E-Commerce 2008 - Chicago-Kent College of Law



E-Commerce 2008

Text: Warner, Dinwoodie, Krent, Stewart, E-Commerce, the Internet, and the Law

I. Nature of the Internet

Warner et. al., Introduction

Tutorials: Offer and Acceptance 1 – 5*

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II. Contracts

A. EULAs

1. Offer and acceptance issues

Capsi v. Microsoft

ProCd v. Zeidenberg

Klocek v. Gateway

2. What law applies

I. Lan Systems v. NetScout Service Level

3. Reverse engineering, and related issues

Bowers v. Baystate

Davidson v. Internet Gateway

4. Theoretical perspectives

Radin, Humans, Computers, and Binding Commitment (web)

Lemley, Terms of Use (web)

Warner, Turned on Its Head? (web)

B. TOUs

Specht v. Netscape

v. Verio

D. Electronic Signatures

Warner, et. al.,

E. Open Source Software

Warner, et. al.,

III. Privacy: Private Data Collection

A. Why Does Privacy Matter?

Daniel Solove, A Taxonomy of Privacy (web)

Ann Bartow, A Feeling of Unease about Privacy Law (web)

Odlyzko, Privacy and the Clandestine Development of E-Commerce (web)

Richard Warner, Surveillance and the Self (web)

A. Posting Information Online

Topheavy Studios v. Jane Doe

Rensburg v. DocuSearch

Michaels v. Internet Entertainment

B. Web Navigation

In the Matter of GeoCities

In Re DoubleClick

In Re DirectRevenue Consent Order (web)

C. HIPAA and GLB

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IV. Information Security

A. Software

Kaczmarek v. Microsoft Corp.

In re America Online Inc. Version 5.0 Software Litigation

In re Sony BMG DD Technologies Litigation

B. Malware

United States v. Morris

Entry of Verizon-Maine into the InterLATA Telephone Market

C. Denial of Service Attacks

Tyco International (US) Inc. v. John Does

D. Hackers

Thurmond v. Compaq Computer Corp.

Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Ave. Apartment Corporation

Guin v. Bazos

Forbes v. Wells Fargo Bank (supplement)

Banknorth v. BJ's Wholesale Club (supplement)

Sovereign Bank v. BJ's Wholesale Club (supplement)

V. Trespass

A. Trespass In Cases Involving Spam E-Mail

CompuServe v. Cyber Promotions

America Online v. LCGM

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Shurgard Storage Centers v. Safeguard Self Storage (supplement)

Warner, The Employer’s New Weapon

B. Trespass In Cases Not Involving Spam E-Mail

eBay v. Bidder’s Edge

Buchanan Marine v. McCormack Sand

Intel v. Hamidi

C. Access To Databases

British Horse Racing Board v. William Hill Organization

Assessment Technologies v. WIREdata

D. Cookies and Spyware

In Re DoubleClick, Inc. Privacy Litigation

Sotelo v. DirectRevenue

DirecTV v. Chin

VI. Intermediary Liability

Stratton v. Oakmont

Zeran v. AOL

Barrett v. Rosenthal

Batzel v. Smith (web)

v. Comcast (web)

VII. Email

E360Insight v. Comcast (web)

Media3 v. The Mail Abuse Prevention System

Hall v. Earthlink

VII. Copyright, Trademarks and Patents

If, and as, time permits.

VIII. Privacy: Governmental Data Collection

If, and as, time permits.

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