Older Readings
Welcome to the course, folks
Week 11 - FAI and AI
https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/streaming-libraries-dvds-blu-rays.html
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23617624/pluto-tv-dmca-mpa-github-playlists
Piracy?
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/#is-prohibited
Week 10 - Freely Available Information, Continued
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/youtubes-new-lawsuit-shows-just-how-far-copyright-trolls-have-go-theyre-stopped
https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/engelberg/news/2020-03-04-youtube-takedown
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/31/why-sci-hub-matters/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa7jxb/archivists-are-trying-to-make-sure-a-pirate-bay-of-science-never-goes-down
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210519/06365746826/redditors-launch-rescue-mission-embattled-sci-hub-with-ultimate-aim-building-decentralized-version.shtml
Alternate Modes
COMPULSORY LICENSING?
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/music-copyright-compulsory-cover-license.html
Orphan Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_work
GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
https://opensource.com/article/17/9/open-source-licensing
Week 9 - Intro to IP and Thinking Machines
Lots of readings, I know – but think more skimming than in-depth reading. I'll be doing another "2 in 1, no discussion" lecture.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-conversational-ais-like-chatgpt-work-ivan-voras/
https://weaviate.io/blog/how-ai-creates-art
Longer:
https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-stable-diffusion/
https://futurism.com/singularity-explain-it-to-me-like-im-5-years-old
vs
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/#is-prohibited
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Freely Available Information I
The Basics:
The Four Types of Intellectual Property Protection - GameAcademy.com
TRADEMARK
Trademark law - Modern Wiki - Fandom
PATENT LAW
Patent Law: Everything You Need to Know
COPYRIGHT
Copyright Basics
Alternate Modes
COMPULSORY LICENSING?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_licensing
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/music-copyright-compulsory-cover-license.html
Orphan Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_work
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/10/orphan-works-copyright-reform-fails-in-wake-of-bailout-bid/
Piracy?
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
DMCA (as a model for prediction of consequences)
https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/files/dmcapdf.pdf (skim for pertinent info)
https://www.wired.com/2008/10/ten-years-later/
https://www.eff.org/files/2014/09/16/unintendedconsequences2014.pdf
GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
https://opensource.com/article/17/9/open-source-licensing
https://qz.com/981029/a-federal-court-has-ruled-that-an-open-source-license-is-an-enforceable-contract/
Week 7 - Policy generally, and "age verification"
Good Basics-
https://media.odi.org/documents/11205.pdf
https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html
Cuts to the chase: https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/policy-analysis-in-750-words-classic-5-step-advice/
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https://doctorow.medium.com/privacy-preserving-age-verification-is-bullshit-0aefd53019e0
Week 6 - Social Media and Social Surplus
Social Media Is a Denial-of-Service Attack on Your Mind
Death of the private self: how fifteen years of Facebook changed the human condition | Facebook | The Guardian
For Rogue Twitter, You Need Burner Phone, Anonymous Email
Why RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News
RSS Is Better Than Twitter
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tiktokers-speculate-meta-tiktok-ban/
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-facebook-dystopian-whistleblower-leaks-experts.html
https://www.fastcompany.com/90886959/twitter-alternatives-mastodon-t2-post-bluesky
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/social-media-ban-children-countries-list/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-joins-snap-tiktok-youtube-settle-social-media-addiction-case-kentucky
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Weath of Networks - Chapter 1
Playing With Toys While People are Dying | by Paul Kilduff-Taylor | Medium
Online communities are the best thing about the Internet - Biznology
How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It - The New York Times
Teens Arent Partying Anymore
Cognitive Surplus - a more moral choice
Week 5 - Practical Anonymity, Practical Privacy
What Is Tor and Why Should I Use It?
This is what a Tor Supporter looks like: Laura Poitras | Tor Blog
No guarantees here, for information only: https://uglyduck.ca/blog-anonymously/
Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept | by Mark Suster | Both Sides of the Table
Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online 'Has To Go Away' | HuffPost
The Plot to Free North Korea With Smuggled Episodes of 'Friends' | WIRED
Obfuscation: how leaving a trail of confusion can beat online surveillance | Data protection | The Guardian
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Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://web.archive.org/web/20210817005525/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/26/constitution-digital-privacy-loopholes-purchases/
https://neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/
http://www.livescience.com/37398-right-to-privacy.html
The Right of Privacy: Is it Protected by the Constitution?
Week 4 - Algorithms, Milkshakes and Privacy
The tech
How internet encryption works | Data protection | The Guardian
Public key cryptography - Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (full version) - YouTube
TrueCrypt audit shows no sign of NSA backdoors, just some minor glitches | PCWorld
What is Cryptographic Hashing? MD5, SHA, and More
https://www.troyhunt.com/we-didnt-encrypt-your-password-we-hashed-it-heres-what-that-means/
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-password-rules-security-experts-live-by-in-2025-the-last-one-might-surprise-you/
time permitting:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_bitcoin_works
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/cryptocurrency-explainer/
https://mojoauth.com/blog/what-are-the-limitations-of-passkeys#introduction-the-promise-and-the-catch-of-passkeys
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/password-managers-zero-knowledge-encryption-flaws-2026/
And finally, the best thing I've ever read on passwords.
../1401_08-12_mickens.pdf
Week 3 - Internet Regulation
Review last week and:
https://www.washburnlaw.edu/admissions/admitted/_docs/how-to-read-legal-opinion.pdf
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf
Week 2 - Telecommunications Regulation
Browse: https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/headlines
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
The Internet: Computer Network Hierarchy | HowStuffWorks
How big telecom smothers city run broadband
Rural America Is Building Its Own Internet Because No One Else Will
Nationalize the Internet: Why the Fight for Net Neutrality Is Just the Start
The coronavirus crisis proves internet should be a public utility
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/03/nx-s1-5247840/net-neutrality-fcc-struck
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/07/federal-consumer-protection-is-dead-the-fate-of-net-neutrality-warned-you-it-was-coming/
Week 1 - Intros
Intro to Info Policy
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/policy_vs_techn.html
Interesting - https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/law-policy-and-it/2023/05/01/real-reason-information-policy
The Econ I'm (not) talking about
How economics became a religion
On Econ
Wealth of Networks - Benkler
The Attention Economy and the Net
On Law
Transcendental Nonsense
The Law of the Horse
Backlinks: FSU Courses:LIS5411