Re: Computer law text?

On Thu, Mar 25, 1999, Richard A. Schafer <schafer[_at_]mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 1999, Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On 03/23/99, Paul Heald <heald[_at_]jd.lawsch.uga.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I teach such a class from a draft casebook, which will come out next
> > year: Robert Merges, Peter Menell, Pam Samuelson, & Mark Lemley, Legal
> > Protection for Computer Technology.
> >
> > If you want to teach from the draft, you are welcome to do so. Just
> > let me know (off-list).
>
> Having taken Mark's class using a draft of that text a year ago, I'd
> recommend it from the student's perspective, too.

Is the draft text available to unenrolled students of the subject? I'd like to obtain a copy. Better still, can anyone recommend a good course on copyright and licensing in electronic media in the NYC area?

Deborah Cotton
Assn for Computing Machinery (ACM, Inc.) Rights & Permission
<cotton[_at_]hq.acm.org> Received on Fri Mar 26 1999 - 16:39:12 GMT