Part One: Speech, Press, Assembly
Theory
Lawrence Lessig,
Reading the Constitution in Cyberspace (pdf), 43 Emory L.J. (1996)
Potter Stewart,
"Or of the Press" (pdf), 26 Hastings L.J. 631 (1975)
Jay Rosen,
"Bloggers vs. Journalists is Over", PressThink, January 15, 2005
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
Tom Jackman,
Va. Ban On Spam Is Ruled Unlawful, Washington Post, September 13, 2008.
Speech that induces unlawful conduct
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
Speech that provokes a hostile audience reaction
Feiner v. New York, 340 U.S. 315 (1951)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
Speech that discloses confidential information
New York Times Co. v United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
Kim Zetter,
Cayman Islands Bank Gets Wikileaks Taken Offline in U.S., Wired, Feb 18, 2008
Bob Egelko,
S.F. judge dissolves his Wikileaks injunction, Saturday, March 1, 2008
Maryanne Spoto,
Blogger Seeks to Protect Sources, April 23, 2009
Libel
New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Public fora
Hague v. CIO, 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
Tricia Bishop,
Court rules to protect identities in online libel case, Baltimore Sun, Feb 28, 2009
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project: "Material Support" provision of Patriot Act
Adam Liptak,
Right to Free Speech Collides With Fight Against Terror, New York Times, Feb 10, 2010
The Center for Constitutional Rights Holder resource page
SCOTUSWiki's Holder resource page
DVD cases
Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes, 111 F. Supp. 2d 294 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
Universal City Studios v. Corley, 273 F.3d 429 (2d Cir. 2001)
Municipal Wi-Fi
Philadelphia's Municipal Wi-Fi Plan
Lobbyists try to kill Philly wireless plan, MSNBC News, Nov. 23, 2004
Declan McCullagh,
Philly, Verizon reach accord on city Wi-Fi plan, C|Net News.com, Dec. 1, 2004
Dianah Neff,
Hands off our Wi-Fi network!, C|Net News.com, Feb. 10, 2005
New America, Ethos Group,
The Philadelphia Story: Lessons from a Municipal Wireless Pioneer (pdf), newamerica.net, Dec 11, 2007
Carol Ellison,
Public Wi-Fi in Philadelphia gets public scrutiny, MuniWireless, Dec 11, 2007
Glen Goldman,
Wireless Philadelphia Rejects Assertions of Ethos Group Publication, Wireless Philadelphia, Dec 11, 2007
Matt Hamblen,
Philly eyes options if EarthLink abandons city Wi-Fi effort, Computerworld, Jan 29, 2008
The Current State of Wi-Fi Deployments
MuniWireless, Reports on Municipal Wireless and Broadband Projects
Lawrence Lessig,
Why Your Broadband Sucks, Wired, March 2005
Robert Weisman,
Hub sets citywide WiFi plan, Boston Globe, Jul 31, 2006
Olga Kharif,
Top 10 Municipal Wi-Fi Plans, Business Week, Aug 17, 2006
Alternative Access Team,
First year of Google WiFi, googleblog, Aug. 24, 2007
Matt Hamblen,
Three Minutes With MuniWireless.com's Founder, Computerworld, Oct 13, 2007 (see also
muniwireless.com)
Jason Lee Miller,
Community Broadband Act To Reach Senate, webpronews.com, Oct 30, 2007 (
more information on the act, inc. text of the act)
Vindu Goel,
Wireless Silicon Valley getting little support, Mercury News, Nov 04, 2007 (Original article now gone, but see related article: Eric Bangeman,
In the land where VC money flows, nary a drop for massive muni WiFi network Ars Technica, Nov 04 2007.)
Stephen Lawson,
Wi-Fi Mesh Lights Up Mecca for Hajj, IDG/NYT, Dec 19, 2007
Michael Liedtke,
Startup promises free wireless web in SF, Yahoo News, Jan 4, 2008
Jordan Miller,
Downtown Ypsilanti gets wireless network, Ann Arbor News, Feb 10, 2008
Ian Urbina,
Hopes for Wireless Cities Fade as Internet Providers Pull Out, New York Times, Mar 22, 2008
W. David Gardner,
EarthLink To Shut Down New Orleans' Municipal Wi-Fi, Information Week, Apr 25, 2008
Steven Titch,
Wireless Silicon Valley Plan Revived, Heartland Institute, May 1, 2008
FCC's National Broadband Plan, released on March 16, 2010 (link added by seminar student, 3/23/10)
Paul Kapustka,
Verizon Says Google, Microsoft Should Pay For Internet Apps, Information Week, January 5, 2006
Jeremy Pelofsky,
Broadband, content firms fight over Net neutrality, Reuters, February 7, 2006 (
cached version, featuring full text and c. 1994 web page design)
Marguerite Reardon,
Without 'Net neutrality,' will consumers pay twice?, C|Net News, February 7, 2006
Lawrence Lessig,
Congress must keep broadband competition alive, Financial Times, Oct 18, 2006
David Meyer,
BT says no to traffic shaping, ZDNet.co.uk, Apr 12, 2007
ScienceDaily,
Net Neutrality: Undifferentiated Networks Would Require Significant Extra Capacity, Jul 1, 2007, ScienceDaily.com (but see also
commentary by ex-ATT engineer discussing some of the assumptions of this paper.)
