My office hours are Thursday, 11 to 1:30, and Friday, 11-12:30, in JG642, and by appointment at other times. Please email me for an appointment, or consult my assistant, Ian Sullivan, at 212-461-1905.
For December 6, please read the section entitled Voice Over IP
Please ignore any information you receive claiming that there is an exam in this course.
Richard Perez-Pena, Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy, New York Times, December 3, 2007
Mike Nizza, An Intelligence Official's Privacy Proposal, The Lede, New York Times, November 12, 2007
Saul Hansell, Facebook to Turn Users Into Endorsers, New York Times, November 6, 2007
"John Ashcroft,"Uncle Sam on the Line, New York Times, November 5, 2007
Miguel Helft and John Markoff, Google Makes Its Entry Into the Wireless World, New York Times, November 5, 2007
Louise Story, Tracking of Web Use by Marketers Gains Favor, New York Times, November 5, 2007
Reuters, Yahoo Executive Apologizes to a Congressional Panel, New York Times, November 3, 2007
Jammie Thomas: her story in her own words, P2Pnet.net, November 3, 2007
Anand Giridharadas, In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to Altruism, October 30, 2007
Mireya Navarro,Pay Up Kid, or Your Igloo Melts, New York Times, October 28. 2007
Louise Story, Company Will Monitor Phone Calls to Tailor Ads, New York Times, September 24, 2007
Microsoft v. European Commission, European Court of First Instance, T-201/04, Judgment of 9/17/07
Reuters, Harnessing The Internet to Reinvent Democracy, New York Times, September 11, 2007
Eben Moglen, The Invisible Barbecue, Columbia Law Review, 1997
Telecommunications Act of 1996, P.L. 104-104, February 8, 1996. The whole bill is plenty of reading. Please read at least the CRS summary.
Bob Dole, Giving Away the Airwaves, March 27, 1997
Bill Carter, F.C.C. Eases Limits on TV Station Ownership, New York Times, August 6, 1999
Major Broadcasters Form Alliance to Provide Wireless Web Content , New York Times, March 8, 2000
Patricia Nelson Limerick, Of Forty-Niners, Oilmen and the Dot-Com Boom, New York Times, May 5, 2000
Steven Labaton, Communications Lobby Puts Full-Court Press on Congress, New York Times, October 24, 2000
Reuters, Airwave Auction Raises $320 Million, New York Times, September 6, 2000
Stephen Labaton, Appellate Court Eases Limitations for Media Giants, New York Times, February 20, 2002
John Tagliabue, Europe Offering Free Calls, But First, a Word From . . ., New York Times, September 28, 1997
Saul Hansell and Amy Harmon, Caveat Emptor on the Web: Ad and Editorial Lines Blur, New York Times, February 26, 1999
Constance L. Hays, Math Textbook Salted With Brand Names Raises New Alarm, New York Times, March 21, 1999
Lisa Guernsey, Welcome to College. Now Meet Our Sponsor. , New York Times, August 17, 1999
Matt Richtel, Now, Endless Words From Our Sponsor, New York Times, July 25, 1999
Thomas L. Friedman, The Mouse That Roars: A Global Tale, New York Times, July 18, 1998
Douglas Jehl, Islamic World Opens Door to the Internet, but Restrictions Are Many , New York Times, March 18, 1999
Robert Wright, Private Eyes, New York Times, September 5, 1999
David J. Wallace, World Game Achieves Inventor's Vision of Global Play, New York Times, October 3, 1997
Jodi Wilgoren, Snow Day Is for Surfing as Pupils Play on Internet, New York Times, January 15, 1999
Jason Chervokas & Tom Watson, A Wired Generation Comes of Age on the Net, New York Times, October 31, 1997
Victoria's Secret, A Sex Metaphor,, New York Times, February 5, 1999
Alice McInnes, The Agency of The InfoZone: Exploring the Effects of a Community Network, First Monday, February 1997
Angela Lewis, Hoax E-mails and Bonsai Kittens: Are You E-literate in the Docuverse?, First Monday, August 2002
John Schwartz, Professors Vie With Web for Class's Attention, New York Times, January 2, 2003
Michael Dorf, Laptops in the Classroom, November 2006
Michael H. Goldhaber, The Attention Economy: The Natural Economy of the Net, First Monday, April 1997
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Economics is dead. Long live economics!, First Monday, May 1997
Philippe Aigrain, Attention, Media, Value and Economics, First Monday, September 1997
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Cooking Pot Markets: An Economic Model for the Trade in Free Goods and Services on the Internet, First Monday, March 1998
Terrence A. Maxwell, Is Copyright Necessary?, First Monday, September 2004.
