THE FIRST
AMENDMENT & THE INTERNET
PROFESSOR SKOVER
FALL 2008
SYLLABUS
The following shorthand has been
used in the list of reading assignments:
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"Text" refers to Madeleine
Schachter and Joel Kurtzberg, Law of Internet Speech (Carolina Academic Press,
3rd ed. 2008)
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"Lessig" refers to
Lawrence Lessig,
Free Culture
(Penguin Press, 2004)
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I. NORMATIVE VALUE THEORIES
| Assignment 1: |
Values Served by the First
Amendment
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Text |
| Assignment 2: |
First
Amendment Normative Theories
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Alexander Meiklejohn, Political
Freedom |
PDF File |
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Martin Redish, "The
Value of Free Speech"
Stanley Ingber, "The Marketplace of Ideas" |
PDF File
Lexis |
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Vincent
Blasi, "Holmes & the Marketplace of Ideas" |
Lexis |
II. THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET
| Assignment 1: |
The Nature of the Internet
Randall Bezanson & Gilbert Cranberg, "Taking
Stock of Newspapers"
Rick Morris, "The End of the Networks"
Timothy Sandefur, "The Information Age, Again"
Submit
at the Beginning of Class a Hard Copy of
the Order Granting Petition of
Certiorari
& the Identification of Justices
|
Text
Lexis
Lexis
Lexis |
| Assignment 2: |
The
Dichotomy Between Speech & Press
Susan Balter-Reitz, "In Search of Truthiness"
Richard Wolf, "Blogosphere Spurs Government Oversight"
Paul Horwitz, "Or of the [Blog]"
Harvard Law Journal -- Developments in the Law of Media:
"Application of the Journalist's Privilege to Bloggers"
|
Text
Lexis
USA Today
Lexis
Lexis |
| Assignment 3: |
The Press
& Internet Publications
Harvard Law Journal -- Developments in the Law of Media:
"Viewpoint Discrimination & Media Access to Public Officials" |
Text
Lexis |
Assignment 4:
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Analytical Frameworks for Internet Speech |
Text |
| Assignment 5: |
Jurisdiction as an Illustration
Harvard Law Journal -- Developments in the Law of Media:
"Internet Jurisdiction: A Comparative Analysis"
Scott Jansen, "Oh, What a Tangled Web" |
Text
Lexis
Lexis |
III. REGULATION OF INTERNET CONTENT
| Assignment 1: |
First Amendment Analytical
Frameworks
Chart: Freedom of Speech Analysis
|
Text
PDF
File |
| Assignment 2: |
Hate Speech & Harmful
Speech - 1 |
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Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette
United States v. Alkhabaz
Internet Speech Related to Violence
|
Lexis
Text
Text |
| Assignment 3: |
Hate Speech & Harmful
Speech - 2
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R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
Virginia v. Black
Rice v. The Paladin Enterprises,
Inc.
Submit at the Beginning of Class a Hard Copy of
Individual Justice's Research Bibliography
|
Text
Lexis
Text
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| Assignment 4: |
Speech
Relating to Matters of National Security -1
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New
York Times v. U.S.
U.S. v. The Progressive
Harvard Law Journal -- Developments in the Law of Media:
"Criminal Liability for the Act of Publishing"
Geoffrey Stone, "Government Secrecy v. Freedom of Press"
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Text
Text
Lexis
FAC First Reports
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Assignment 5: |
Speech Relating to Matters
of National Security - 2
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Collins & Skover, "What Is War? Reflections on Free Speech"
Stone & Posner Debate: "What's Wrong with the Patriot Act?" |
Lexis
Legal Affairs
|
| Assignment
6: |
Regulation of Internet Obscenity & Indecency
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Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
Ashcroft v. ACLU
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Robert Corn-Revere, "Can Broadcast Indecency Regulations Be
Extended to Cable TV & Satellite Radio?"
Clay Calvert, "Imus, Indecency, Violence & Vulgarity"
|
Text
Lexis
Lexis
Progress on Point
Lexis |
| Assignment
7: |
Filtering Obscenity & Indecency
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Mainstream Loudoun v.
Trustees of the Loudoun County Library
United States v. American Library Association
|
Text
Lexis |
IV. DEFAMATION
| Assignment 1: |
Publication
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Introductory Comments |
Text |
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Publication by
Conduits
Batzel v. Smith
Characterizing Content Providers |
Text
Lexis
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The CDA & Archived
Materials
Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com
|
Text
Lexis |
| Assignment 2: |
Of and Concerning
the Plaintiff / Defamatory Import / Falsity
Browne v. Avvo, Inc. |
Text
Lexis
|
| Assignment 3: |
Requisite
Degree of Fault
Levine, "UK's Sullivan Gives Press More
Leeway to Report"
Transmit Word Files of the
First Draft Opinions
of Individual Justices
by E-Mail
|
Text
First Amendment
Center
|
| Assignment 4: |
Matters of Public
Concern
Public & Private Figures in Internet Communications
The Libel Lawyers' Perspective: A Symposium
hosted by the Seattle University School of
Law (11/99)
Louise Story, "Can a Sandwich Be Slandered?"
|
Text
Text
Symposium Text
or Audiotape
Lexis |
V. PRIVACY INTERESTS
| Assignment 1: |
Common
Law Invasion of Privacy Rights
|
Text |
| Assignment
2: |
Data Mining &
Data Protection Values
Excerpt from Froomkin, "The Death of Privacy"
|
Text
Lexis at 1461-1505 |
| Assignment
3: |
Data Protection Paradigms
Excerpt from Froomkin, "The Death of Privacy"
Privacy Protection Act |
Text
Lexis at 1524-1528
Text
|
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Assignment 4: |
The
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Sarah Lai Stirland, "Reluctant Snoops"
|
Text
Search archives of
Seattle Times
|
| Assignment
5: |
Access to Information
& FOIA
Impact of the 2002 Homeland Security Act
|
Text
Freedom
Forum |
| Assignment
6: |
Technology Privacy Protections
Transmit Word
Files of the First Draft Opinions of the Court
by E-Mail
|
Text |
VI. PROPRIETARY INTERESTS IN CONTENT
| Assignment 1: |
Copyright
Infringement Claims
Zeller, "Trying to Tame an Unruly Technology"
Leeds & Lohr, "No Pot of Gold in Court Ruling for the Studios"
|
Text
Lexis
Lexis |
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Assignment 2: |
Fair Use
Defense
|
Text |
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Assignment 3: Assignment 4: |
Digital Millennium
Copyright Act - 1 Digital Millennium Copyright Act - 2
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Text Text
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VII. THE INTERNET: THE
LOSS OF A "FREE CULTURE"
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