Week 12

Apr 08, Tu, 2008 (Lecture 16): Anuj Desai from the law school gave a guest lecture
on cyberlaw, which I gather was a big success. Here are some additional comments
from Anuj about additional material.
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The best general treatment aimed at nonlawyers that I've read is Jessica Litman, Digital Copyright (2001). Larry Lessig's two books, Code (now called Code V.2) and The Future of Ideas are also good. In my view, Code (even v.2) is far better, but The Future of Ideas has a bit more on copyright. There's another recent book, Tarleton Gillespie, Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture (2007), that has got some good reviews, but I haven't read it yet. For people who are really interested in copyright itself (as opposed to just how copyright intersects with computer technology), Paul Goldstein, Copyright's Highway is excellent - easy to read and understand.

If students would like to take my Cyberlaw class this fall, they'd be most welcome. It's T/Th from 1 to 2:15 p.m. in Helen C. White 4208. For grad students, they take LIS 663 and should go through Andrea Poehling in the SLIS main office. For undergrads, they take Legal Studies 663 and should contact Irene Katele in the Legal Studies office.
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Apr 10, Th, 2008 (Lecture 17): This was a lecture on network-based attacks, such as
port scanning, OS fingerprinting, and denial-of-service (DOS) attacks. The slides can
be found here.