Mike Masnick,
Net Neutrality Debate Again Descends Into Shouting, Farce, Jul 3, 2007
Cade Metz,
BitTorrent busts Comcast BitTorrent busting, The Register, Feb 19, 2008
Grant Gross,
FCC: Comcast blocking was widespread, IDG News Service, Apr 22, 2008
David Kravets,
D.C. Circuit rules against FCC's net neutrality regulatory authority, Wired, April 6, 2010 (link added by seminar student, 4/6/10)
Nate Anderson,
How many Internet pirates are there, anyway?, Ars Technica, February 2011
Edward Wyatt,
House Votes Against ‘Net Neutrality’, NY Times, April 8, 2011
Rory Cellan-Jones,
Web creator's net neutrality fear, BBC, April 19, 2011
Lisa Greim,
Does Anybody Still Give a #(^&! About Net Neutrality?, PCWorld, May 5, 2011
Grant Gross,
FCC Chairman Defends Net Neutrality Rules, PC World, May 5, 2011
Jo Best,
Gates reveals his 'magic solution' to spam, CNET News.com, Jan 26, 2004
AOL, Yahoo Planning Postage Charges for Email, Consumer Affairs, February 5, 2006
Elinor Mills,
Newsmaker: You've got (certified) mail!, C|Net News, February 13, 2006
Online Campaign Regulations
New FEC Regulation
Declan McCullagh,
Election commission takes light touch with Net regs, C|Net News, March 24, 2006
Zachary A. Goldfarb & Thomas B. Edsall,
Proposed FEC Rules Would Exempt Most Political Activity on Internet, Washington Post, March 25, 2006
Anne Broache,
Feds approve liberal election rules for Net, C|Net News, March 27, 2006
AP,
Net: A Political Free-for-All, Wired News, March 27, 2006
Vice Chairman Lenhard & Commissioner Weintraub,
FEC Internet Rulemaking - Background and FAQ (pdf), Federal Election Commission, March 24, 2006
Draft of the Final Rule (pdf), Federal Election Commission, March 24, 2006
Amendments to the Final Rule (pdf), Federal Election Commission, March 27, 2006
For additional information, the complete rulemaking record is located
here.
AFP
Tokyo requests YouTube delete candidates' speeches PhysOrg.com, Apr 9, 2007
H.R. 1606 (the "Online Freedom of Speech Act") and H.R. 4900
Rep. Hensarling (R-TX),
H.R. 1606, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication, introduced April 13, 2005
Rep. Allen (D-ME),
H.R. 4900, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude certain communications made over the Internet from certain requirements of such Act, and for other purposes, introduced March 8, 2006
CDT,
Comparison of the Impact on Small Speakers of H.R. 1606 and H.R. 4900 (pdf), Center for Democracy and Technogloy, March 15, 2006
Leslie Harris & John Morris,
Hensarling Bill Would Do Too Little, and Too Much (pdf), Center for Democracy and Technology, March 14, 2006
Various,
Support for H.R. 4900; Opposition to H.R. 1606, Democracy 21, March 14, 2006
CDT,
CDT Endorses Bill to Protect Political Speech Online, Center for Democracy and Technology, March 15, 2006
Kos,
HR 1606, the debate, Daily Kos, March 15, 2006
Jerome Armstrong,
HR 4900 doesn't look good for MyDD, My DD, March 18, 2006
CDT,
CDT Commends FEC For Protecting Political Speakers, Center for Democracy and Technology, March 27, 2006
Various,
Statement by Reform Groups on the Internet Regulation Adopted Today by the FEC, Democracy 21, March 27, 2006
Larry Lessig for Congress
Cory Doctorow,
Draft Larry Lessig for Congress!, boingboing,February 18, 2008
Sarah Lai Stirland,
Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig Explores Bid for Congress, Wired Blog, February 19, 2008
Julian Sanchez,
Lessig wants to build a "creative commons in Congress", Ars Technica, February 20, 2008
Declan McCullagh,
Larry Lessig: I'm not running for Congress, C|Net News.com, February 25, 2008