Eben Moglen, Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright, First Monday, August 1999
Eben Moglen, Free Software and the Broadcast Media, December 2002 PostScript PDF
Eben Moglen, Free Government, II, October 2002 PostScript PDF
Eben Moglen, Free Government, September 2002 PostScript PDF
Eben Moglen, Untrustworthy Computing, July 2002 PostScript PDF
Eben Moglen, Security Through Freedom, June 2002 PostScript PDF
Eben Moglen, Exploring the Frontiers of Unfreedom, May 2002 PostScript PDF
Eben Moglen, More Menace from the Mouse, March 2002 PostScript PDF
Interview with Linus Torvalds, First Monday, March 1998
Amy Harmon and John Markoff, Internal Memo Shows Microsoft Executives' Concern Over Free Software, New York Times, November 3, 1998
Amy Harmon, Self-Proclaimed Computer Geeks Hold 'Windows Refund Day', New York Times, February 16, 1999
Compressed Data: Linux.com Doesn't Go to the Highest Bidder, New York Times, March 1, 1999
John Markoff, New Program Is Introduced to Ease Use of Linux System , New York Times, March 4, 1999
Intel Expected to Buy Stake in Linux Firm, New York Times, March 1, 1999
Dell Bolsters Support of Windows Rival Linux, New York Times, April 7, 1999
Matt Richtel, Share Price More Than Triples in Red Hat's Public Offering, New York Times, August 12, 1999
Steve Lohr, With Acquisition, Sun Takes Aim at Microsoft, New York Times, August 31, 1999
Saul Hansell, Surging Number of Patents Engulfs Internet Commerce, New York Times, December 10, 1999
Jack Bryar, Palladium's perilous promise, NewsForge, June 28, 2002.
Matthew Broersma, Microsoft server crash nearly causes 800-plane pile-up, Techworld, September 21, 2004.
Terrence A. Maxwell, Is Copyright Necessary?, First Monday, September 2004.
MGM et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., No. 04-480, U.S. Supreme Court, June 27, 2005
Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent in MGM et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., 04-480 (March 1, 2005)
For other amicus briefs and documents related to the case, see the MGM v. Grokster information page at EFF.org.John Borland, Open-source P2P projects keep swapping, C|Net News.com, July 15, 2005
Anne Broache, Time for lawmakers to act on Grokster?, C|Net News.com, July 19, 2005
Declan McCullagh, Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label', C|Net News.com, Aug. 22, 2005
Dawn Kawamoto, Record labels send more letters to P2P services, C|Net News.com, Sept. 15, 2005
David Bauder, BMI Develops Robot to Monitor Online Music Sales, New York Times, October 16, 1997
Jon Pareles, With a Click, a New Era of Music Dawns, New York Times, November 15, 1998
Neil Strauss, Expert to Help Devise Format for Delivering Music on Internet, New York Times, March 1, 1999
Neil Strauss, Free Web Music Spreads From Campus to Office, New York Times, April 5, 1999
Jon Pareles, Musicians Want an Internet Revolution, New York Times, March 8, 1999
Neil Strauss, Rap Revolutionaries Plan an Internet Release, New York Times, April 16, 1999
Matt Richtel, Sony and IBM Create Alliance on Internet Music, New York Times, April 16, 1999
Neil Strauss, Pirate-Proof Music on Web? So Far, That Does Not Compute, New York Times, April 24, 1999
John Markoff, New System for PC Music Due Stirs Recording Industry's Piracy Concerns, New York Times, May 3, 1999
Coalition Sets Plan to Block Internet Music Piracy, New York Times, June 28, 1999
Matt Richtel, Questions Abound on Downloading Digital Music , New York Times, June 30, 1999
Matt Richtel, Record Labels Assert Control in Cyberspace, New York Times, July 5, 1999
Mark Amerika, Sonic Upheaval: Using MP3 To Rip the System , Telepolis (English Edition), September 7, 1999
John Markoff, Bridging Two Worlds to Make Downloadable Music Profitable, New York Times, September 13, 1999
Carl S. Kaplan, Copyright Decision Threatens Freedom to Link, New York Times, December 10, 1999
Carl S. Kaplan, DVD Lawsuit Questions Legality of Linking, New York Times, January 6, 2000
Carl S. Kaplan, DVD Case Will Test Reach of Digital Copyright Law, New York Times, July 14, 2000
Carl S.Kaplan, Norwegian Teenager Appears at Hacker Trial He Sparked, New York Times, July 21, 2000
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes, 00 Civ. 0277 (LAK), August 17, 2000
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley, No. 00-9185 (CA2, November 28, 2001)
