Syllabus

Course Meeting Times

Lectures: 4 sessions for 4 weeks, 2 hours / session

Course Requirements

This course is discussion based and class participation is expected. Assignments will be given following each lecture session.

Grading

6.912 is a 1 unit course and is graded as Pass, D, or Fail (P/D/F). If taken again, the course can be repeated for credit.

Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction; Basics of Legal Research; Legal Citations
2 LexisNexis®; 1976 Copyright Act Assignment 1 out
3 Copyright Applied to Music, Computers; Napster®; Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Assignment 1 due

Assignment 2 out
4 Software Licensing; DVDs and Encryption Assignment 2 due