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University
of Victoria - Internet and Information
Technology Law
Reading List -
2006
Class 1 - Introduction to the
Course
Required
Reading
- There is no
required reading for Class 1
Class 2 - Privacy
Law
Required Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Materials
Model Codes
European Commission
Cases Articles/Texts
- Rick Shields,
“Publicly
Available Personal Information and Canada's
Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act” Paper prepared by
McCarthy Tetrault for Industry Canada (Industry
Canada website, 12 October 2000).
- “A
Cryptography Policy Framework for Electronic
Commerce: Building Canada's Information Economy
and Society” (Industry Canada website,
1998).
- Brigid
McMenamin, "Invasion of the Credit Snatchers"
(28 August 1996) Forbes at 246.
- A. Michael Froomkin, "Anonymity
and Its Enmities" (1995) Journal
of Online Law.
Christopher Saunders, “Trial
Date Set in DoubleClick Case”
Internet.com webpage (13 June 2001).
- Simon Davies,
“Europe
to U.S.: No Privacy, No Trade”
Wired (May 1998).
- Rheal Seguin,
"Quebec police probe data sales: Firms said to
buy government files" The Globe and Mail
(6 March 1997) pp. A1, A6.
- Ijeoma Ross,
"Ottawa, provinces consider single ID card -
Proposal central data registry would pool
information on recipients of social benefits
nationwide" Globe and Mail (26 May 1997)
pp. A1, A7.
- Richard C. Owens,
Tom S. Onyshko and Peter C. Goode, "Reform
Proposals relating to Customer Privacy and Tied
Selling in the Federally Regulated Financial
Services Sector" (paper presented to The Queen's
Annual Business Law Symposium, "The Regulation
of Financial Institutions: Issues &
Perspectives," 22 November 1996).
- Colin J. Bennett
and Jason M. Young, "Toward Effective and
Enforceable Privacy Protection: Policy Solutions
for the Canadian Information Market" (1997) 13
Canadian Intellectual Property Review
243.
Legislation
Quebec
Class 3 -
Jurisdiction on the Internet
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Materials
Cases
Articles/Texts
- Ryan Yagura; Does
Cyberspace Expand the Boundaries of Personal
Jurisdiction?; (1998) 38 IDEA:
J.L. & Tech. 301.
- John Perry Barlow, " The
Economy of Ideas: A Framework for Rethinking
Patents and Copyright in a Digital
Age" (March 1994) Wired 85
(Wired website, 1994).
- Daniel R. Cahoy; Comment:
New Legislation Regarding On-Line Service
Provider Liability for Copyright Infringement: A
Solution in Search of a Problem?;
(1998) 38 IDEA: J.L. & Tech. 335.
- Bradley A. Slutsky; "Jurisdiction
Over Commerce on the Internet";
King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.,
September & November, 1996.
- Gutnick v. Dow Jones [2001] VSC
305., The Supreme
Court of Victoria, Australia has decided that
Internet publication of defamatory comments
takes place where and when the contents of the
publication are made manifest to and
comprehended by the reader (The Supreme Court of
Victoria Web site, August 28, 2001).
- Brian Daughdrill’s “Poking
Along in the Fast Lane on the Information Super
Highway: Territorial –Based Jurisprudence in a
Technological World (2001) 52 Mercer Law Review
1217. (This article summarizes the tests
that have evolved to determine jurisdiction on
the Internet, and examines problems with
applying established conflict of laws approaches
to the Internet).
- Michael F. Weber has published
a recent summary and analysis of the American
law relating to on-line jurisdiction, in (2001)
36 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 803.
Class 4
- Patents, Trade Secrets, and Confidential
Information
Patents
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Materials
Articles/Texts
- Robert R. Sachs,
Michael J. Sacksteder; "Software
Patents and Internet Business Methods in the
Wake of State Street Bank"; Fenwick &
West website (Fall 1998) Donald M. Cameron, "
Software-Related Patents: A Global Survey"
(1997). Gable, R. Lewis
& Dengler, A. Brian; What
can Practitioners do in light of Alappat,
Lowry, Trovato and Similar Cases?; 1995.