Reuters, Study Says That Napster Increases Music Sales, New York Times, July 21, 2000
Bloomberg News, Sony's Music Unit Sued Over Customer Steering , New York Times, February 1, 2000
Alec Foege, A Watchdog for Online Music, New York Times, May 5, 2000
Amy Harmon, Powerful Music Software Has Industry Worried , New York Times, March 7, 2000
Matt Richtel, Judge Rules On 2 Issues in Music Case , New York Times, May 8, 2000
Constant Brand, European Music Stars Fight to Block Internet Piracy, New York Times, July 14, 2000
Study Says That Napster Increases Music Sales, New York Times, July 21, 2000
Matt Richtel, In Victory for Record Industry, Judge Bars Napster Music Site , New York Times, July 27, 2000
Amy Harmon, For Many Online Music Fans, Court Ruling Is Call to Arms, New York Times, July 28, 2000
Amy Harmon, Copyright and Copying Wrongs: A Web Rebalancing Act, New York Times, September 10, 2000
Warner Music, RealNetworks in Digital Music Pact, New York Times, September 11, 2000
Use of Napster Quadruples, New York Times, September 11, 2000
Cnet News.Com, The Smashing Pumpkins Take Music Directly to Napster Fans, New York Times, September 12, 2000
Amy Harmon, Rock Musicians Enter Fray on Copyrights, New York Times, November 13, 2000
Amy Harmon, Deal Settles Suit Against MP3.com, New York Times, November 15, 2000
Matt Richtel, Napster Case: Hard Queries on Copyrights, New York Times, October 3, 2000
Jon Pareles, The Many Futures of Music, Maybe One of Them Real, New York Times, January 10, 2002
Neil Strauss, Recor d Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed, New York Times, February 18, 2002
Laura Holson, Adjusting the Balance of Power in the Music Industry, New York Times, January 29, 2002
Jennifer Medina, Fees Forcing College Radio Stations to Scale Back Webcasts, New York Times, October 20, 2002
David McGuire, Court Rejects Music Industry Subpoenas, Washington Post, December 19, 2003
David McGuire, RIAA Sues Song-Swapping Suspects, Washington Post, January 21, 2004
Bill Werde, Defiant Downloads Rise From Underground, New York Times, Feburary 24, 2004
Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), September 22, 2004.
Saul Hansell, In Wired World, Much Is Free at Click of a Mouse , New York Times, October 14, 1999
David R. Sewell, The Internet Oracle: Virtual Authors and Network Community, First Monday, June 1997
William Butler O'Connor, Create or be Created: How the Internet Cultural Renaissance is Turning Audience Members into Artists, First Monday, October 1997
Brief Amicus Curiae in Eldred v. Ashcroft, No. 01-618, US Supreme Court, May 20, 2002 PostScript PDF
Eldred v. Ashcroft, No. 01-618, United States Supreme Court, January 15, 2003
Jeri Clausing, Federal Act Targets Software Theft From Net, New York Times, November 20, 1997
No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, P.L. 105-147, 111 Stat. 2678, December 16, 1997
Jeri Clausing, House Reaches Compromise on Digital Copyright Law, July 18, 1998
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, P.L. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, October 28, 1998
Jeri Clausing, Bill on Protecting Databases Resurfaces in House, New York Times, March 19, 1999
Collections of Information Antipiracy Act, H.R. 354, January 19, 1999
Grant Gross, New violators of the DMCA? Reuters, Yahoo.com, CNN.com, dozens of other publications, and us, NewsForge, May 22, 2002
Bill Carter, Will This Machine Change Television?, New York Times, July 5, 1999
Joel Brinkley, A Step Toward a Versatile High-Definition VCR , New York Times, September 16, 1999
Bernardo A. Huberman and Lada A.Adamic, Novelty and Social Search in the World Wide Web, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Matthew Mirapaul, Lyrics Site in Copyright Dispute May Go Commercial, New York Times, January 30, 1999
Compressed Data: Several Lawsuits Challenge Internet Ads, New York Times, February 15, 1999
Bob Tedeschi, Ticketmaster and Microsoft Settle Linking Dispute, New York Times, February 15, 1999
Lisa Napoli, Yahoo Angers GeoCities Members With Copyright Rules, New York Times, June 30, 1999
Carl S. Kaplan, Is Linking Always Legal? The Experts Aren't Sure., New York Times, August 6, 1999
Carl S. Kaplan, Assessing Linking Liability, New York Times, September 7, 2000
Farhad Manjoo, Public Protests NPR Link Policy, Wired, June 20, 2002.
