CS 306 Computers in Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_6: Calendar

Monday, Septmber 28th - Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Current_Events: Due weekly on Monday (in class for Hardcopy) or submit through Blackboard Vista by 11:59 P.M. Late assignment will be penalized or no longer accepted.

Research Term paper: Here is a sample!

Text Book Gift of Fire:

Read Chapter 3: Freedom of Speech Pages 143 - 186

PowerPoint_Presentation (last part - 3.6)

Operating Systems presentation

3.6 Protecting Access and Innovation: Net Neutrality or Deregulation?

Read Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property Pages 197 - 242

Group Discussion: Download_Group (Handouts)

Individual: Download (Handouts)

Individual Assignment submits on the Blackboard "assignment" drop box

Key Terms: Reading and Digging Deeper

1.FBI data-mining system 2.A new computing tool 3.Brain Drain 4.Digital Data-Sphere
5.Controlling the Language of Security

Chapter 4 Intellectual Property
4.1 Intellectual Property and Changing Technology
4.1.1 What Is Intellectual Property?
4.1.2 Challenges of New Technologies
4.2 Copyright Law and Significant Cases
4.2.1 A Bit of History
4.2.2 The Fair-Use Doctrine
4.2.3 Significant Cases
4.3 Copying and Sharing
4.3.1 Defensive and Aggressive Responses from the Content Industries
4.3.2 The DMCA vs. Fair Use, Freedom of Speech, and Innovation
4.3.3 Video Sharing
4.3.4 New Business Models and Constructive Solutions
4.3.5 Ethical Arguments About Copying
4.3.6 International Piracy
4.4 Search Engines and Online Libraries
4.5 Free Speech Issues
4.6 Free Software
4.6.1 What Is Free Software?
4.6.2 Should All Software Be Free?
4.7 Issues for Software Developers
4.7.1 Patents for Software?
4.7.2 Patents for Web Technologies
4.7.3 Copyright and Similar Software Products