Date

Topic

Readings

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

01-06W

01-11 M

King  & Losavio

Introduction to Class/
Review Course Plans

What is Computer Ethics?

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

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

and review resources for class. The class will make more extensive use of the Blackboard class home page than in prior semesters.  Use of Blackboard class web site will increase as the semester progresses.

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

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

The interplay of Law, Ethics and Daily Life           

See class website on Blackboard regarding reading assignments that are contained in publications of the ACM and legal decisions. [CACM Bruckman]

Send e-mail to Professor King by 5:00 PM on 1/8 (Fri) with your e-mail address for class listserv.

Legal Framework

01-11 M

01-13 W

01-20 W

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

Introduction to Jurisdictional Issues

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 Internet as a "Copier:" Religious Technology Ctr. vs. Netcom On-Line Comm. Servs., 1997 U.S. LEXIS 23572 (N.D. Cal. 1977)

01-18 M

 No Class –Martin Luther King Holiday

01-20 W

4:30 PM Deadline for sending e-mail to Class CECS311 Listserv with first electronic comment.  (Topic will be provided.)

01-25  M

01-27  W 

King

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(s) specified.  See Blackboard class web site for details.

In addition to the above reading, specific cases may be assigned to individuals for sharing with on the listserv or in class. (Focus only on the jurisdiction aspects of the case.)

01-29 Fri

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

Professional and Ethical Issues Relating to Computer Technology

02-01 M

02-03 W

Losavio

Ethical Philosophy

Is Computing a Profession? Should it be?

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

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

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]

02-08 Mon

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

02-17 Wed

Paper topic deadline moved back to 2-17 Wed due to Snow Day on 2-15 Mon

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

02-08 M

02-10 W

02-22 M

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)

EthicsTech: Chapter 4, pp. 101-131

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)

02-19 Fri

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.”

02-24 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.

Intellectual Property Interests & Disputes in Cyberspace

02-24 W

03-01 M 

03-03 W

03-08 M

03-10 W

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

EthicsTech: Chapter 8, pp.229-264.

See Blackboard Class site for assignment regarding MGM vs. Grokster Triology– Read Court of Appeals and Supreme Court opinions.

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)

Regulating Commerce and Speech in Cyberspace

02-17 W

02-22 M

and 3-22 M as needed

King & Losavio

Freedom of Expression

Inflammatory, Offensive, Indecent or Obscene materials,

Communications Decency Act

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

Child Pornography Statute
FCC Obscenity Regulations

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

03-15 M

03-17 W

No class  - UofL Spring  March 15-19

03-22 M

03-24 W

Losavio

Civil Liability and Laws and Legislation Impacting Electronic Information Dissemination

Informational Torts

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

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

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

CyberCrime and CyberRelated Crimes

03-29 M

03-31 W

 Losavio

Criminal Law and Legislation Involving Computers and Electronic Information Dissemination

EthicsTech: Chapter 7, pp.201-228.

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

03-22 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 in Blackboard to check your paper.

03-24 W

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

03-26 Fri

4:30PM Deadline to send draft of paper to your designated peer for his/her review by e-mail and send draft of paper via e-mail to Professors King and Losavio.

Contracting and Licensing

04- 05 M

King

Licensing and Contractual Provisions

"Shrinkwrap"
 UCITA 

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

Privacy and Cyberspace

04-07 W

04-12 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)

EthicsTech: Chapter 5, pp. 132-172.

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

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

Supplemental Readings:
Software and Internet Law, Chapter 11, Spam, pp 959-970.

04-02 Fri

4:30PM Deadline for submission of comments on “Regular” paper draft to your peer. Also provide electronic version of your comments to Professors King and Losavio.

Note:  If your peer sends you his/her draft before the deadline – you are requested to return your comments not later than one week from receipt.

04-05 M

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

04-05 M

Comments back from Professors Losavio/King on “Regular” paper draft.

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

04-14  W

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

TBD

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

04-14 W

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.

 Optional

King

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]