Lisa M. Bowman, Net archive silences Scientology critic, Cnet News.Com, September 24, 2002.
Declan McCullagh, US government wants firms' security secrets, ZDNet, April 17, 2003.
Karen W. Arenson, More Colleges Plunging Into Uncharted Waters of Online Courses, New York Times, November 2, 1998
Pamela Mendels, Copyright Law Raises Questions for Distance Education, New York Times, February 10, 1999
Karen W. Arenson, New Company at Columbia Aims to Profit From Internet, New York Times, April 3, 1999
Pamela Mendels, More Publishers Adapt Textbooks to Digital Era, New York Times, August 4, 1999
John Kelsey and Bruce Schneier, The Street Performer Protocol and Digital Copyrights, First Monday, June 1999
Linda Greenhouse, Justices to Review Copyright Extension, New York Times, February 20, 2002
Amy Harmon, Case Could Shift Balance in Debate on Public Domain, New York Times, February 20, 2002
Associated Press, Court Rules Against Patriot Act, Wired, January 24, 2004
David J. Wallace, Changes in Phone Service Are Mixing Up Net Issues in Europe , New York Times, April 8, 1999
Edmund L. Andrews, Internet Users In Germany Protest High Phone Rates, New York Times, November 2, 1998
Seth Schiesel, FCC Urges That Internet Phone Service Be Fee-Based, New York Times, April 11, 1998
John Markoff, The Corner Internet Network vs. the Cellular Giants, New York Times, March 4, 2002
Edmund L. Andrews, Rush Is On in Europe for Wireless Data Services, New York Times, July 27, 1999
Seth Schiesel, 'Holy War' Over the Future of Wireless, New York Times, February 15, 1999
Sheryl WuDunn, Forced to Compete in Wireless Technology, Japan Becomes a Global Power, New York Times, July 27, 1999
Stephen Labaton, AT&T Benefits as F.C.C. Eases Curbs on Ownership in Cable TV Industry, New York Times, October 9, 1999
John Markoff, Microsoft Ready to Invest $1 Billion in US West Cable Business, New York Times, November 5, 1997
Bill Carter, TV Networks Confront Need for Radical Change, New York Times, January 2, 1999
Sam Howe Verhovek, AT&T Fights for Control in Struggle Over Internet Access, New York Times, February 15, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Internet Providers' Demands on High-Speed Data Rejected , New York Times, April 14, 1999
Seth Schiesel, News Analysis: Tasty Morsels and Digestive Challenges for AT&T, New York Times, April 26, 1999
AT&T Is in Talks With Microsoft on a Wide-Ranging Alliance, New York Times, May 6, 1999
Steve Lohr, In AT&T Deal, Microsoft Buys Stake in Future of Cable TV, New York Times, May 7, 1999
Seth Schiesel, AT&T Conjures Up Its Vision for Cable, but Can It Deliver?, New York Times, May 7, 1999
In Latest Fray Over Internet Access, 3 Los Angeles Commissioners Resign, New York Times, June 27, 1999
Stephen Labaton, Internet Fight for Access to AT&T's Cable Lines Creates Unusual Alliances , New York Times, August 13, 1999
Eben Moglen, The Big Deal: Why AT&T and Microsoft are MediaOne, June 1999
Federal Communications Commission, Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Further Notice of Propose Rulemaking And Declaratory Ruling, September 18, 2000
William Safire, Spectrum Squatters, New York Times, October 9, 2000
Asterisk, The Open Source PBX
Ben Charny, FAQ: Demystifying VoIP, C|Net News.com, Aug. 11, 2005
Juan Carlos Perez, Google launches VoIP and IM service, Techworld.com, Aug. 24, 2005
Ronna Abramson, Microsoft Acquires VoIP Firm, TheStreet.com, Aug. 31, 2005
Anne Broache, eBay to nab Skype for $2.6 billion, C|Net News.com, Sept. 12, 2005
Alorie Gilbert, Microsoft acquires Net-calling start-up, C|Net News.com, Nov. 2, 2005
Marguerite Reardon, VoIP providers band together, C|Net News.com, Nov. 2, 2005
Marguerite Reardon, FCC extends E911 deadline for VoIP users, C|Net News.com, Aug. 26, 2005
Anne Braoche, Senators back Net phone reprieve, C|Net News.com, Nov. 2, 2005
Wiretap Rules Split VoIP, Red Herring, Aug. 26, 2005
Declan McCullagh & Anne Broache, Wiretap rules for VoIP, broadband coming in 2007, C|Net News.com, Sept. 26, 2005
Declan McCullagh, FBI Net-wiretapping rules face challenges>, C|Net News.com, Oct. 24, 2005
