The table below gives the topic we plan to discuss in each class and
the readings associated with each topic. Readings should
be completed before their associated class meeting.
Please note that some readings are PDFs that can only be accessed
using a campus computer. If you experience problems accessing
any of the assigned papers, please let your professor know as
soon as possible.
| Date |
Topic |
Readings |
| [1] 01.03.08 |
Course Overview |
|
| [2] 01.07.08 |
Internet History and HTML |
- Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark,
Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch,
Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, and Stephen Wolff, A Brief
History of the Internet, Internet Society, December 10, 2003.
- Dan Bricklin, Why We Don't Need QOS:
Trains, Cars, and Internet Quality of Service, August 2, 2003.
- Dave Raggett's
Introduction to HTML (Do not include in reading summary.)
- HTML Tutorial (Do
not include in reading summary.)
|
| [3] 01.09.08 |
Net Neutrality
Pro: Sean
Neg: Thomas
|
- Christopher Stern,
The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet,
The Washington Post, January 22, 2006.
- Lawrence Lessig and Robert W. McChesney,
No Tolls on The
Internet, The Washington Post, June 8, 2006.
- Robert E. Litan, Catching
the Web in a Net of Neutrality, The Washington Post, May, 2, 2006.
|
| [4] 01.10.08 |
Internet Governance and Control
US Maintain Control: Sam
US Relinquish Control: Vince
|
- Kenneth Neil Cukier,
Who Will Control the Internet?,
Foreign Affairs, November/December 2005.
- Kieren McCarthy,
Read the letter that won the internet governance battle,
The Register, December 2, 2005.
- John Markoff,
Control the Internet? A Futile Pursuit, Some Say,
New York Times, November 14, 2005.
- Hiawatha Bray,
Don't give UN control over Internet,
Boston Globe, October 17, 2005.
|
| [5] 01.14.08 |
Copyright and Patent Law
Pro DMCA: Greg
Anti DMCA: Steve
|
- Lawrence Lessig,
Jail Time in the Digital Age,
New York Times, July 30, 2001.
- Michael Fricklas,
Our Case Against YouTube,
Washington Post, Saturday, March 24, 2007.
- Fritz Attaway and Wendy Seltzer,
DRM Protects Downloads, But Does it Stifle Innovation?,
Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2006.
- Julie E. Cohen, Call It the Digital Millennium Censorship Act. Unfair Use,
The New Republic, May 23, 2000.
|
| [6] 01.16.08 |
Peer-to-peer File Sharing Legality
File Sharing is legal: Mike
File Sharing is illegal: Jing
|
|
| [7] 01.17.08 |
Privacy and Security
Pro regulation: Joe
Anti regulation: Ikenna
|
- Brock Read, Think Before You
Share, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 20, 2006.
- Danah Boyd,
"Facebook's 'Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure, Invasion, and Drama".
Apophenia Blog. September 8, 2006.
- Samantha Henig, After a Redesign,
Facebook Hastily Offers New Privacy Protections, The Chronicle of Higher Education
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Pg. 35, September 22, 2006. ((Do not summarize. This is just a
short followup to preceding article.)
- Martin Van Der Werf, Beware of
Using Social-Networking Sites to Monitor Students, Lawyers Say,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, MONEY & MANAGEMENT;
Pg. 28, March 2, 2007.
|
| [8] 01.21.08 |
Spyware and Phishing |
- Bruce Schneier,
It's the Econonomy, Stupid, Wired News, June 29, 2006.
- Michelle Delio,
Spyware on My Machine? So What?, Wired News, December 6, 2004.
- Roger Thompson, Why spyware poses multiple threats to security,
Communications of the ACM, Volume 48, Issue 8, August 2005.
|
| [9] 01.23.08 |
Future of the Internet |
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