Jeffrey R. Kuester and Ann
K.Moceyunas, Patents
for Software-Related Inventions (March
1995). Simson L.
Garfinkel, "Patently
Absurd" (July 1994) Wired 104 (Wired
website, 1994)
- Steven L. Friedman,
Thomas S. Biemer, Christie M. Callahan;
"State Street Bank and Trust Company v.
Signature Financial Group Inc. At the
Intersection of Technology, Commerce and the
Law"; American Bar Association, Intellectual
Property Law Section Newsletter; Vol. 17, No. 3,
Spring 1999, p. 8.
Cases
Examples of Patents
- "Securities
Brokerage - Cash Management System with Short
Term Investment Proceeds Allotted Among Multiple
Accounts": U.S.
Patent No. 4,774,663 (September 27, 1988).
"Multimedia Search System
Using a Plurality of Entry Path Means Which
Indicate Interrelatedness of Information" (also
known as the "Compton's Encyclopaedia Patent"):
U.S.
Patent No. 5,241,671 (August 31, 1993).
- "Data processing
system for hub and spoke financial services
configuration"; U.S.
Patent No. 5,193,056 (March 9, 1993);
Signature Financial (the "State Street" case
patent)
Patent
Office Guidelines
- Canada:
- Canadian
Intellectual Property Office, "Guidelines
related to the Patentability of Computer-Related
Subject Matter" (20 February 1995) Canadian
Patent Office Record p.10. reproduced in "Software-Related
Patents: Canada"
- U.S.A.:
Legislation and
Treaties
Trade
Secrets & Confidential
Information
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Materials
Cases
Articles/Texts
- Jeff C. Dodd, "Rights in
Information: Conversion and Misappropriation
Causes of Action in Intellectual Property Cases"
(1995) 32 Houston Law Review 459.
Gale R. Peterson, Trade Secret
Protection in an Information Age (Little
Falls: Glasser LegalWorks, 1997).
- Institute of Law Research and
Reform (Edmonton, Alberta) and A Federal
Provincial Working Party, Trade Secrets,
Report No. 46, July 1986.
Intro to IP & Trade Marks
& Domain Name Disputes
Introduction
to Intellectual Property Law
Required
Reading
Suggested Reading
Background
Material
Articles/Texts
Legislation
- Patent
Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.P-4, as
amended
- Trade-marks
Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.T-13, as
amended
- Copyright
Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.C-42, as
amended
- North
American Free Trade Agreement, 15 May
1996, Chapter 17: Intellectual Property.
(Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
website).
- Agreement
on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS),
- TRIPS
material on the WTO website
Trade Marks
& Domain Name Disputes
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Materials
Cases
Canada
- Pro-C
Limited v. Computer City,
Inc. -
2001 Ontario case involving Web-based trademark
infringment.
- British Columbia Automobile Assn. v.
O.P.E.I.U., Local 378 (2001), 10 C.P.R. (4th) 423
(B.C.S.C.)
- Peinet Inc. v.
O'Brien (c.o.b. Island Services Network (ISN),
[1995] P.E.I.J. No. 68 (P.E.I.S.C.)
- Canadian Kennel
Club v. Continental Kennel Club, [1997]
F.C.J. No. 1645 (F.C.T.D.)
- ITV
Technologies Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd,.
[1997] F.C.J. No. 1645 (F.C.T.D)
- ITV
Technologies Inc. v. WIC Television
Ltd,.[1997] F.C.J. No. 1803
(F.C.T.D.)
- Tele-Direct
(Publications) Inc. v. Canadian Business Online
Inc. [1997] F.C.J. No. 1387 (F.C.T.D.)