Leslie Cauley, VoIP no bargain for cities losing phone-tax revenue, USA Today, June 20, 2005
Eben Moglen, Antitrust and American Democracy, The Nation, November 30, 1998
John Markoff, Security Flaw Discovered in E-Mail Programs, New York Times, July 29, 1998
Sara Robinson, Microsoft Discloses Flaws in Office 2000 Software , New York Times, August 20, 1999
Joel Brinkley, 'Unbiased' Ads for Microsoft Came at a Price, New York Times, September 18, 1999
Findings of Fact, United States v. Microsoft, November 5, 1999
Eben Moglen, Microsoft Can Gain by Freeing Software, San Jose Mercury News, December 26, 1999
Conclusions of Law, United States v. Microsoft, April 3, 2000
United States v. Microsoft, No. 00-5212, CADC, June 28, 2001
Eben Moglen, Gates at Appomattox: Why the US Surrendered, The Nation, September 9, 2001
Free Software Foundation, Tunney Act Filing in United States v. Microsoft, January 28, 2002
United States v. Microsoft, No. 98-1232, USDC DC, November 1, 2002
State of New York v. Microsoft, No. 98-1233, USDC DC, November 1, 2002
Microsoft Loses '517 Patent on FAT Filesystem, September 30, 2004
GNU Privacy Guard: Get it if you don't have it, and please read the GNU Privacy Handbook document.
Hal Abelson, et al., The Risks Of "Key Recovery," "Key Escrow," And "Trusted Third-Party" Encryption, 1998
Eben Moglen, So Much For Savages, Comments on Encryption Policy, NYU Law School, November 19, 1998 (revised).
Ronald L. Rivest, Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption, April 24, 1998.
David Chaum, Achieving Electronic Privacy, Scientific American, August 1992
National Research Council, Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society, May 1996
Encryption Export Control Regulations, 15 C.F.R. sect. 742.15, as of January 1, 1999
Anti-virus Software and Info-War, New York Times, January 30, 1997
Head of Cyber-Terrorism Panel Says Encryption Rules May Be Needed, New York Times, November 6, 1997
John Markoff, White House May Tighten Data Exports, New York Times, November 24, 1997
Jeri Clausing, Congress Faces List of Internet Issues, New York Times, January 28, 1998.
Jeri Clausing, New Encryption Legislation Billed as a Compromise, New York Times, May 13, 1998.
Jeri Clausing, Encryption Debate Heats Up in Washington, New York Times, June 9, 1998
Carl S. Kaplan, Is Software Like a Can Opener or a Recipe?, New York Times, July 17, 1998
Bernstein v. Dept of State from EFF archive
Jeri Clausing, Lawmakers Renew Encryption Battle, New York Times, February 26, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Senator Ends Opposition to Encryption Software Exports, New York Times, April 2, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Former Allies May Back Different Encryption Bills , New York Times, April 6, 1999
Peter Wayner, Court Calls Encryption Rules Unconstitutional, New York Times, May 7, 1999
Steven Lee Myers, Justice Dept. Proposes Bill to Fight Computer Encryption, New York Times, August 20, 1999
John Markoff, A Mysterious Component Roils Microsoft , New York Times, September 4, 1999
Peter Wayner, Why a Small Software Label Raised Eyebrows, New York Times, September 4, 1999
Sara Robinson, News Analysis: Internet Code-Cracking Project Shows Need for Stronger Locks, New York Times, September 6, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Administration Plans to Loosen Encryption Restrictions, New York Times, September 14, 1999
Jeri Clausing, White House Eases Export Controls on Encryption , New York Times, September 17, 1999
John Schwartz, U.S. Selects a New Encryption Technique, New York Times, October 3, 2000
Jeri Clausing, New Fight Over Encryption Rules, September 21, 1999
Cyberspace Electronic Security Act of 1999, White House Proposal, September 16, 1999 (published by the Center for Democracy and Technology)
Bruno Giussani, Dutch Law Goes Beyond Enabling Wiretapping To Make It a Requirement, New York Times, April 14, 1998. Please look at the English text of the new Dutch Telecommunications Act linked to the article.
