Listed below you will find a quick reference to the reading and other requirements for each class during the term. Please note that materials should generally be accessed through the Web casebook since it contains additional commentary and materials.

Class #1 - January 5 - Introduction to the Course

Class #2 - January 11 - What is the Internet?

Class #3 - January 12 - Competing Visions of Law on the Internet

January 18th - CLASS CANCELLED

Class #4 - January 19 - Jurisdiction on the Internet

Class #5 - January 25 - ISP Liability

Class #6 - January 26 - Online ADR - Guest Lecturer Prof. Ethan Katsch

Class #7 - February 1 - ISP Liability

Class #8 - February 2 - Online Speech Regulation - Comparative Analysis

Class #9 - February 8 - Online Speech Regulation - Obscenity & Hate Speech

Class #10 - February 9 - Online Speech Regulation - Defamation

Class #11 - February 15 - Online Speech Regulation - Spam

Class #12 - February 16 - Online Speech Regulation - Private Regulation of Speech

Class #13 - February 29 - Online Privacy - How Big A Problem?

Class #14 - March 1 - Privacy - The Canadian Approach

Class #15 - March 7 - George Takach, McCarthy Tetrault

Class #16 - March 8 - Privacy - International Approaches

Class #17 - 24 - Student Presentations

CLASS #	1
DATE	January 5
TOPIC	Introduction to the course
READINGS	None
STUFF TO DO	None

CLASS #	2
DATE	January 11
TOPIC	What is the Internet?
READINGS	January 11th readings
STUFF TO DO	Make sure you are now online and a member of the course discussion list. Post a submission discussing your favourite Web site(s).

CLASS #	3
DATE	January 12
TOPIC	Competing Visions of Law on the Internet
READINGS	January 12 readings
STUFF TO DO	Much of our discussion this class will focus on whether cyberspace is, in fact, a place. Search the Web for the spot you think is the most like its own place and come to class prepared to discuss.

CLASS #	4
DATE	January 19
TOPIC	Regulation and Jurisdiction on the Internet
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 3
STUFF TO DO	Identify two commercial web sites - one that you feel is passive and one that is active. What are the differences?

CLASS #	5
DATE	January 25
TOPIC	ISP Liability
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 4
STUFF TO DO

CLASS #	6
DATE	January 26 - 11:30 - 1:30 - VNR 131
TOPIC	Online Dispute Resolution - Guest Lecturer - Professor Ethan Katsch, University of Massachusetts
READINGS	To be determined
STUFF TO DO

CLASS #	7
DATE	February 1
TOPIC	Online Speech Regulation - Comparative Speech Regulation
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 5
STUFF TO DO	Have a look at the Teale/Holmolka Information Site . Consider the difficulty of regulating speech in view of sites such as this.

CLASS #	8
DATE	February 2
TOPIC	Online Speech Regulation - Obscenity & Hate Speech
READINGS	Volume One, Chapters 6 & 7
STUFF TO DO	Consider the RU486 page . Does this page violate the criminal code? Why or why not? Might I be liable for providing a link to the site? Take a look at some of the sites linked-to from Hatewatch . Please note that many are extremely offensive. Would they violate the law in Canada? Is Canada powerless against this content on the Net?

CLASS #	9
DATE	February 8
TOPIC	Online Speech Regulation - Defamation
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 8
STUFF TO DO	Explore Bill Sheehan's site and consider the legal implications of the information he includes and the language he uses.

CLASS #	10
DATE	February 9
TOPIC	Online Speech Regulation - Spam
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 9
STUFF TO DO	How do you typically access your email? Do you use dial-up with time limits? Do you filter your email? Do you receive any spam? Is it a problem for you? A large enough problem to warrant legislation?

CLASS #	11
DATE	February 15
TOPIC	Online Speech Regulation - Private Regulation of Speech
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 10
STUFF TO DO	Check out the Cybersitter program - review the claims and how it works. Now review the page of Prof. Peter Junger who lists what sites the program blocks . Note that though there are considerable objectionable material, when you run " now.org " National Org of Women" or lesbian, see what pops up. Check out Whitehouse.gov , Whitehouse.net , Whitehouse.org , & Whitehouse.com . Does this demonstrate the how easy it is to access unintended content?!

CLASS #	12
DATE	February 16
TOPIC	Online Privacy - Is There a Problem?
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 11
STUFF TO DO	Go to your favorite site from the beginning of the course - does it have a privacy policy? Is it adequate? If not, is that a problem for you? Take a look at this http://www.ece.jhu.edu/class/213/grades . Is this a problem? This comes from Johns Hopkins - what other info could you find out? Go to http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi - what do you think? Go to http://www.digicrime.com - what do you think? Go to this site which provides reverse phone lookup - what do you think?

CLASS #	13
DATE	February 29
TOPIC	Privacy - The Canadian Approach
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 12
STUFF TO DO

CLASS #	14
DATE	March 1
TOPIC	Privacy - The Canadian Approach, Part II
READINGS	None
STUFF TO DO	None

CLASS #	15
DATE	March 7
TOPIC	Privacy - International Approaches
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 13
STUFF TO DO	Take the CDT privacy quiz Go to Disney's free toy giveaway and try to register for a free toy. What are your views of these precautions?

CLASS #	16
DATE	March 8
TOPIC	Privacy - Anonymity & Technology
READINGS	Volume One, Chapter 14
STUFF TO DO	Set the browser you are using to get your permission before it accepts any cookies. -- Visit Disney.com and try to check out Blast at the site. Do not permit Disney to deposit even one cookie on your hard disk. Find and read Disney's cookie policy. -- Now visit Dogpile (a meta-search engine). Perform a simple search without collecting any cookies. Reload the search page, and perform another search, this time accepting all cookies. Does it seem to make any difference? What information do you figure the search engine is including in the cookies it saves on your hard disk? Can you find the answer to that question at the web site? -- Exit the web and find the cookies on the computer that you have been using. Figure out how to get rid of them. If you're using your own computer, do so. If you are using someone else's computer, try to put everything back the way you found it.

CLASS #	17
DATE	March 14
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Sandra Rosier &endash; pornography and the internet Lisa De Long &endash; comparative Child pornography Rafal Mankoo &endash; Internet obscenity

CLASS #	18
DATE	March 15
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Marianne Kroes &endash; Comparative Hate Speech Allyson O'Shea &endash; Comparative Obscenity Regulation Betty Lobo &endash; Comparative Defamation

CLASS #	19
DATE	March 21
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Keir Turner &endash; Jurisdiction and enforcement Michelle McLean &endash; ISP Liability Deanna Stea &endash; ISP liability and copyright

CLASS #	20
DATE	March 22
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Andrea Lutzeier &endash; Spam David Arellano &endash; Defamation and Corporations M. Colleen Currie &endash; Employee privacy

CLASS #	21
DATE	March 28
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Natasha Egan &endash; Anonymity Andrew Fleming &endash; Anonymity Ron McKenna &endash; Filters

CLASS #	22
DATE	March 29
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Vincent Cassiers &endash; Databases and Privacy Bill Abbott &endash; Consumer Profiling Gabe Van Loon &endash; Comparative Privacy

CLASS #	23
DATE	April 4
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Monika Surma &endash; privacy Santiago Moreno - privacy Ed Forsyth - comparative privacy

CLASS #	24
DATE	April 5
TOPIC	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Henrik Akerlund &endash; Government Censorship MaryLou Ambrosi &endash; Electronic Elections Grant Poulsen - Filters