Prof. Julie E. Cohen
jec@law.georgetown.edu
Cyberspace and the Law Seminar
Georgetown University Law Center
Spring 2001
Week 5: Speakers and Listeners in Cyberspace, Part III/Buyers
and Sellers in Cyberspace, Part I: Spam
Required Reading:
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CompuServe,
Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc., 962 F. Supp. 1015 (S.D. Ohio 1997).
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Jason Krause, Anti-Spam
Zealots Cross the Line, The Standard (Dec. 17, 1998).
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Joshua Hallford, Online
Pollster Fights Back, The Standard (Aug. 1, 2000).
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MAPS, Statement on
the Harris Suit (Sept. 22, 2000).
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Paul Festa, CNET News.com, PSINet
Assailed as Spam Contract Surfaces (Nov. 7, 2000).
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David G. Post, Of
Black Holes and Decentralized Law-Making in Cyberspace, Vand. J. Ent.
L. & Pract. (forthcoming 2001).
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Deborah Scoblionkov, Direct
Mail Double-Cross?: A Fight Over Opt-In Marketing Has Anti-Spam Activists
Crying Foul, Salon (Nov. 12, 1999).
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Associated Press, Slamming
the Door on Spam, Wired News (Oct. 25, 2000).
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Michael W. Carroll, Garbage
In: Emerging Media and Regulation of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitations,
11 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 233 (1996).
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H.R.
3113 and Report 106-700, Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act of 2000.
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S. 759, Inbox
Privacy Act.
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S. 2542, Controlling
the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2000.
Recommended Reading:
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America
On-Line, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc., 948 F. Supp. 436 (E.D. Pa. 1996).
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Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. America On-Line, Inc., 948 F. Supp. 456 (E.D.
Pa. 1996).
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Ed Murieta, Spam
Law Bares Teeth, Wired News (July 16, 1998).
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University of Washington School of Law, Center for Law, Commerce &
Technology, Washington
Anti-Spam Act Held Unconstitutional (Mar. 16, 2000).
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Explore the Fight Spam! Web page.
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Explore the Mail Abuse Prevention System
Web site.
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David J. Goldstone, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cyber Forum:
Public vs. Private in Cyberspace Speech, 69 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1 (1998).