Course:Legal Constraints on Digital Creativity/Course Notes
| Legal Contraints on (Digital) Creativity | |
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| Course Info | |
| Instructor: | Jon Festinger |
| Class schedule: | TBD |
| Classroom: | TBD |
| Office hours: | By Appointment |
| Virtual Office: | TBD |
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| Course Notes | |
Subpages
- 01. Community
- 02. Technology
- 03. Copyright and Remixing
- 04. Business of IP
- 06. Privacy
- 07. Regulation
- 08. Consumers
- 09. Corporate
- 10. Criminal Law
- 11. The Net
- 12. Ethics
STARTING POINTS
1. CREATIVE MODELS & COMMUNITY CONSTRAINTS (extra-legal)
A. FROM DOCUMENTS TO DATA: What happened?
B. FROM DOCUMENTS TO DATA: What does it mean?
C. FROM DOCUMENT TO DATA: What are the problems?
D. VIDEO-GAME MODS: A Prism Through Which To See
E. CREATIVE RIGHTS
2. TECHNOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS
3. COPYRIGHT
A. INVESTIGATING THE IDEA/EXPRESSION DICHOTOMY
B. THE ROLE OF LAW: AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT & EVOLUTION
4. TRADEMARKS, PATENTS & the IP BUSINESS
A. RIDICULOUS IP CLAIMS
5. CONTRACTUAL & CORPORATE CONSTRAINTS
6. PRIVACY, DEFAMATION & PERSONALITY LAW
A. EXAMPLES OF IP & PRIVACY CONTRADICTIONS
B. PRIVACY & TRANSPARENCY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
C. PROBLEMS OF ONLINE IDENTITY
D. RECONCILING PRIVACY, PIRACY & (IP) PROTECTIONS: The “Holy Grail”
7. INDUSTRY & MEDIUM REGULATION
A. THE EVOLUTION OF CONTENT/CARRIAGE REGIMES & THE POLICY RESPONSES TO THEM
B. The question begged: WHAT SHOULD “THE DIGITAL PHASE” REGIME HAVE AS ITS CORNERSTONE REGULATORY PRINCIPLES?
8. CONSUMER LAW CONSTRAINTS (advertising regulation; apprehension of physical or psychological harm)
A. ADDICTION & HEALTH
B. MINORS
C. DIGITAL GOODS & CONSUMER RELATIONSHIPS
9. CORPORATE/TAX/CURRENCY/GAMBLING LAW & REGULATION
A. TAXATION
10. CRIMINAL & OBSCENITY LAWS
A. EXPLICIT, VIOLENT & HATE CONTENT
11. INTERNET GOVERNANCE & SURVEILLANCE
A. LEGAL/STATE JURISDICTION OF VIRTUAL WORLDS: Does The Internet need to be a Legal Jurisdiction?
B. DIGITAL PROTEST, DIGITAL DEMOCRACY, DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
12. DIGITAL ETHICS – A Modest Redefinition
A. WHY ETHICS NOT LAW?
B. RATIONALES FOR CENSORSHIP & CONSTRAINT
C. A LOGICAL ARGUMENT?
D. WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THAT FLOW FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT FROM DOCUMENTS TO DATA?
E. FITTING CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY INTO DIGITAL ETHICS
APPENDIX A: OTHER (RANDOM) IDEAS.
APPENDIX B: CASE STUDIES
APPENDIX C: THE FUNNY & BIZARRE