Historical roots of technology and law Copernican view of the universe, telescope, epicycles, printing press, timekeeping/longitude problem.
Printing press analogy to the Internet and WWW.
Servers, WAN's, LAN's, ISP's, TCP/IP, routers etc.
How the Internet works in terms of redundancy replication.
Shareware, public domain, freeware.
DNS, web site v. web page ISP's and liability for copyright and Mark violations
Where does the authority to grant copyrights come from?
The steps in creating a copyright (legally not procedurally) expression, originality, uniquesness.
Who holds the copyright on the "West Side Story? When is copying a copyrighted work not a violation? Issues of fair use,
Playboy Case, Hasbro Case - Candyland
Why the Internet changes copyright and trademark infringement issues
What is MP3.
What is a search engine
Digital Millennium Copyright Act - its significance in terms of MP3.
What is WIPO, Berne Convention
What are the formalities of protecting a copyright? Is affixing a notice necessary? If not why?
What are "author's rights", "paternity rights", "attribution rights", duration of protection. Infringement: direct, contributory, vicarious.
Sources of risk of violation for online services.
Web issues - can you borrow someone else's HTML code??? Is storage in RAM a violation of fair use? What is a compilation.
Various issues on coming across materials on line. What is the public domain? Is live chat or chat room materials public domain? Netcom case, ProCD case, Premption.
Trademark, Service Mark, Tradename, the Lanham Act,
Liklihood of infringement, Domain name trademark issue, Dilution, goodwill Rules for maintaining Marks in the US. Designs used as marks,
Certification Marks, and Collective marks Trade dress Secondary Meaning, dilution, anit-dilution statutes, principle register, secondary register, state registration, Reverse "passing off"