I. Law and Digital Businesses
Week | Topic | Weekly Assignment |
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1. | 8/28: Course overview Reading: | N/A |
2. | 8/30: Monetization of software and other digital goods Reading: | LABOR DAY -- NO IN-CLASS MEETING 9/4: DUE Notes to file detailing potential monetization options for client |
3. | 9/6: Legal protection of digital goods Reading: | 9/11: DUE Draft email to client detailing legal protection options for client’s software |
II. Licensing Intangibles
Week | Topic | Weekly Assignment |
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4. | 9/13: Discuss contract drafting basics Reading: | 9/18: DUE Collect three contracts and identify the basic contract elements
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5. | 9/20: Licensing digital goods Reading: | 9/25: DUE Collect three software/digital goods license, identify three key clauses in these licenses, and explain what these "key clauses" do operationally and why they are "key"
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6. | 9/27: Contracting online Reading: | 10/2: DUE Draft email to client suggesting preferred online contracting formation option |
7. | 10/4: Other common components of software license Reading: | 10/9: Work day
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III. Purchasing Intangibles
Week | Topic | Weekly Assignment |
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8. | 10/11: DUE Software licensing agreement and brief email explaining the agreement and any necessary next steps to client
| 10/16: N/A--NO IN CLASS SESSION |
9. | 10/18: Discuss first assignment and software licensing | 10/23: DUE Edit proposed outside software developer agreement for client and provide brief email to client explaining changes |
IV. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Week | Topic | Weekly Assignment |
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10. | 10/25: DMCA Safe Harbors Reading: | 10/30: Due Brief email to client explaining benefits of safe harbors |
11. | 11/1: DMCA compliance requirements Reading: | 11/6: Due DMCA compliance plan for client; Agent registration drafted |
V. Open Source
Week | Topic | Weekly Assignment |
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12. | 11/8: Introduction to Open Source Reading: | 11/13: Due Find, and provide, a real-world example of (a) an open-source, copyleft license, (b) an open-source, non-copyleft license, and (c) a public-domain dedication license. For each of these found licenses, explain why the license falls within the specific category.
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13. | 11/15: Legal concerns with open source Reading:
| 11/20: Work Day 11/22: NO CLASS |
VI. Privacy Online
Week | Topic | Weekly Assignment |
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14. | CHANGE - Monday 11/27: Privacy concerns online Reading:
| CHANGE - Wednesday 11/29: Due E-mail to client briefly explaining privacy concerns regarding client's software |
15. | 12/4: Legal Responses to Privacy Concerns Online Reading: | 12/6: Due Redraft of software license agreement and API license and email to client briefly explaining changes to agreement and API |