Computer law text?

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 07:05:58 -0400

On 3/23/99, Paul Heald <heald[_at_]jd.lawsch.uga.edu> wrote:
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> My apologies for cross-posting this--
>
> I'm teaching a class in computer/cyber law for the first time
> next year. I intend to cover not only issues of protectability of
> computer software, but also a wide variety of other issues, including
> jurisdictional questions and perhaps even anti-trust. Is there a
> good text out there for me to use? If not, does anyone have a good
> coursepack they would like to share? I'm also interested in learning
> whether those who teach such a course do it on a two or three hour
> basis.

Paul --

The answer is no, there is no good cyberlaw text. The closest you can get is Hank Perritt's LAW AND THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY, which is really a treatise, and sell for about $130, which is more than my students, at least, are willing to pay.

As to course packs, I think that most of us who teach this course use web-based materials, hyperlinked to an on-line syllabus -- you can see mine at my SHU homepage. Others include Julie Cohen's at Michigan, Michael Froomkin's at Miami, and Jessica Litman's at Wayne State.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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