Web Casebook - Table of Contents

Class 2 - What is the Internet

1. The Internet in Canada
2. A Brief History of the Internet
3. ACLU v. Reno (finding of fact)
4. CFIB Report on Internet Usage
5. The Internet: Advancing the Information Highway
6. Online Resources
7. Stuff To Do

Class 3 - Competing Visions of Law on the Internet

1. Law and Borders
2. Against Cyberanarchy
3. The Laws of Cyberspace
4. Lex Informatica: The Formulation of Information Policy Rules Through Technology
5. Foucault in Cyberspace
6. The Internet as a Source of Regulatory Arbitrage
7. Stuff To Do

Class 4 - Regulation and Jurisdiction on the Internet

1. Jurisdiction and the Internet: Are Traditional Rules Enough?
2. Inset Systems, Inc. v. Instruction Set, Inc.
3. Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King
4. Zippo Mfg. Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.
5. CRTC Notice on New Media Hearings
6. Square Pegs and Round Holes: CRTC Regulation of the Internet
7. Federalism in Cyberspace
8. Stuff To Do

Class 5 - Intellectual Property Law in Canada: A Primer

1. Copyright and Information Technology
2. Internet Content Liability Study - Copyright Infringement
3. Patent Law Primer
4. Tele-Direct (Publications) Inc. v. American Business Information Inc.
5. Copyright Act, Trademark Act, Patent Act
6. Database Protection and Canadian Laws
7. The Economy of Ideas
8. Online Resources

Class 6 - Hypertext Linking and Framing on the Web

1. Total News
2. Total News Settlement
3. Ticketmaster v. Microsoft complaint
4. Shetland Times Ltd. v. Wills
5. Proprietary Rights in Hypertext Linkages
6. Tim Berners-Lee on linking
7. Fair Dealing in Webbed Links of Shetland Yarns
8. Copyright on the WWW: Linking and Liability
9. Online Resources
10. Stuff To Do

Class 7 - Trademarks and Domain Names

1. PEINet v. O'Brien
2. ITV Technologies, Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd.
3. Domain Name System Reform and Related Internet Governance Issues: A Consultation Paper
4. Reform of the Domain Name System: Current Developments and Statement of Principles
5. Trademark Issues in Cyberspace: The Brave New Frontier
6. A Primer on Trademark Law and Internet Addresses
7. Online Resources
8. Stuff To Do

Class 8 - ISP Liability

1. Bill C-424
2. Stratton-Oakmont v. Prodigy Services Co.
3. Cubby v. Compuserve, Inc.
4. Zeran v. AOL
5. Somm Decision
6. Liabilities of System Operators on the Internet
7. Liability for Online Intermediaries
8. Stuff To Do

Class 9 - Electronic Commerce - Is There Consensus

1. Electronic Commerce: Priorities For Action (Canada)
2. U.S. Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce, First Annual Report (U.S.)
3. A European Initiative in Electronic Commerce (EU)
4. OECD Action Plan for Electronic Commerce
5. Strategy for the Information Economy (Australia)
6. The Emerging Digital Economy
7. The Legal Regulation of Electronic Commerce
8. New Rules for the New Economy
9. Online Resources
10. Stuff To Do

Class 10 - Electronic Commerce - Model Laws

1. UNCITRAL Model Electronic Commerce Law
2. Uniform Electronic Commerce Act (Draft)
3. Bill C-54
4. Consultation Paper on Facilitating Electronic Commerce: Statutes, Signatures and Evidence
5. Formation and Validity of Online Contracts

Class 11 - Digital Signatures

1. Policy Considerations Behind Legislation Recognizing Electronic Signatures
2. Open Systems, Free Markets, and Regulation of Internet Commerce
3. The Essential Role of Trusted Third Parties in Electronic Commerce
4. Inventory of Approaches to Authentication and Certification in a Global Networked Society
5. Online Resources
6. Stuff To Do

Class 12 - Contracting in the Online Environment

1. The Validity and Enforceability of Web-Wrap Agreements and Assessing the Need for Legislation
2. North American Systemshops v. King
3. The Enforceability of Shrinkwrap Licenses Online and Offline
4. ProCD v. Ziedenberg
5. Formation and Validity of Online Contracts
6. The Validity of Shrink-Wrap Licenses in Scots Law
7. Copyright Preemption After The ProCD Case: Market-Based Approach
8. Online Resources
9. Stuff To Do

Class 13 - Cryptography

1. A Cryptography Policy for Electronic Commerce
2. Responses to Cryptography Policy for Electronic Commerce
3. Minister Manley Statement on Cryptography
4. Summary of Canada's Export Controls on Cryptography Software
5. The Risks of "Key Recovery,""Key Escrow,"and "Trusted Third-Party" Encryption - 1998
6. Inventory of Controls on Cryptography Technologies
7. Online Resources
8. Stuff To Do

Class 14 - Electronic Cash and Payment Systems

1. Flood Control on the Information Ocean: Living With Anonymity, Digital Cash, and Distributed Databases
2. Electronic Money
3. The Electronic Purse
4. Achieving Electronic Privacy
5. Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
6. The Fading Rustle, Chink and Jingle: Electronic Value and the Concept of Money
7. Online Resources

Class 15 - Consumer Protection in Cyberspace

1. Consumer Protection Rights in Canada in the Context of Electronic Commerce
2. EU Directive on Distance Selling
3. Consumer Protection in the Electronic Marketplace
4. Online Resources
5. Stuff To Do

Class 16 - Securities Regulation in Cyberspace

1. Securities Activity on the Internet
2. Proposed Electronic Communications Disclosure Guidelines
3. Delivery of Documents by Issuers using Electronic Media Concept Proposal
4. SEC Concept Release on the Use of Web Sites
5. Stuff To Do

Class 17 - Legal Services in Cyberspace

1. How To Avoid Losing Your License on the Information Superhighway: Ethical Issues Raised by the Use of the Internet in the Practice of Law
2. Illinois Proposed Rule on Web Lawyer Referrals
3. South Carolina Advisory and Followup
4. Nolo Press
5. Online Resources
6. Stuff To Do

Class 18 - Telemedicine

1. Ensuring Privacy and Confidentiality on the Canada's Health Iway
2. When Medicine Moves to the Internet, Its Legal Issues Tag Along
3. Canadian Medical Association Health Information Privacy Code
4. Guidelines for Email Communications With Patients
5. Online Resources
6. Stuff To Do

Class 19 - Internet Taxation

1. Electronic Commerce and Canada's Tax Administration
2. Minister Response to Electronic Commerce and Canada's Tax Administration
3. Electronic Commerce: A Report on Internet Taxation
4. Taxation of Internet Commerce
5. Online Resources