- Tele-Direct
(Publications) Inc. v. Canadian Business Online
Inc., [1998] F.C.J. No. 1306 (F.C.T.D.)
- 1267623 Ontario
Inc. et al. v. Nexx Online, Inc. (1999), 45
O.R. (3d) 40 (S.C.J.)
- Bell Actimedia
Inc. v. Puzo (Communications Globe Tête),
[1999] F.C.J. No. 683 (F.C.T.D.)
- Canada Post
Corp. v. Epost Innovations Inc., [1999]
F.C.J. No. 1297 (F.C.T.D.)
- Epost
Innovations Inc. v. Canada Post Corp.,
[1999] B.C.J. No. 2060 (B.C.S.C.)
- Fitzwilliam v.
Rolls-Royce plc,[1999] F.C.J. No. 527
(F.C.T.D.)
- ITV
Technologies, Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd.,
[1999] F.C.J. No. 1236 (F.C.T.D.)
- Molson
Breweries v. Kuettner, [1999] F.C.J. No.
1941 (F.C.T.D.)
- Airline Seat
Co. (c.o.b. Canadian Affair) v. 1396804 Ontario
Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 2586 (Ont.
S.C.J.)
- Heathmount A.E.
Corp. v. Technodome.com [2000] (United
States District Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia)
- Imax Corp v.
Showmax, Inc., et al. (2000), 5 C.P.R. (4th)
81 (F.C.T.D.)
- Innersense
International Inc. v. Manegre, [2000] A.J.
No. 613 (A.B.Q.B.); 2000 ABQB 424
- Norigen
Communications Inc. v. Ontario Hydro Energy
Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 3174 (Ont.
S.C.J.)
- Norigen
Communications Inc. v. Ontario Hydro Energy
Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 3763 (Ont.
S.C.J.)
- Pro-C Ltd. v.
Computer City Inc,. [2000] O.J. No. 2823
(Ont. S.C.J.)
- Sprint
Communications Company L.P. et al. v. Merlin
International Communications Inc. (2000), 9
C.P.R. (4th) 307 (F.C.T.D.)
- Toronto.com v.
Sinclair (c.o.b. Friendship Enterprises),
[2000] F.C.J. No. 795 (F.C.T.D.)
- Update.Com
Software AG v. Klinger (c.o.b. Update
Corp.), [2000] O.J. No. 88 (Ont.
S.C.J.)
- Weight Watchers
International, Inc. v. Vale Printing Ltd et
al., (2000), 7 C.P.R. (4th) 92
(F.C.T.D.)
- Bell ExpressVu
Limited Partnership v. Tedmonds & Co.
Inc., [2001] O.J. No. 1558 (Ont.
S.C.J.)
- British
Columbia Automobile Association v. Office and
Professional Employees’ International Union,
Local 378, [2001] B.C.J. No. 11 (B.C.S.C.);
2001 BCSC 156
- Easthaven Ltd.
v. Nutrisystem.com Inc., [2001] O.J. No.
3306 (Ont. S.C.J.)
- Itravel2000.com
Inc. (c.o.b. Itravel) v. Fagan, [2001] O.J.
No. 943 (Ont. S.C.J.)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. v. Stargate
Connections Inc. (2001), 12 C.P.R. (4th) 115
(Trade-marks Opposition Board)
- Michael Zurakov
v. Register.Com and Forman Interactive
Corp., [2001] Supreme Court of the State of
New York – New York County
- Pro-C Ltd. v.
Computer City Inc. [2001] O.J. No.
3600
- Northern Lights
Expeditions Ltd. v. Spirit Wind Expeditions
Ltd., et al., (2001), 15 C.P.R. (4th) 134
(B.C.S.C.)
- Saskatoon Star
Phoenix Group Inc. v. Noton, [2001] S.J. No.
275 (S.K.Q.B.); 2001 SKQB 153
- Synchronics
Inc. v. Synchronics Ltd. [2001] F.C.J. No.
