Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture (2004), Preface and Introduction
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 summary from the Congressional Research Service..
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 FormAlliance 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
Federal Communications Commission, Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking And Declaratory Ruling, September 18, 2000
Eben Moglen, Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright, First Monday, August 1999 [German translation by Andreas von Bonin] [French translation by Jerome Dominguez][Italian translation by Francesco Paparella][Hungarian translation by Szabó Balász]
Eben Moglen, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, The dotCommunist Manifesto, January 2003 PostScript PDF [German trans. by Gerrit Gohlke] [French trans. by Pierre-Yves Gibello][Serbo-Croatian trans. by Tomislav Medak][Dutch trans. by Kasper Souren][Spanish trans. by Oscar Palacios][Italian trans. by Emanuele Rocca]
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.
Yochai Benkler, Free as the Air to Common Use: First Amendment Constraints on Enclosure of the Public Domain, 74 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 354 (1999)
Michael H. Goldhaber, The Attention Economy: The Natural Economy of the Net, First Monday, April 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
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
Saul Hansell, Surging Number of Patents Engulfs Internet Commerce, New York Times, December 10, 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
Reuters, Study Says That Napster Increases Music Sales, New York Times, July 21, 2000
John Kelsey and Bruce Schneier, The Street Performer Protocol and Digital Copyrights, First Monday, June 1999
Amy Harmon, Deal Settles Suit AgainstMP3.com, New York Times, November 15, 2000
Amy Harmon, Rock Musicians Enter Fray on Copyrights, New York Times, November 13, 2000
Sabra Chartrand, Move in Congress to Limit Protection of Business Methods, New York Times, October 9, 2000
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes, 00 Civ. 0277 (LAK), August 17, 2000
Brief for Appellant, Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Remeirdes, US CA2, No. 2001-119, January 19, 2001
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley, No. 00-9185 (CA2, November 28, 2001)
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
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
Die Gedanken Sind Frei: The Free Software Movement and The Struggle for Freedom of Thought, Wizards of OS3, Berlin, June 10, 2004 MP3 Ogg Transcript
David Chaum, Achieving Electronic Privacy, Scientific American, August 1992
National Research Council, Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society, May 1996
Eben Moglen, So Much For Savages, Comments on Encryption Policy, NYU Law School, November 19, 1998 (revised).
Peter Wayner, Court Calls Encryption Rules Unconstitutional, New York Times, May 7, 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
Encryption Export Control Regulations, 15 C.F.R. sect. 742.15, as of January 1, 1999
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Revisions to Encryption Items, interim final rule, January 10, 2000 (from EPIC)
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
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
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
Suzanne Daley, An Electronic Spy Scare Is Alarming Europe, New York Times, February 24, 2000
Jeri Clausing, Some Countries Seek Keys to Digital Code-Scramblers, New York Times, April 2, 2000
John Schwartz, Corporate Case in Ohio Raises Questions on Internet Anonymity, New York Times, October 17, 2000
The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 18 USC S. 2710
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
Lisa Guernsey, Mining the 'Deep Web' With Specialized Drills, New York Times, January 25, 2001
Copyright Extension Stifles Creativity, Lawyer Tells Court, New York Times, October 6, 2000
Saul Hansell, Limits May Emerge for AOL Deal, New York Times, September 06, 2000
William Safire, Spectrum Squatters, New York Times, October 9, 2000
Stephen Labaton, Clinton Orders a New Auction of the Airwaves, New York Times, October 14, 2000
Stephen Labaton, Communications Lobby Puts Full-Court Press on Congress, New York Times, October 24, 2000
Emir Mohammed, Growth of Internet Telephony: Legal and Policy Issues, First Monday, June 1999
Reno v. ACLU, 117 S.Ct. 2329, 138 L.Ed.2d 874 (1997)
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
Keith Bradsher, Voters Defeat Measure on Filters at Library, New York Times, February 24, 2000
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
Anti-Racism Group Sues Yahoo for Hosting Auctions of Nazi-Related Items, New York Times, April 12, 2000