issues in IT law

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law

Summer 2007


 

syllabus

Class 1 (6/5):  Copyright and New Technologies

Readings:

Class 2 (6/6):  From Sony to Grokster

Readings:

  • Handout 2:

    • Sony Corp. of Am. v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984)

    • RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., 180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999)

    • UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3.com, Inc., 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)

    • A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)

    • In re Aimster Copyright Litigation, 334 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2003)

    • MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005)

Class 3 (6/7):  Global File-sharing Problems

Readings:

Classes 4-5 (6/9):  Modest Proposals

Due:  Response Paper 1

Please write a two-page double-spaced paper in response to one of the sections of the HKSAR government consultation paper on "Copyright Protection in the Digital Environment".

Readings:

Further Readings: (Not Required in Class)

  • Raymond Shih Ray Ku, The Creative Destruction of Copyright: Napster and the New Economics of Digital Technology, 69 U. Chi. L. Rev. 263 (2002)

Class 6 (6/12):  Digital Rights Management

Due:  Paper Topic (no more than 100 words)

Readings:

Class 7 (6/13):  Criminalisation and ISP Safe Harbor

Readings:

  • Peter K. Yu, The Escalating Copyright Wars, 32 Hofstra L. Rev. 907 (2004) Read Part I only

  • 17 U.S.C. § 512 (2004) Skim and Bring to Class

  • Handout 7:

    • Mark A. Lemley & R. Anthony Reese, Reducing Digital Copyright Infringement Without Restricting Innovation, 56 Stan. L. Rev. 1345 (2004)

    • RIAA v. Verizon Internet Services, 351 F.3d 1229 (D.C. Cir. 2003)

    • Jennifer M. Urban & Laura Quilter, Efficient Process or "Chilling Effects"? Takedown Notices Under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 22 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 621 (2006)

Class 8 (6/14):  Hong Kong Government Consultation

Readings:

Further Readings: (Not Required in Class)

Classes 9-10 (6/16):  Presentations

Due:  Response Paper 2

Please write a two-page double-spaced paper commenting on one of the modest proposals discussed in classes 4-5 on 9 June.

First Draft Due:  June 29, 2007 (Optional)

Final Paper Due:  July 6, 2007

Please submit the final paper via email to peter_yu@msn.com AND send a hard copy by July 9 (post marked if sent by post) to:

Ms Mimi Li
Department of Law
The University of Hong Kong
4/F, K.K. Leung Building
Pokfulam Road
HONG KONG

 

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