Calendar

This class meets on Mondays and Thursdays.
Monday (M) classes: Most of these classes will meet at Harvard Law School, although a few will meet at MIT.
Thursday (T) classes: All of these classes will meet at MIT.

WEEK # M/T LOCATION TOPICS IMPORTANT DATES 1 M Harvard CDA and ISP Liability T First MIT class Introduction to Internet Law and Policy Issues 2 M Harvard Digital Music, Napster, P2P T MIT Background in Intellectual Property Law 3 M Harvard Trusted Systems, Anti-Circumvention, and DeCSS T MIT Digital Millennium Copyright Act 4 M Harvard Broadcasting, Webcasting, and Copyright T MIT Software Patent and Copyright Law 5 M Harvard Commercial and Government Surveillance I T MIT Open Source and Free Software 6 M Harvard Commercial and Government Surveillance II T MIT Background in First Amendment Law 7 M Harvard Harmful Speech T MIT Background in Fourth Amendment Law 8 M Harvard Internet Jurisdiction T MIT Midterm in Class 9 M Harvard Private Sheriffs - MAPS, Marsh, Intel v. Hamidi T MIT Communications Decency Act, Reno v. ACLU 10 T Harvard Cybersecurity 11 M Harvard The Microsoft Case T MIT The Cryptography Debate 12 M Harvard Bringing It All Together T MIT Recent Anti-Terrorism Legislation 13 M MIT Class Presentations T MIT Class Presentations Final Paper Due 14 M MIT Class Presentations T MIT Class Presentations Last Class