Seating plan for today

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Seating plan for today
Front of room
Front 3 rows First name ends in A..H
Middle N rows First name ends in I..Q
Back 3 rows First name ends in R..Z
Back of room
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- Part 2 Introduction- Theme Freedom of
speech/censorship

• CS 4001 B
• (Computing, Society Professionalism
• Summer, 2003)

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Contents

• Announcements
• Introduction to Part 2
• Project 2 Individual paper
• Topics Readings
• Sidebars (Parts 2 3)
• Philosophy, politics, examples
• Freedom of expression censorship
• Context FIRE, Chapter 5
• Case Miss Vermont Mr. Max
• Discussion What is a right?

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Part Two Themes Sidebars

• Themes
• Freedom of expression vs. censorship
• FIRE, Ch 5
• Privacy
• FIRE, Ch 2-3
• Intellectual property crime
• FIRE, Ch 6-7

• Sidebars
• Rights, authority sovereignty
• Individual choice vs. public good
• Utilitarianism cost-benefit analysis
• Stakeholders predictions
• Philosophers
• stuffy, stuffed and vital
• Morality, culture and character (Part 3)

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Project Individual paper

• Topic
• Specific topic of your choice
• Related to themes of FIRE Chapters 2-9.
• But not file sharing
• Issue
• A proposal argument (FIRE Ch 14) based on
  sub-arguments of other types (FIRE Chs. 10-13)
• Something youre interested in but undecided
  about.
• Procedure
• Proposal Due next Monday (June 9)
• Counts toward participation
• Research
• Up to you. Class discussions will suggest
  tactics.
• Interim panel June 16 / Final panel July 2
• Paper Due July 2

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Contents

• Announcements
• Introduction to Part 2
• Project 2 Individual paper
• Topics Readings
• Sidebars (Parts 2 3)
• Philosophy, politics, examples
• Freedom of expression censorship
• Context FIRE, Chapter 5
• Case Miss Vermont Mr. Max
• Discussion What is a right?

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Context FIRE Chapter 5

• What are the criteria that make speech obscene
  (in the U.S.)?
• How does (Internet) technology change the
  context?
• What about its global reach?
• What changed after CIPA?
• Were Cyber Promotions messages spam? Hamidis?
• Any other examples?

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Miss Vermont Mr. Max

• Form groups of three
• Read newspaper article (solo)
• Discuss questions
• Who do you sympathize with? Why?
• Should they have the rights to expression /
  privacy they are claiming?
• Under U.S. law/constitution, do you think they
  do?
• If they were in another country (pick one) would
  they?
• What has all of this got to do with computing??

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Rights

• Inherent rights vs. nonsense on stilts
• Inalienable rights by virtue of being human (or
  American?) vs. those provided by law
• Rights imply more than one party
• The claimant or right holder
• Others who incur obligations w.r.t. the claimant
• Sometimes just the Government, sometimes
  everyone.
• The authority granting the right