1400
- The City of
Calgary v. Protec Manufacturing (Alta. Q.B.)
(Sept. 18, 2001)
- Vulcan
Northwest Inc. et al. v. Vulcan Ventures
Corp. (2001), 12 C.P.R. (4th) 95
(F.C.T.D.)
- Black v. Molson
Canada (2002), 60 O.R. (3d) 457 (Ont.
S.C.J.)
- Canadian Fly-In
Fishing (Red Lake) Ltd. v. Lac Seul Airways
Ltd. [2002] O.J. No. 1988
- eGalaxy
Multimedia Inc. v. Bailey, [2002] O.J. No.
5002; [2002] O.J. No. 5003 (Ont. S.C.J.)
- FileNet Corp.
v. Canada (Registrar of Trade-marks) [2002]
1 F.C. 266; [2001] F.C.J. No. 1239
- Law Society of
British Columbia v. Canada Domain Name Exchange
Corp., [2002] B.C.J. No. 1909
(B.C.S.C.)
- Rolls-Royce plc
v. Fitzwilliam [2002] F.C.J. No. 788
- 1215757 Ontario
Inc. (c.o.b. Saxon Chocolates) v. Zhaadan
(c.o.b. Intellware Lab) [2003] O.J. No.
3068
- Intel Corp. v.
3395383 Canada Inc. [2003] F.C.J. No.
1150
- ITV
Technologies Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd.
[2003] F.C.J. No. 1335; [2001] F.C.J. No.
400
- Uninet
Technologies Inc. v. Communication Services
Inc. [2003] B.C.J. No. 2562
- Software Guy
Brokers Ltd. v. Hardy [2004] B.C.J. No. 95
(B.C. Sup. Ct.)
United
States
Articles/Texts
Legislation
and Dispute Resolution
Policies
Searchable
Databases
Class 5 - Internet Governance
and Regulation
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Materials
Cases
Articles/Texts
- How
the Internet Works, by Lance J.
Hoffman, Christopher Costanza, Mark Lucas and
Clayton Sigman et al, Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, The George
Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1999)
- A
Brief History of the Internet by
Barry M. Leiner et al (Feb. 1998)
- "A
Survey of The Internet: The accidental
superhighway" by Christopher
Anderson; excerpts from the Economist, July 1,
1995
- Electronic
Frontier Foundation's Extended Guide to the
Internet; 1994
- Hobbes' Internet
Timeline
- Bruce
Sterling's "Short
History of the Internet" From The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
February 1993.
- Donald
M. Cameron, Tom S. Onyshko & W. David
Castell, "Law
of the Internet" (1997).
- Tim
Berners-Lee; WorldWide
Web Seminar; CERN (1992) an early
view from one of the originators of the World
Wide Web
- Who
owns the Internet, by Lawrence
Lessig; From Foreign Policy, November/December,
2001.
- Graham
J.H. Smith et al, "Do We Want or Need an
International Convention on Control of the
Internet?" (paper presented to the Computer Law
Association, Inc. 1997 CLA Pacific Rim
Conference, Hawaii, 28 February 1997).
- Raymond
T. Nimmer, Patricia Ann Krauthaus, "Beyond the
Internet: Settling the Electronic Frontier"
(1994) 6 Stanford Law & Policy Review
25.
- Michel
Racicot et al, The
Cyberspace is not a "No Law" Land - A Study of
the Issues of Liability for Content Circulating
on the Internet (Ottawa:
Industry Canada, 1997).
- Highlights of Anti-Terrorism
Act.
- The
Potential Impact on Privacy Rights of a Proposed
Provision in the New Anti-terrorism
Act, by George Radwanski, The
Privacy Commissioner of Canada, October 18, 2001
- Working Group on
Intellectual Property Rights, Information
Infrastructure Task Force, Intellectual
Property and the National Information
Infrastructure (Washington,
D.C.: Information Infrastructure Task Force,
September 1995) (also known as the "Lehman
report") (United States Patent and Trademark
Office website, 1995).
