Domain Name Disputes
Digitial Millenium Copyright Act
  Circumvention of protection
       systems
  Copyright management info

See Blackboard Class site for assignment regarding MGM vs. Grokster Triology– which will include reading Court of Appeals and Supreme Court opinions , CACM readings and other IP readings.

See Blackboard class web site for Communications of the ACM reading assignments: [CACM Samuelson 1], [CACM Burk], [CACM Davis], [CACM Benkler], [CACM Froomkin], [CACM O'Rourke], [CACM Samuelson 2].

Copyright Law sections
Patent Law sections
Ky Trade Secrets Act
Lanham Act (Trademarks)

Feist Publications Inc. v. Rural Tel Serv Co.. 499 U.S.340 (1991)
Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. Maphia, 857 F.Supp.679 (N.D.Cal. 1994), 948 F.Supp.923 (N.D.Cal. 1996)
Playboy Enterprises Inc. v. Frena, 839 F.Supp. 1552 (M.D.Fla. 1993)
Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc., 76 F.3d 259, 264 (9th Cir. 1996)

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech: Chapter 8, pp.229-264.

10-10 M

Mid Term Break Oct 10-11  No class

10-19 W

4:30 PM Deadline for submission of outline and bibliography for “Regular” paper.  Send via e-mail to Professors King and Losavio and to your designated “peer.”

Contracting and Licensing

10-19 W

King

Licensing and Contractual Provisions

"Shrinkwrap"
 UCITA 

ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg
Draft UCITA (formerly Article 2B) § 112, 308 (WWW)

Either

10-24 M or       10-26 W

Team Projects Preparations

Class time to work on team projects

Either

10-24 M or       10-26 W

Guest Speaker

To be announced

10-26 W

5:30PM Deadline for return of peer comments on outline to the person with whom you were reviewing.  Provide e-mail of comments to Professors King and Losavio as well.

CyberCrime and CyberRelated Crimes

10-31 M              11-02 W

 Losavio

Criminal Law and Legislation Involving Computers and Electronic Information Dissemination

Ky Computer Crime Law
KRS 434.840--.860 (WWW)

Computer Fraud & Abuse Act: 18 USCS § 1030, Credit Card Abuse: 18 USCS § 1029, Electronic Communications Privacy Act: 18 USCS § 2510--2521 and § 270 –2710; Economic Espionage Act

Steve Jackson Games v. U.S. Secret Service
U.S. v. Robert Morris
U.S. v. LaMacchia

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech: Chapter 7, pp.201-228.

Regulating Commerce and Speech in Cyberspace

11-07 M

11-09 W

King & Losavio

Freedom of Expression

Inflammatory, Offensive, Indecent or Obscene materials,

Communications Decency Act

Child Pornography Statute
FCC Obscenity Regulations

Miller v California
Communications Decency Act (WWW)
ACLU v Reno

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech: Chapter 9, section 9.7 pp. 291-295.

11-14 M

5:30PM  Recommended date for sending draft of individual paper to your designated peer for his/her review by email and sending draft of paper via e-mail to Professors King and Losavio.  Use SafeAssign assignment in Blackboard to check your paper.

11-18 Fri

5:30PM Deadline for sending draft of individual paper to your designated peer for his/her review by email and sending draft of paper via email to Professors King and Losavio.  Use SafeAssign assignment in Blackboard to check your paper.

Civil Liability

11-14 M               11-16 W

Losavio

Civil Liability and Laws and Legislation Impacting Electronic Information Dissemination

Informational Torts

1. Defamation
2. Invasion of Privacy
3. False Light 

Cubby v. Compuserve
Stratton Oakmont v. Prodigy
Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-line Communications Services, Inc.

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech:  Chapter 9, section 9.6 pp. 280-291.

Privacy and Cyberspace

11-16 W

11-21 M

King & Losavio 

Rights to Privacy and Accuracy of Information; E-mail in the Workplace and Personal Autonomy

Anonymity
"Cookies"
U.S. vs. European approach

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPA)

EFF Materials on Privacy (WWW)
TrustE materials (WWW)

Wall Street Journal articles – Search Tracking

See Blackboard class web site for Communications of the ACM reading assignments: [CACM Touretzky].

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND READING: EthicsTech: Chapter 5, pp. 132-172.  

11-22 Tues

4:30PM Deadline for you to send comments back on individual paper draft to your peer.  Send comments to your peer as well as send via e-mail with your comments or suggested edits to paper draft to Professors King and Losavio.

11-23 W

Thanksgiving Holiday Break Nov 23-27 – No class

11-28 M

Comments back from Professors Losavio/King on individual paper draft.

Note:  If you submitted your draft before due date (early), you are more likely to get comments back before this date.

The Intersection of National Security and Sharing on the Internet

11-28 M

King & Losavio

Encryption, Personal Security and National Security

PGP (WWW)

EFF Materials (WWW)

Bertstein v US Dept of State
Karn v US Dept of State
Junger v Christopher

Optional

Virtual Worlds – What Legal Rules?

ABA Science and Technology articles

Legal, Social & Ethical Aspects of Spyware

See Blackboard class web site for Communications of the ACM reading assignments: [CACM Stafford], [CACM Gibson], [CACM Thompson], [CACM Zhang], [CACM Awad and Fitzgerald], [CACM Lee and Kozar], [CACM Warkentin],  [CACM Poston]

12-05 M

5:30PM Deadline for submission of “Regular” final paper.  Send via e-mail as attachment (include your name in the attachment) to Professors King and Losavio and bring two hard copies to class.

The items below still need to be assigned due dates in the schedule.

TBD

 Third Electronic Comment due by 4:30pm to CECS311 Listserv

TBD

5:30PM Deadline for submission of outline of team presentation.  Send electronic version to Professors King and Losavio.

TBD

4:30PM Deadline for submission of 4th Electronic comment to CECS311 listserv.