Symbsys 209

Presentations:

Sunstein, C. (2006). Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge. Oxford University Press [led by Ben] [link]
Torvalds, L. (2001). Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary. Collins [led by Evan]
McChesney, R.W. (2007).Communication Revolution: Critical Junctures and the Future of Media. New Press. [led by Felicia]

Supplementary Event:

Faceoff: Lessig v. Zittrain. Center for Internet and [...]

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Presentations:

Goldsmith, J. & Wu, T. (2006). Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World. Oxford University Press. [led by Laura]
Stallman, R.M. (2002). Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman. Free Software Foundation [led by Greg] [link]
Anderson, C. (2006). The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less [...]

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Presentations:

Lessig, L. (2004). Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. The Penguin Press [led by John]
Perelman, M. (2002). Steal This Idea: Intellectual Property Rights and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity. Palgrave [led by Jason]
Tapscott, D. & Williams, A.D. (2006). Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes [...]

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Required Reading:

“Part III: Policies of Freedom at a Moment of Transformation (introduction)” [link]
“The Battle Over the Institutional Ecology of the Digital Environment” (chapter 11) [link]
“Conclusion: The Stakes of Information Law and Policy” (chapter 12) [link]

Supplementary Reading (compiled by Jessica, every student should pick one, read and share it):

Scholarly reviews:

Baca, Megan Ristau. (Harvard Law School) ” [...]

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Required Reading:

“Justice and Development” (chapter 9) [link]
“Social Ties: Networking Together” (chapter 10) [link]

Supplementary Reading:

Research on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Effects (page of links)

Supplementary Event:

Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law School, “The Terror Presidency”, Monday, Oct. 29, 12:30-2 pm, Law 190

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Required Reading:

“Political Freedom Part II: Emergence of the Networked Public Sphere” (chapter 7) [link]
“Cultural Freedom: A Culture Both Plastic and Critical” (chapter [link]

Supplementary Event:

Jonathan Zittrain, Oxford and Stanford, “The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It”

Thursday, Oct. 18, 12:15 pm, Packard 101
or Monday, Oct. 22, 12:45-2 pm, Law 280B

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Required Reading:

“Part II: The Political Economy of Property and Commons” (introduction) [link]
“Individual Freedom: Autonomy, Information and the Law” (chapter 5) [link]
“Political Freedom Part I: The Trouble with Mass Media” (chapter 6) [link]

Supplementary Reading:

Jeff Leeds, “In Radiohead Price Plan, Some See a Movement”, New York Times, Oct. 11, 2007 [link]

Supplementary Events:

Dirk Riehle, SAP, “Open Source [...]

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Required Reading:

“Peer Production and Sharing” (chapter 3) [link]
“The Economics of Social Production” (chapter 4) [link]

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Required Reading:

“Introduction: A Moment of Opportunity and Challenge” (chapter 1) [link]
“Some Basic Economics of Information Production and Innovation” [...]

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