Reuters, Tracking of Swiss Mobile Phone Users Starts Row, InfoBeat, December 28, 1997
Stephen Labaton, New Rules Expand Ability of Police to Monitor Talk on Cell Phones, New York Times, August 28, 1999
Niall Mckay, European Parliament Debates Wiretap Proposal, New York Times, May 7, 1999
John Markoff, U.S. Drafting Plan for Computer Monitoring System, New York Times, July 28, 1999
Tim Weiner, Author of Computer Surveillance Plan Tries to Ease Fears, New York Times, August 16, 1999
Declan McCullogh, Cell Phone Crypto Penetrated, Wired News, December 6, 1999
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
Peter Wayner, Traveling the Web Invisibly, Through a One-Way Mirror, New York Times, November 5, 1997
Ian Goldberg and David Wagner, TAZ Servers and the Rewebber Network Enabling Anonymous Publishing on the World Wide Web, First Monday, April 1998
John Schwartz, Corporate Case in Ohio Raises Questions on Internet Anonymity, New York Times, October 17, 2000
Associated Press, Anonymous Net Posting Not Protected, New York Times, October 16, 2000
Jeffrey Rosen, The Eroded Self, New York Times, April 30, 2000
Christine Maxwell and Howard Gutowitz, Data Mining Solutions and the Establishment of a Data Warehouse: Corporate Nirvana for the 21st Century? , First Monday, May 1997
Bill Helling, Web-Site Sensitivity to Privacy Concerns, First Monday, February 1998
Amitai Etzioni, Some Privacy, Please, for E-Mail, New York Times, November 23, 1997
It Isn't Just Big Brother Who Is Watching, CyberTimes, January 12, 1998
Sailor's Case Becomes Privacy and Rights Cause, CyberTimes, January 14, 1998
Sailor Who Has Become a Symbol Wins Delay, CyberTimes, January 16, 1998
Philip Shenon, Navy and America Online Settle Case on Gay Privacy, New York Times, June 12, 1998
Jeri Clausing, Administration Seeks Input on Privacy Policy, New York Times, November 6, 1998
Pamela Mendels, New Serious Side to Child's Play on Web, New York Times, November 26, 1998
Jeri Clausing, Intel Alters Plan Said to Undermine PC Users' Privacy , New York Times, January 26, 1999
Peter Wayner, NEWS ANALYSIS: Debate on Intel Chip Misses Piracy Issue, New York Times, January 30, 1999
Sarah Lyall, A Country Unveils Its Gene Pool and Debate Flares , New York Times, February 16, 1999
John Markoff, A Growing Compatibility Issue in the Digital Age: Computers and Their Users' Privacy, New York Times, March 3, 1999
John Markoff, Microsoft to Alter Software in Response to Privacy Concerns, New York Times, March 7, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Business Group Unveils Plan for Online Privacy, New York Times, March 18, 1999
Matt Richtel, AOL Records Sought on Virus, New York Times, April 2, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Lawmaker Plans Bill to Protect Consumer Privacy Online, New York Times, April 8, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Hearing on Viruses Becomes Debate on Privacy, New York Times, April 16, 1999
Jeri Clausing, New Bill Keeps Online Privacy at Center Stage, New York Times, April 17, 1999
Robert Pear, Future Bleak for Bill to Keep Health Records Confidential, New York Times, June 21, 1999
Joel Brinkley, FTC Says GeoCities Violated Privacy Rules, New York Times, August 14, 1998
Saul Hansell, Big Web Sites to Track Steps of Their Users, New York Times, August 16, 1998
Evelyn Nieves, Privacy Issues Raised in Syphilis Cases Linked to San Francisco Chat Room, New York Times, August 25, 1999
David F. Gallagher, Amazon Tries to Ease Privacy Worries, New York Times, August 30, 1999
Denise Caruso, Digital Commerce: Consumers' Desire for Information Privacy Ignored, New York Times, August 30, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Capital Dispatch: Government Has More Questions for Internet Board, New York Times, November 2, 1999
Sara Robinson, RealNetworks to Stop Collecting User Data, New York Times, November 2, 1999
Sara Robinson, CD Software Is Said to Monitor Users' Listening Habits, New York Times, November 1, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Revised Banking Legislation Raises Concerns About Privacy, New York Times, October 25, 1999
Jeri Clausing, U.S. and Europe Reach Tentative Pact on Personal Data, New York Times, February 24, 2000
Reno v. Condon, No. 98-1464, US Supreme Court, January 12, 2000
Bob Tedeschi, E-Commerce Report: Critics Press Legal Assault on Tracking of Web Users, New York Times, February 6, 2000
Stephen Labaton, U.S. Is Said to Seek New Law to Bolster Internet Privacy, New York Times, May 19, 2000
Wired News, Privacy Group Drops Amazon, September 14, 2000
Associated Press, Personal Web Data Theft Flourishing, New York Times, September 13, 2000
John Borland, Freenet Re-energizes File-sharing, ZDNet, October 28, 2002.
