First class outline
1. Hello, welcome
2. Outline of today
3. Teachers
 One, possible guest
 Me: convening, marking
 Others?
 Contact
4. Contents - see classes
 Go through each
 Timing: 12-1:10, 1:30-2:50; 3-4:10, 4:30-5:50;
5. Materials
 Web site
 See general notes
 Galexia extranet
 ID: cyberlawstudent grokster05
6. Assessment
 See general notes
 Case study: week 3 and 9
 Essay: week 3 and 12
7. Exercise 1: protocols and tools
 Email
 Web searching
 Browsing
 ICQ
 SMS
 File transfer/MP3
 Video
 Software
 Virus/
 hacking
8. Exercise 2: services/experiences
 Domain registration
 Email forwarding
 Identity fraud
 Online banking
 Purchase books etc
 Download music
 Offended by material
 Worked at ISP
 Worked at web developer
 Had content stolen from you
 Been hacked
 Been defamed
 Been locked by accessibility issues
 Had international issues
 Been spied upon
9. Web 2.0 - discuss?
 Developing issues – your help?
 Materials will be supplemented with web 2.0 issues
10. About the law
 Concrete
 Constitutional government, 3 wings
 Legislation
 Case law
 Jurisdiction
 Discretion
 Crim/admin/contract – private or public law?
 Enforcement
 Non state regulatory models: Internet governance
 Lessig Code
11. Intro to jurisdiction: Independence
12. Questions?
13. After break: the iiNet sample docs, and the online service
14. Online Service(s): class to work on options and plans for an online Web 2.0
service, either just for class or for wider use.
 Collaborative case study development?
 Task: investigate online options for collaborative case study development, inc say Dropbox,
Moodle, Facebook, Blackboard, Confluence, other wiki?
 Focus on critical features of service, and in particular terms of use, hosting, privacy, security,
legal liability.
 Report back next week
Brainstorm to start thinking about how you would design it
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Process: iterative prototyping, risk focus, user centred design
Project planning: time, resources, scope, quality
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Who is the audience? Is it this class?
What do they want and need from us/this
What can we offer?
What sort of information will be involved?
What sort of functionality?
What tools are available (facebook, twitter, wiki, instapaper/Diig, UNSW tools etc)
How much effort would they need to look after?
What legal or other risks of using the chosen one? How compare with our risk tolerance?
How would you choose between the alternative possible functions, or tools?
Several stages:
1. now: look at the whole process, plan stages
2. clarify the audience needs/expectations, priorities
2A, as it is web 2, clarify our contributors needs, expectations, priorities - are they the same?
3. What can we offer? How? effort? Lifespan? Information? Tools needed: functionality
4. discuss the alternative tools, compare, choose a few, map out first steps
5. Start trial, plan the information architecture, set up the framework
6. invite users,
15. Questions?
Semester 1, 2012 - Room: Materials Science G11 (E8) 12-3pm/ Law 303 (F8) 3-6pm
Wk Date
1
Tuesday
28 Feb
12-3 pm
Topic
Teacher
1. Course Intro and administration
David Vaile
Notes and readings
Essential
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2. Introduction to cyberspace regulation
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6 March
Course outline
slides
Brief introduction to the Internet
David Vaile 
Theoretical approaches to
cyberspace law and regulation
Materials: Theories
topic
3. Domain Names: - Governance
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13 March
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Governance of cyberspace
ICANN, ICANN reform
Disputes: Domain names and
trademarks
Domain name disputes, UDRP
Case note topics available
David Vaile 
Names
4. Content Regulation
Essay topics available
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4
Materials: Domain
US attempts to legislate, other
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countries
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Broadcasting Services Act 1992
20 March
David Vaile 
(Cth) Sch 5, 7
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State enforcement, Role of ACMA
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IIA Codes of Conduct
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Other content laws
Materials: Content
Regulation
'Studies on
violence' (games)
Censorship and
filter references
5. Cyber crime
5
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27 March
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Computer crimes
Online crimes
Hacking and denial of service
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Materials:
Cybercrime
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David Vaile
Materials:
Defamation
David Vaile
attacks
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state-sponsored attacks?
6. Defamation
6
3 April 
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Flaming
ISP Liability
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10 April
Mid-semester break - no class
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7
17 April
Law Reading week - no class
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7. Privacy
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Identification
Privacy laws, Privacy policies
PITs and PETs
Workplace surveillance
24 April
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David Vaile
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8. Accessibility obligations
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Materials: Privacy
Materials:
Accessibility
Access issues
Discrimination
Accessibility standards
9. Copyright in Cyberspace
9
1 May
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Napster, Grokster
Digital Agenda and US FTA
Legislation
Anti-circumvention
ISP liability, iiNet
Briefing notes due
3 pm Friday
David Vaile
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Materials:
Copyright
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Materials:
Ecommerce [PPT],[RTF]
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Materials:
Consumer [PPT] [RTF]
10. eCommerce
10
8 May
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EFT Code, Digital cash
Scams and swindles
Account Aggregation
David Vaile
11. Consumer Protection
11
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15 May
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Policy framework
Codes of Conduct
Dispute resolution
David Vaile
Common case note issues
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12. Internet Jursidiction
12
22 May
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Case law
International treaties
International arbitration
David Vaile
Materials:
Jurisdiction
Final Assignment due end
of week
(3 pm Friday)
13. Overview, and review of Web 2.0
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29 May 
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Current developments
Future trends
David Vaile
'Storm in a teacup' or 'everything
changed'?
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Materials: Web 2.0
issues