Syllabus

I.        Law and Digital Businesses

WeekTopicWeekly Assignment
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

WeekTopicWeekly Assignment
4.9/13: Discuss contract drafting basics
Reading:

9/18: DUE Collect three contracts and identify the basic contract elements


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

III.        Purchasing Intangibles

WeekTopicWeekly Assignment
8.10/11: DUE Software licensing agreement and brief email explaining the agreement and any necessary next steps to client


Ownership of intangibles
Reading:

10/16: N/A--NO IN CLASS SESSION
9.10/18: Discuss first assignment and software licensing10/23: DUE Edit proposed outside software developer agreement for client and provide brief email to client explaining changes

IV.        Digital Millennium Copyright Act

WeekTopicWeekly Assignment
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

WeekTopicWeekly Assignment
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.


13.11/15: Legal concerns with open source
Reading:

11/20: Work Day




11/22: NO CLASS

VI.        Privacy Online

WeekTopicWeekly Assignment
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:
  • US Privacy and Data Security Law Overview

  • An Overview of Privacy Law

  • FTC v. Wyndham World Corp., 799 F.3d 236 (3d Cir. 2015)

  • EU Data Protection Directive



  • 12/6: Due Redraft of software license agreement and API license and email to client briefly explaining changes to agreement and API