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Title: CYBERLAW 2002


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CYBERLAW 2002
  • CLASS 5
  • Introduction to the Problem of Regulating
    Cyberspace - How Should Internet Activity Be
    Regulated, and Who Should Regulate It?
  • September 11, 2002

2
Sept 11The Problem of Cyberterrorism
3
Cyberspace vs. Real Space
  • Should (or must) regulation of conduct in
    cyberspace differ from regulation of conduct in
    real space? Why or why not?

4
Terrorist Activities on the Internet
  • How are terrorism and the Internet related?

5
Terrorist Activities on the Internet
  • How are terrorism and the Internet related?
  • Internet a forum for terrorist groups and
    individual terrorists to spread their messages of
    hate and violence and communicate with each other
  • Attempts to attack Internet and computer networks
    (cyberterrorism)

6
Terrorist/Hate Sites
  • The U.S. First Amendment much of the speech on
    these sites is protected

7
The Problem of Regulating the Internet
  • Why is cyberspace hard for governments to
    regulate (think of Lessigs four stories)
  • Who currently regulates telecommunications other
    than Internet communications? How?
  • Who currently regulates the Internet?
  • What is convergence? What effect should
    convergence have on the regulation of
    telecommunications generally?

8
How Should Cyberspace Be Regulated, If At All?
  • Libertarian theories (Post)
  • Opponents of libertarianism (Lessig)
  • What does Lessig mean by the statement Code is
    law?

9
Lessig vs. Post
  • To what extent do Lessig and Post agree on the
    question of regulation of conduct in cyberspace?
  • How do they disagree?
  • Whose approach do you find more convincing
    Lessigs or Posts? Why?

10
Cyberspace vs. Real Space
  • Should (or must) regulation of conduct in
    cyberspace differ from regulation of conduct in
    real space? Why or why not?

11
Terrorist Activities on the Internet
  • How are terrorism and the Internet related?

12
Terrorist Activities on the Internet
  • How are terrorism and the Internet related?
  • Internet a forum for terrorist groups and
    individual terrorists to spread their messages of
    hate and violence and communicate with each other
  • Attempts to attack Internet and computer networks
    (cyberterrorism)

13
Terrorist/Hate Sites
  • The U.S. First Amendment much of the speech on
    these sites is protected

14
Nicholas Negroponte Being Digital (1995)
  • Who is Nicholas Negroponte?
  • What does being digital mean for Negroponte?
  • Why are bits of information valuable?
  • What differences exist in production/distribution
    of bits in contrast to atoms?

15
Negroponte The Future
  • Bits are not edible in that sense, they cannot
    stop hunger. Computers are not moral they
    cannot resolve complex issues like the rights to
    life and to death. But being digital,
    nonetheless, does give much cause for optimism.
  • Do you agree or disagree? Why?
  • Different views see Cass Sunstein Republic.com
    Neil Postman,Techopoly (1992)
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