Nicholas Johnson  Teaching Cyberspace Law Seminar, Spring 2002

NOTE: This page contains the administrative regulations, links to writing and reading assignments, and other information relevant to the University of Iowa College of Law Spring 2002 Cyberspace Law Seminar. Once students' research papers are available they will be linked from this page.

Anyone not enrolled in the seminar is free to use this site -- subject to the usual copyright restrictions with regard to material prepared by the instructor and students: (a) all rights are reserved by the author, with, usually, (b) permission granted for individual use (viewing, linking, downloading, and printing limited to one copy). Any commercial, or other use, requires permission from the author.

If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments please e-mail them to me: mailbox@nicholasjohnson.org -- Nicholas Johnson, January 8, 2002; last updated 20020112, 20020116, 20020213, 20020214, 20020228, 20020301, 20020308, 20020326, 20020402, 20020406, 20020408, 20020409, 20020411, 20020414, 20020723, 20021208. 

Name	Final Title	Credits
Bennett, Bradley	Smith Meets The Patriot: The Digitization of The Pen Register Statutes And The Question of "Content"	1
Brogan, John	Facing the Music: The Dubious Constitutionality of Facial Recognition Technology	2
Hermsen, Jason	Bringing Super Mario to the Internet: Why Nintendo and the Interactive Digital Software Association Should Provide Classic Video Games Over the Internet	1
McGargill, Phil	The Constitutionality of Schools' Sanctioning Students for Derogatory E-Mails and Web Pages	1
Sheppard, Dave	Ethical and Legal Restrictions on Dentists' Use of Electronic Communications: A Case Study of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry's Policies and Procedures	1
Sinclair, Noëlle	Can You Catch Mono in a .NET?  Open-Source Challenges to Software Patents	1
Sipes, Gini	Motion Picture Trailers on the Internet	1
Snyders, Erin	CHIPA'ing Away at the Constitutional Right to Surf for Porn at the Library: Should Strict Scrutiny Apply to Children's First Amendment Rights With Regard to Internet Porn?	1
Tinnian, Raymond	Why We Can and Should Limit Credit Card Companies Collection and Distribution of Card Holders' Transactional Data	1
Tuftee, Brian A.	Fair Use in the New Millennium: Has the DMCA Gone Too Far?	1
Tuftee, Brian A.	Junk E-Mail and the Dormant Commerce Clause: Constitutional Limits on State Power to Regulate Spam	1

 

Name	Topic, as of . . .	Date	Hrs	TConf	OConf
Bennett, Bradley	The Constitutionality of Gathering E-Mail Routing and Addressing Information under the Pen/Trap and Trace Act Amendments	Jan. 29, 2002	3	0218	0307
Brogan, John	The Use of Facial Scanning Technology in Public Spaces as an Unconstitutional "Unreasonable Search"	Feb. 12, 2002	5	0220	0307
Caldwell, Michael	Defending the Information Infrastructure from Cyberterrorism: Substituting Reporting Requirements for Criminal Prosecution	Apr. 5, 2002	2	0227
Hermsen, Jason	Emulators and ROMs: A Practical Solution	Feb. 8, 2002	3	0215	0308
McCargill, Phil	The Constitutionality of Schools' Sanctioning Students for Derogatory E-Mails and Web Pages	Feb. 11, 2002	3	0226	0308
Sheppard, David	Ethical and Legal Restrictions on Dentists' Use of Electronic Communications	Feb. 5, 2002	3	0212	0308
Sinclair, Noelle	Thinking Outside the Shrink Warp: Creative Thoughts About Creativity	Mar. 1, 2002	3	0301	0306
Sipes, Gini	Independent Film Distribution on the Internet: An Argument for the Distribution and Compensation of Copyrighted Works	Jan. 29, 2002	1	0215	0308
Snyders, Erin	CHIPA Away at the Constitutional Issues in Protecting Children from the Internet	Jan. 25, 2002	3	0214	0306
Tinnian, Raymond	The Limits to Credit Card Companies' Collection and Distribution of Card Holders' Transactional Data	Feb. 8, 2002	4		0307
Tuftee, Brian	Regulating Spam: The Dormant Commerce Clause, First Amendment, States and Congress	Jan. 31, 2002	5		0326

(Note: Participants have the option/opportunity, but not a course requirement (nor a source of extra credit), to prepare and post a personal Web page while enrolled in the seminar. The URLs for any sites they already have, or may now create, will be listed here. -- N.J.)