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Summer 2000 UWLA Internet Law Homework Assignments

WEEK 1
Monday, June 5, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• Handouts
          1. Syllabus (2 pages; Print date 06/05/2000)
          2. Internet Law Data Sheet form
• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 1-47.

Wednesday, June 7, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Handout: Internet Workings by Professor Tassinari
• Outlining:
        Clifford, Pp. 187-216.
      ACLU v. Reno, 31 F. Supp. 2d 473, 481-492 (E.D. Penn 1999) (V. Findings of facts, items 1-66, pages 481-492)

WEEK 2

Monday, June 12, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Handouts: Personal Jurisdiction analysis headings
• Assignment: Create your own Web Page. Due on Monday, July 10, 2000
• Read: Internet Workings
• Go over outlining techniques

Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• View: A map of the Internet
• Visit: The Internet Mapping Project
• Read: The Internet as Hardware
• Read: A Brief History of the Internet
• Assignment: Join the UWLA Internet Law Group Discussion listserv
• Attend: Computer Lab: Student lecture by Katy Amiri and Gerald Witt

WEEK 3

Monday, June 19, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 49-128

Wednesday, June 21, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Continue lecture from previous Monday

WEEK 4

Monday, June 26, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Assignment due: Joining the UWLA Internet Law Group Discussion listserv/post email to listserv.
• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 129-147

Wednesday, June 28, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 147-169
• Other information lectured on in class (not assigned reading or outlining; may be on exam)
   - Internet America, Inc. v. Massey, (Tex. Dallas County Dist. Ct. Oct. 14, 1996) (temporary restraining order) [WWW]. 
   - It's in the Cards, Inc. v. Fuschetto (Wis. Ct. App. 1995) [WWW]
   - Rindos v. Hardwick, no. 1994 of 1993 (W. Austl. Sup. Ct. Mar. 31, 1994) [WWW]. 

WEEK 5

Monday, July 3, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 171-185
• Other information that may be lectured on in class (not assigned reading or outlining; may be on exam)
      - Chung & Byer, The Electronic Paper Trail (1998) [WWW]. 
 
 

Wednesday, July 5, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 217-242
• Other information lectured on in class (not assigned reading or outlining; may be on exam)
   - Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 [WWW].
   - Electronic Signatures Act - Senate Conference Report [WWW].
   - President Clinton addresses the Electronic Signatures Act [WWW]. 

WEEK 6

Monday, July 10, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 242-263

Wednesday, July 12, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 264-293
• Other information lectured on in class (not assigned reading or outlining; may be on exam)
   - U.S. v. Poehlman (9th Cir. June 27, 2000) [WWW].
   - U.S. v. Hilton (D.Me. June 30, 2000) (Slip Copy) [WWW].
   - State v. Brady (N.J.Super.A.D. June 30, 2000) [WWW]. 
   - Class attendance and unprepared policy; School of Law Honor Code
•  Follow-up Information (not on exam)
   - Donna M. Hughes, Commercial Use of the Internet for Sexual Exploitation, 1999 [WWW]
       (an article on behalf of The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women [WWW])

WEEK 7

Monday, July 17, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Web page assignment due:
     -   If you haven't already, Email your web page URL address to Professor Tassinari before the beginning of class today.
• Distribute take home final
• Outlining: Clifford, Pp. 295-309 (may be on exam)
• Other information lectured on in class (not assigned reading or outlining; may be on exam)
   - UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.Com, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. May 4, 2000) [WWW].
   - A & M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. (N.D.Cal. May 12, 2000)  (Slip Copy) [WWW]. 
        -- See also  Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984) [WWW]
   - Suzie Randall Photography v. Reactor, Inc. (N.D.Ill. May 12, 2000) (Slip Copy) [WWW].
   - Peker v. Masters Collection (E.D.N.Y. May 16, 2000)[WWW].
   - EBay, Inc. v. Bidder's Edge, Inc. (N.D. Cal. May 24, 2000) [WWW].
• Curious about what They know about you on the Internet? Visit egosurf.com [WWW].

Wednesday, July 19, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Class canceled

WEEK 8

Monday, July 24, 2000 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

• Final exam due July 24, 2000 at 7:00 PM
• No advanced reading required: Clifford, Pp. 309-369, 369-445 , Trademark (Pp.608-619)
•  Handout of lecture notes: Clifford, Pp. 309-369, 369-445 , Trademark (Pp.608-619)