Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet (3rd ed.)
by Sara Baase
Recent Additions and Changes to Gift of Fire Web Site
2/26/11: Added a book to the book list for the book report and eliminated some older ones.
1/27/11: Added a book to the book list for the book report.
1/24/11: New student presentation assignment for Chapter 1 (re Wikileaks and other leaked documents)
12/3/10: Update for Chapter 4 (re patent infringement lawsuits)
9/13/10: Update for Chapter 2 (re India's national ID database)
9/26/10: Update and student presentation assignment for Chapter 3 (re restricting e-book sales). Update for Chapter 4 (re European copyright suits against YouTube)
9/13/10: Update for Chapter 2 (re cell phone location records)
7/10/10: Update for Chapter 5 (re exposing security flaws)
6/24/10: Update for Chapter 4 (re Viacom's copyright suit against YouTube)
6/23/10: New student presentation assignments and updates for Chapter 2 (re research on potential jurors by attorneys, location tracking, and personal information leaked on the Web)
6/15/10: New student presentation assignment for Chapter 3 (re prepaid cell phones)
6/1/10: Update for Chapter 1 (re number of Facebook users)
4/11/10: Updates for Chapters 3 (re Comcast net neutrality case) and 4 (re eBay/Tiffany case)
3/23-29/10: Updates for Chapters 2, 5, and 6
3/25/10: Update for Chapter 3 re Google stops censoring in China
3/15/10: Update for Chapter 5 re cost of Web scams
3/10/10: New student presentation assignment and update for Chapter 2 (re cameras in television sets)
1/22/10: Update for Chapter 3 re Supreme Court ruling on McCain-Feingold
1/18/10: New student presentation assignment and update for Chapter 4 (re storing copyrighted material to prevent infringement or plagiarism).
12/21-22/09: Updates for Chapter 2 (re searching cell phones), Chapter 4 (re Google loses French copyright suit), Chapter 5 (re unprotected video feeds in U.S. military drones), and Chapter 7 (re consulting Wikipedia for court trials)
11/13/09: New student presentation assignment for Chapter 1 (re book readers).
9/7/09: New student presentation assignments for Chapter 3.
8/28/09: Update for Chapter 5 (re baseball drug list seizure case)
8/16/09: Updates for Chapter 4 (re responsibilty of Web sites for illegal material) and Chapter 6 (re theft of sensitive data by employees).
8/9/08: Updates for Chapters 1 (re Amazon removing ebooks from Kindles) and 5 (re hacking by foreign governments). New sample term paper topic. New student presentation assignments for Chapter 2 (Asmt. 13 re GPS tracking) and Chapter 5 (Asmt. 8 re presentation of hacking information).
8/7/09: Updates for Chapter 3 re Internet censorship in China and Iran.
7/21/09: Updates for Chapters 2 and 5. New student presentation assignments for Chapter 2 (Asmt. 12 re privacy policies for social networking sites) and Chapter 7 (re Twitter).
5/23/09: Added a book to the book list for the book report.
3/16/09: Update and student presentation assignment for Chap. 4 re suit over Obama poster.
2/25-28/09: Updates for Chapter 2 (one re data breaches and one re the REAL ID Act) and Chapter 5 (one re baseball, drug tests, and the 4th amendment, and one re encryption keys and the 5th amendment).
2/16-17/09: Updates for Chapters 2 (re public records), 4 (the Pirate Bay trial), and 6 (access to employee's files on company computers).
for Chapter 2 re cell-phone tracking.
1/26/09: Update for Chapter 3 re final decision on COPA.
1/19/09: Listed an instructor willing to share material for teaching large classes.
1/2/09: Updates for Chapter 3 (re PI license
requirement for computer repairers) and Chapter 4 (re settlement of
copyright suit against Google).
Student presentation assignments
for Chapter 1 and Chapter 5.
12/19-20/08: Updates for Chapter 2, Chapter 3 (re Skype in China and re net neutrality), Chapter 4, and Chapter 7.
12/1/08: Update for Chapter 5.
10/2/08: Updates for Chapters 2, 4, and 5.
9/16/08: A file of sample term paper topics posted.
9/13-15/08: Updates for Chapters 2, 3, 5, and 6.
9/4/08: Several updates for Chapters 1, 2, and 4.
8/12/08: Update for Chap. 5 re court blocking security presentation
7/27/08: Update for Chap. 4 re trademarked search terms.
7/23/08: Update for Chap. 3 re decision on COPA.
7/19/08: Added link (on home page) for handout with discussion guidelines for students.
7/15/08: Update for Chap. 5 re use of British libel law against U.S. books.
7/13/08: Update for Chap. 2 re scanning brains.
6/22/08: Update for Chap. 6 re privacy of employee e-mail and text messages.
6/20/08: Update for Chap. 3 re closure of Chinese video-sharing site.
6/16/08: Student presentation assignments
for Chapter 5.
Update for Chap. 4 re TorrentSpy copyright
decision.
6/12/08: Update for Chap. 5 re hacking computers of Congress members.
6/11/08: Update for Chap. 3 re online real estate ads.
6/3/08: Update for Chap. 5 re laptop searches at airports. The same update appears for Chapter 2 (Sec. 2.2.2).
5/24/08: Student presentation assignments for Chapters 1 and 2.
4/17/08: Update for Chap. 2 re DNA collection.
3/31/08: Update for Chap. 2 re stolen data.
3/17/08: Update for Chap. 5 re identity theft.
3/15/08: Update for Chap. 2 re stolen data.
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