Class 6 - Copyright & the
Internet
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Material
Cases
Canadian Case Law
- Apple Computer Inc. v.
Mackintosh Computers Ltd [1990]
2 S.C.R. 209, varied (1986), [1987] 1 F.C.
173 [abridged] at 200
- Prism Hospital Software Inc. v. The
Hospital Records Institute (1994), 57 C.P.R.
(3d) 129 (B.C.S.C.) [headnote only].
- Tele-Direct
(Publications) Inc. v. Canadian Business
Online Inc., Court No. T-1340-97
September 17, 1997 (F.C.T.D. per Joyal, J.)
- Tele-Direct
(Publications) Inc.. v. American
Business Information, Inc., Court File
A-553-96, (Federal Court of Appeal per Denault
J.A. (ex officio), Décary J.A. and
Chevalier D.J.) October 27, 1997.
United States Case Law
- Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow
Dental Laboratory, Inc., 797 F.2d 1222, 1
CCH Computer Cases, para. 45,015 (U.S.C.A. 3rd
Cir., 1986).
- Computer Associates International Inc.
v. Altai, 982 F.2d 693, 3 CCH Computer
Cases, para. 46,666 (U.S.C.A. 2nd Cir., 1992).
- Gates Rubber Company v. Bando Chemical
Industries, 9 F.3d 823, [1993] CCH Copyright
Law Decisions (U.S.C.A. 10th Cir., 1993).
- Lotus Development Corporation v.
Borland International, 49 F.3d 807, 5 CCH
Computer Cases, para. 47,217 (U.S.C.A. 1st Cir.,
1995).
- Lotus
Development Corporation v. Borland
International, 116 S. Ct. 695, 6 CCH
Computer Cases, para. 47,368 (U.S.S.C., 1996).
- Computer
Associates International, Inc.
v.
Altai,
Inc. (2nd Cir. 1992) (BitLaw
Website 1996-98).
- Engineering Dynamics, Inc.
v.
Structure
Software, Inc.
(U.S. Ct of Appeal; 5th Cir. July 13,
1994).
Australian Case Law
Articles/Texts
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office, "Guide
to Copyright" (Canadian Intellectual
Property Office website, January 2000).
- United States Copyright Office, "Copyright
Basics" (United States Copyright Office
website, September 2000).
- J.
Dianne Brinson & Mark F. Radcliffe, "Intellectual
Property Law Primer for Multimedia
Developers" (Timestream Inc. website,
1994).
- Canadian Copyright Office
- Canadian Copyrights Searchable
Database
- Copyright Board Sets Private Copying
Levies (December 17, 1999): press
release; decision
in pdf; tariff
in pdf
- A
Framework for Copyright Reform, Departments
of Industry and Canadian Heritage, 2001
- Alexander, Jason Scott; "Beyond
Copyright"; Canadian Lawyer, May 2002, p. 32
- U.S. Copyright Office
- Working
Group on Intellectual Property Rights,
Information Infrastructure Task Force,
Intellectual Property and the National
Information Infrastructure (Washington,
D.C.: Information Infrastructure Task Force,
September 1995) (also known as the "Lehman
report") (United States Patent and Trademark
Office website, 1995).
- United States of America, National
Commission on New Technological Uses of
Copyrighted Works, Final Report, dissent
of Commissioner Hersey (Washington: July 31,
1978).
- Jonathan Band; "The
Digital Millennium Copyright Act: A Balanced
Result"; (Stanford Technology Law Review;
1998)
- Jonathan Band; "The
Digital Millennium Copyright Act";
(Morrision & Foerster LLP)
- David E. Hallett; "How
To Destroy a Reputation and Get Away With It:
The Communication Decency Act Examined: Do the
Policies and Standards Set out in the Digital
Millenium Copyright Act provide a solution for a
person defamed online?"; (2001) 41 IDEA
259
- E-Books Random
House Inc v. Rosetta Books (S.D.