Julia Scheeres, Librarians Split on Sharing Info, Wired, January 16, 2003
Caroline Mayer, FTC Says Identity Theft Is Rampant, Washington Post, September 4, 2003.
John Leyden, Smart Phone Predicts Owner's Behavior, The Register, November, 25 2004
Constance L. Hays, What Wal-Mart Knows About Customers' Habits, New York Times, November 14, 2004
Reno v. ACLU, No. 96-511, decided June 26, 1997
Visit the Communications Decency Act Archives of the New York Times
Concerning Loving v. University of Oklahoma
Michael Baroni, Mother Fights Celebrity Nudes Online , New York Times, September 27, 1997
Jeri Clausing, FCC Suggests V-Chips for PCs , New York Times, October 30, 1997
Marlise Simons, Dutch Say a Sex Ring Used Infants on Internet, New York Times, July 19, 1998
The problem of the offensive address
Please read the opinion of the Sixth Circuit in Thomas v. United States, courtesy of the ACLU.
Pamela Mendels, Hearings End in Online Pornography Case, New York Times, January 28, 1999
Maine Court Upholds Child Porn Law , New York Times, January 30, 1999
Jamie Murphy, Australia Passes Law on Limiting Internet , New York Times, June 30, 1999
Stephen Labaton, Net Sites Co-Opted by Pornographers, New York Times, September 23, 1999
Mark Nadel, The First Amendment's Limitations on the Use of Internet Filtering in Public and School Libraries: What Content Can Librarians Exclude?, 78 Tex. L. Rev. 1117 (2000)
Jeannette Allis Bastian, Filtering the Internet in American Public Libraries: Sliding Down the Slippery Slope, First Monday, October 1997
Library Case Will Launch Simple but Powerful Argument, New York Times, January 15, 1998.
Jeri Clausing, In Rejecting Dismissal of Filtering Case, Judge Sets High Standard for Libraries, New York Times, April 9, 1998
Rebecca Fairley Raney, Bill Would Put Net Filters in California Libraries, New York Times, April 10, 1998
Pamela Mendels, Family Sues Library for Not Restricting Children's Internet Access, New York Times, June 14, 1998
Pamela Mendels, Librarian Seeks Evidence of Complaints About Internet Misuse, New York Times, April 20, 1999
Pamela Mendels, Michigan Law Leaves Library's Internet Filters Open to Debate, New York Times, August 6, 1999
Elizabeth G. Olson, Nations Struggle With How to Control Hate on the Web, New York Times, November 24, 1997
Rebecca Fairley Raney, E-Mail Hate-Speech Case Ends in Deadlock, New York Times, November 25, 1997
Canada Tries to Bar Pro-Nazi View on Internet, New York Times, August 2, 1998
Abortion Foe Sues Internet Provider, New York Times, June 12, 1999
Amy Harmon, Internet Sale of Nazi Books in Germany Is Assailed, New York Times, August 9, 1999
Jeri Clausing, Online Gambling Industry Seeks Regulation to Save Itself, New York Times, December 23, 1997
Lisa Napoli, Online Casino Unfazed by Proposed U.S. Ban, New York Times, June 1, 1998
Carl S. Kaplan, A Big Day for Football, a Big Day for Internet Gambling, New York Times, January 29, 1999
Carl S. Kaplan, Judge in Gambling Case Takes On Sticky Issue of Jurisdiction, New York Times, August 12, 1999
Michelle Quinn and Matt Marshall, Ex-Infoseek exec says chat room was just fantasy, San Jose Mercury News, November 30, 1999
Please read also: US v. Baker, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 1353; 1997 FED App. 0036P (6th Cir. Jan. 31, 1997); United States v. Baker, 890 F. Supp. 1375, 1381 (E.D. Mich. 1995).
Mitch Kapor, Where is the Digital Highway Really Heading? The Case for a Jeffersonian Information Policy, pts 1&2, Wired, 1.3 (1994)
Apple's Petition For Rulemaking RM-8653, "NII BAND": In the Matter of Allocation of Spectrum in the 5 GHz Band To Establish a Wireless Component of the National Information Infrastructure; RM-8653, Comments of the Center for Democracy and Technology; RM-8648; RM-8653 Comments of AT&T; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: In the Matter of Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Provide for Unlicensed NII/SUPERNet Operations in the 5 GHz Frequency Range, ET Docket No. 96-102, (adopted April 25, 1996; released May 6, 1996)
Charles Platt, The Great HDTV Swindle, Wired, February 1997
Turner Broadcasting v. FCC, US Sup Ct, March 31, 1997.
