Feb 14 Assignment: Law
& Internet Seminar (LAW 745)
Anonymity on the Net
We will discuss how the Internet makes anonymity possible,
the potential social and legal consequences of rampant anonymity, and
how the legal system might react to these consequences.
Reading:
- Pages 1-52 of Draft 1.7 of my Flood Control on the Information Ocean Paper.
(Copies of these pages will be available in the distribution center).
- McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 115 S.Ct. 1511 (1995).
- American Library Ass'n v. Reno, 33 F.3d 78 (D.C. Cir. 1994)
- American Library Ass'n v. Reno, 33 F.3d 78 (D.C. Cir. 1994),
reh'g en banc den., 47 F.3d 1215 (D.C. Cir. 1995), cert. den.
115 S.Ct. 2610 (1995).
Doing:
- If and when the photos become available, put a link to your digitized photo on your homepage. If you don't want to use
a photo of yourself, feel free to substitute the animal of your choice.
- Send an "anonymous" message email to me privately, but identify yourself in the text of the message.
Optional
Seminar homepage.
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