NY 2001).
- Donald M. Cameron, Tom S. Onyshko and W.
David Castell, "Copyrights,
Trade-marks and the Internet";
Jurisdiction website (1997).
- Mark B. Eisen, "Copyright and the World
Wide Web" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual
Property Review 405.
- Robert M.
Kunstadt, "Fair Use of Legal Information on the
Internet" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual
Property Review 367.
- Kazaa not infringing in Holland "Ruling
Bolsters File-traders' Prospects" March 28,
2002.
Legislation
Data &
Databases
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
- David
Freeman; "Revising Canadian Database Protection:
What Lessons from Europe?"; (2002), 81 Can Bar
Rev. 563
Background
Materials
- Peter Jaszi,
"Analysis
of Bill H.R. 3531, Database Investment and
Anti-Piracy Act of
1996" (Association of
Research Libraries website, 1996).
Marie G. Aglion, "The EU Data Protection
Directive: If It's a Door, Industry
Has the Key", (Perkins
Coie Website, April, 1999) U.S.
Department of Commerce Draft
International Safe Harbour
Principles,
April 19, 1999 Working
Party on the Protection of Individuals with
regard to the Processing of Personal Data,
"Opinion
Concerning the Level of Data Protection in the
United States and the Ongoing Discussions
Between the European Commission and the United
States Government", adopted by the
Working Party on Jan. 26, 1999
Working
Document: "Transfers
of personal data to third countries: Applying
Articles 25 and 26 of the EU data protection
directive," Chapter 5, Adopted
by the Working Party July 24, 1998 ("July 24,
1998 Working Documents") European
Commission, "Data
Protection"
- Donald
M. Cameron, Analysis
of the European Database Directive 96/9/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of March
11, 1996 The Official Journal of the European
Communities no. L 77 at 20"
(1997).
Cases
- Donald M. Cameron, summary of
GEAC
J & E Systems Ltd. v. Craig Erickson Systems
Inc. et al. (1992), 46 C.P.R.
(3d) 25 (Ont.Ct.G.D.) (1997).
Donald M. Cameron,
summary of Stewart
v. The Queen (1988), 41 C.C.C.
(3d) 481 (S.C.) (1997). Feist
Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service
Co., Inc. 499 U.S. 340 (1991)
[excerpt] (Legal Information Institute website,
1996-1997). Feist
Publications v. Rural Telephone Service
Co. (6th Cir. 1996) (BitLaw Website,
1996-98). R.
v. Stewart (1988), 41 C.C.C. (3d) 481
(S.C.C.). GEAC J & E
Systems Ltd. v. Craig Erickson Systems Inc. (1992), 46 C.P.R.
(2d) 25 (O.C.G.D.). U & R Tax Services Ltd. v. H &
R Block Canada Inc. (1995), 62 C.P.R.
(3d) 17 (F.C.T.D.). Teledirect Publications (1997), 76 C.P.R.
(3d) 296 (F.C.A.). Slumber-Magic (1984) 3 C.P.R. (3d)
81 (B.C.S.C.).
- Edutile Inc. v. Automobile
Protection Association (2000), 6 C.P.R.
(4th) 211 (F.C.A.).
Articles/Texts
- J.H. Reichman and Pamela
Samuelson, "Intellectual Property Rights in
Data?", 50 Vanderbilt Law Review 51,
1997.
Class 7 -
Commercial Exploitation and Licensing
Intellectual Property
Required Reading
Suggested
Reading
- Donald N. Plumley
and Dale E. Schlosser, "Review of Selected
Clauses of an Intellectual Property Licences",
Canadian Intellectual Property Review, Volume 19
at 207.
