Instead of using the WWW as a medium for experimentation, we ask you in this exercise to think of it as a resource for conducting directed research of your own. Use all of the resources available to you to write a paper addressing one of the topics below. A list of related links appears, as always, in our online "Resources." |
- intellectual property and copyright laws as they apply to the WWW
- freedom of expression and First Amendment rights in the context of the WWW
- privacy, security, and the role of the Fourth Amendment (which precludes unwarranted search and seizure) to the WWW
- cryptology and the classification of cryptographic technology as "munitions" by the U.S. government
- freedom of access to the WWW
- the Communications Decency Act of 1996
- the USA Patriot Act (USAPA) of 2001
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