Bruno Giussani, A New Media Tells Different Stories, First Monday, April 1997
Companies Plan to Send Web Data Along With Television Signals, New York Times, January 11, 1998
Wiebke Loosen, The Second-Level Digital Divide of the Web and Its Impact on Journalism, First Monday, August 2002.
Leslie Wayne, Regulators Confront Web Role in Politics, New York Times, April 21, 2000
Don Lewicki and Tim Ziaukas, The Digital Tea Leaves of Election 2000: The Internet and the Future of Presidential Politics, First Monday, December 2000
Christopher D. Hunter, Political Privacy and Online Politics: How E-Campaigning Threatens Voter Privacy, First Monday, February 2002
Declan McCullagh, Liberal Net rules spawn political attack ads, C|Net News.com, May 6, 2004
Declan McCullagh, Elections officials fight for Net political ads, C|Net News.com, October 14, 2004
Declan McCullagh, Interviewing FEC's Bradley Smith, The coming crackdown on blogging, C|Net News.com, March 3, 2005
Ellen Weintraub, FEC Commissioner, Response to Smith Interview, Bloggers, chill out already!, C|Net News.com, March 7, 2005
Richard Hasen, Should the FEC Regulate Political Blogging?, Personal Democracy Forum, March 7, 2005
Brian Faler, Groups Weigh In on Web Politicking, Washington Post, June 5, 2005
Anne Broache, Politicos want to shield Net from election laws, C|Net News.com, September 22, 2005
John Borland, Want to vote? Text me now, C|Net News.com, October 19, 2005
Rebecca Fairley Raney, Voting by the Internet: The Mouse Still Hasn't Roared, New York Times, January 30, 2000
Eben Moglen & Pamela S. Karlan, The Soul of a New Political Machine: The Online, the Color Line and Electronic Democracy, 34 Loyola of Los Angeles L. Rev. 1089 (2001).
Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project, Voting -- What Is, What Could Be, July 2001
Kim Zetter, E-Voting Undermined by Sloppiness , Wired News, December 17, 2003
Kim Zetter, Open-Source E-Voting Heads West , Wired News, January 21, 2004
Kim Zetter, Risky E-Vote System to Expand , Wired News, January 26, 2004
David McGlinchey, Pentagon scraps plan for online voting in 2004 elections, GovExec.com, February 5, 2004
Michigan Dems Vote Online , Wired News, February 6, 2004
Adam Berinsky, The Perverse Consequences of Electoral Reform in the United States, American Politics Research, Volume 31, Number X, 1-21, April 2004
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Accessibility and Auditability in Electronic Voting, May 17, 2004
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, VTP Recommendations to the Election Assistance Commission on Immediate Steps to Avoid Lost Votes in the November 2004 Election, July 2004
Current Verified Voting Litigation, VerifiedVoting.org, October 2004
Switzerland Tries Internet Voting, CBS News, September 25, 2004
Jari Tanner, 'E-Stonia' online vote called a success, Statesman.com, October 17, 2005
Electronic Frontier Foundation E-Voting Page
Jennifer Lee, Guerrilla Warfare, Waged With Code, New York Times, October 10, 2002
Patrick Di Justo, Does the End Justify the Means?, Wired News, March 18, 2003
Noah Schachtman, An Inside Look at China Filters, Wired News, December 4, 2004
Jim Kerstetter, Group says Yahoo helped jail Chinese journalist, C|Net News.com, September 6, 2005
Alorie Gilbert, Handbook offers tips for cyberdissidents, C|Net News.com, September 22, 2005
Social funds warn Web firms on human rights, C|Net News.com, November 8, 2005
Declan McCullagh, U.S. protests Net summit crackdown, C|Net News.com, November 18, 2005
Martin LaMonica, Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop, C|Net News.com, September 1, 2005
Martin LaMonica, Mass. bill endangers OpenDocument decision, C|Net News.com, November 3, 2005
Martin LaMonica, Microsoft to standardize Office formats, C|Net News.com, November 21, 2005
Federal Government Discriminates against Mac Users, Age of Reason - Macs, March 19, 2005
Federal Grant Applications to Require Windows, Slashdot, April 19, 2005
Update: Grants.gov Mac Discrimination, Age of Reason - Macs, April 19, 2005
Rob Fay, More Mac Incompatibility with Grants.gov, Partial Recall, November 18, 2005
Stay tuned.....