- Robert A. Fashler,
"Drafting International Intellectual Property
License Agreements to Prevent, Manage and
Resolve Disputes", Canadian Intellectual
Property Review, Volume 19 at 151.
- E. Richard Gold,
"Partial Copyright Assignments: Safeguarding
Software Licenses Against Bankruptcy of
Licensors", Canadian Business Law Journal,
Volume 33 at 193.
- Alana Maurushat,
"Open Source, Open Arms: An Open Ended
Question", Canadian Journal of Law and
Technology, Volume 1, Issue 2, November 2002 at
39.
Background
Materials
Articles
- Wendy A. Adams and Gabor G.S. Takach,
"Insecure Transactions: Deficiencies In the
Treatment of Technology Licenses In Commercial
Transactions Involving Secured Debt or
Bankruptcy", Canadian Business Law Journal, July
2000, Volume 33, No. 3
- Richard C. Owens & Dale
A.J. Dietrich, "Some Questions to Ask when
Taking Security against Intellectual Property"
(March 1997).
Open
Source Software
Additional References
- "Leveraging
Knowledge Assets - Reducing Uncertainty for
Security Interests in Intellectual
Property", A report to the Law Reform
Commission of Canada (2004)
- George Takach,
Contracting for Computers, Second Edition
(Toronto: McGraw-Hill, Ryerson, 1992).
- Barry B. Sookman, Sookman
Computer Law: Acquiring and Protecting
Information Technology (Toronto: Carswell,
1989).
- C. Ian Kyer and Mark
Fecenko, "Keyer and Fecenko on Computer-Related
Agreements: A Practical Guide" 2nd ed.,
(Markham: Butterworths, 1997).
Legislation
Class 8 - Criminal Law and
Taxation of the Internet
Criminal Law
Required Reading
Suggested
Reading
- Robert
W.K. Davis & Scott C. Hutchinson,
Computer Crime in Canada (Toronto:
Carswell, 1997)
- Department of Justice Canada, "Lawful
Access Consultation" (This link provides
access to the Canadian DOJ paper on proposed
direction for changes to the Criminal Code for
electronic evidence gathering, partially to
bring it into line with various treaty
obligations and also provides links to the
original 2002 Consultation Paper, a summary of
responses and some background materials)
- Racicot, Hayes, Szibbo and Trudel, "The
Cyberspace is not a 'No Law Land'", Industry
Canada, February, 1997
- United States Department of Justice,
Criminal Division, Computer Crime and
Intellectual Property Section, "Searching
and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic
Evidence in Criminal Investigations",
July, 2002
Background
Materials
Cases
Texts/Articles
Censorship on the Net
- The decision that
overturned the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Communications Decency Act 1996:
o American Civil
Liberties Union v. Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney
General,
929 F.Supp 824 (E.D. Pa. 1996) (Electronic
Frontier Foundation website, 1996).
o Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General v.
American Civil Liberties
Union (26
June 1997), (U.S.S.C.) [unreported] (Electronic
Frontier Foundation website, 1997).
Gambling on the
Net
Software Piracy
Canadian
Legislation
- Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985 Chap.
C-46
(excerpts).
- Bill C-46 from 2003
parliament (An Act to
amend the Criminal Code (capital markets fraud
and evidence-gathering) including steps towards
data preservation orders).
- Copyright Act,
R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, s. 42 (criminal
provisions).
Taxation of the
Internet
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Background
Material
Articles/Texts
Legislation
Class 9 -
Electronic Commerce, Part 1 (On-Line
Contracting)
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
- Dan Streeter, "Into Contract's Undiscovered
Country: A Defense of Browse-Wrap Licenses" 39
San Diego L.Rev.1363 (2002).
Background
Materials
Cases
Legislation
Class 10 - Electronic
Commerce, Part 2 (Consumer Protection, Email and
Spam)
Required
Reading
Suggested
Reading
Articles/Texts
Legislation
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