Prof. Julie E. Cohen
jec@law.georgetown.edu

 Cyberspace and the Law Seminar
Georgetown University Law Center
Spring 2001
Syllabus
 
 
Week 1 What Is Cyberspace, and Who Governs It?
Week 2 Jurisdiction Over Cyberspace Conduct
Week 3 Speakers and Listeners in Cyberspace, Part I:  Indecent or Offensive Speech
Week 4 Speakers and Listeners in Cyberspace, Part II:  Libel and Harassment
Week 5 Speakers and Listeners in Cyberspace, Part III/Buyers and Sellers in Cyberspace, Part I:  Spam
Week 6 Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part I/Privacy, Anonymity, and Accountability, Part I:  Employers, Access Providers and Online Speech
Week 7 Privacy, Anonymity, and Accountability, Part II:  Government Access to Electronic Communications
Week 8 Privacy, Anonymity, and Accountability, Part III/Buyers and Sellers in Cyberspace, Part II:  Electronic Contracting and Payment
Week 9 Privacy, Anonymity, and Accountability, Part IV/Buyers and Sellers in Cyberspace, Part III:  The Collection and Use of Personal Information
Week 10 Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part II:  Copyright and Digital Networks
Week 11 Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part III/Privacy, Anonymity, and Accountability, Part V:  A Private Law of Intellectual Property?
Week 12 Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part IV:  Platforms, Standards, and Open Source
Week 13 Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part V:  Domain Names and ICANN
Week 14 Who Owns Cyberspace?, Part VI/Speakers and Listeners in Cyberspace, Part IV:  Searching for, Linking to, and Extracting Information
 

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