Prof. Julie E. Cohen
jec@law.georgetown.edu
Cyberspace and the Law Seminar
Georgetown University Law Center
Spring 2001
Week 4: Speakers and Listeners in Cyberspace, Part II: Libel
and Harassment
Required Reading:
-
Cubby
v. CompuServe, Inc., 776 F. Supp. 135 (S.D.N.Y. 1991).
-
Stratton Oakmont
v. Prodigy, 1995 WL 323710 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1995).
-
Zeran v.
America On-Line, Inc., 129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997), cert. denied,
66 U.S.L.W. 3605 (June 22, 1998).
-
Blumenthal
v. Drudge, 992 F. Supp. 44 (D.D.C. 1998) (Parts I & II only) [Note:
This site won't allow links directly to the opinion. This link takes
you to a summary page; please page down to locate the district court's
4/22/98 opinion].
-
Christopher Butler, Plotting
the Return of an Ancient Tort to Cyberspace: Towards a New Federal Standard
of Responsibility for Defamation for Internet Service Providers, 6
Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev. 247 (2000).
-
United States v. Alkhabaz,
104 F.3d 1492 (6th Cir. 1997).
-
Katie Dean, The
Epidemic of Cyberstalking, Wired News (May 1, 2000).
-
H.R.
1869 and Report 106-455, Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act
of 1999 (identical Senate bill is S.
2011).
-
Sallie Tisdale, The
Limits of Free Speech, Salon (1999).
-
Karin Spaink, Nuremberg
Files Mirror (1999).
Recommended Reading:
-
Pub.
L. 105-304 (H.R. 2281), Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title II,
Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation, codified at 17
U.S.C. § 512.
-
Julian Dibbell, A Rape
in Cyberspace, first published in The Village Voice, Dec. 23, 1993.
-
United States Department of Justice, Cyberstalking:
A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry (Aug. 1999).
-
Eugene Volokh, Freedom
of Speech in Cyberspace from the Listener's Perspective: Private
Speech Restrictions, Libel, State Action, Harassment, and Sex, 1996
U. Chi. Legal F. 377.