Cyberspace Law Seminar Spring 2003 Nicholas Johnson University of Iowa College of Law Iowa City, Iowa

NOTE: This page, and its links, provide the administrative regulations, links to reading assignments, writing requirements and deadlines, and other information relevant to the University of Iowa College of Law Spring 2003 Cyberspace Law Seminar. Once students' seminar 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, (c) but not for posting to other Web sites). (Linking, rather than posting, will among other things ensure that any subsequent revisions will be reflected in your link.) (d) 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, December 28, 2002; last updated 20021229, 20030214, 20030306, 20030505, 20030515.

"Credits" refers to the UI College of Law system of "writing" and "academic" credits (based on the length of papers); the default minimum for a seminar, currently entered here, is one of each.
 
 

Author	Title	Credits
Arnold, Carl	When Linking Becomes Electioneering: Tax-Exemption and Political Intervention Through Internet Hyperlinks	3
Baker, Dustin	The Case for Equal Internet Access for the Disabled	1
Campbell, Jonathan	Webcasting: A Vehicle for Revival of the American Music Industry Faces An Uncertain Future	1
Hansen, Ryan	Data Preservation: An Effective Approach to Combating Internet Crime in the U.K.	1
Marx, Cori	Copyright in a Digital Age	2
Morey, Timothy	The House Always Wins:  An Analysis of Internet Service Provider Liability in Internet Gambling	1
Paul, Michael	Identity Theft Via The Internet: Why Current Federal Legislation is Inadequate	1
Yu, Ying	Open Source Software: Open Up Copyright?	1

 

In this table, "Date" refers to the date when the participant's topic was submitted originally (or finally, if revisions were involved). "Hrs" refers to total academic credit hours; two for the seminar plus the one (or more) for the paper. It is listed here to encourage participants to make sure the instructor's records conform to those of the main office and the participants' expectations. "TConf" refers to the date when the "topic conference" was held with the instructor. "OConf" refers to the date of the "outline conference."
 
 

Participant	Topic, as of . . .	Date	Hrs	TConf	OConf
Arnold, Carl	Online Non-Profits: Why 501(c)(3)'s Can't Link to Their 501(c)(4)s -- and Other Linking Limitations	Jan. 29	3	20030214
Baker, Dustin	Federally-Funded Institutions Should Be Required to Make Their Web Sites Handicapped-Accessible	Jan. 29	4	20030214
Campbell, Jonathan	The Small Webcasters Settlement Act: A Solid Bunker in the RIAA Wars	Jan. 29	3	20030214
Hansen, Ryan	United Kingdom Cybercrime: The Need for Legislatively Compelled Disclosure of ISPs' Activity Logs	Jan. 29	3	20030214
Marx, Cori	How shorter copyright terms, and tougher enforcement of owners' rights, would better serve both constitutional purposes of the copyright laws in a digital age.	Jan. 29	3
Morey, Timothy	The most appropriate standards of liability for ISPs that provide access to Internet gambling Web sites.	Jan. 29	3	20030214
Paul, Michael	Identity Theft Via the Internet: Why Current Federal Legislation is Inadequate	Jan. 29	3	20030214
Voelker, Chris	How to strike the most appropriate balance between free speech rights and the felt need to control real and virtual child pornography on the Internet.	Jan. 29	3
Yu, Ying	Three options: (1) How to most effectively encourage the use of open source code software on the Internet: Linux vs. Windows. (2) Why Linux is Preferable to Windows: Open Source Code Software on the Internet. (3) Licensing Terms as Incentive for Intellectual Property in Open Source Code Software.	Jan. 29	3	20030213

Although it is neither a seminar requirement nor a source of extra credit, participants who do not already have a personal Web page but would like to have one, are encouraged to prepare and post a personal Web page while enrolled in the seminar. The URLs for any Web page sites they already have, or may now create, will be listed here. -- N.J.)