| Spam Seminar 2003 |
IT 881 Current Topics in Information Technology Law
Regulation of Spam and Email Marketing
The John Marshall Law School
Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law
Professor David E. Sorkin
Summer 2003
(2 credit hours, paper course)
This seminar will investigate legal and policy issues raised by email marketing and spam. Topics to be addressed include litigation and legislation involving spam and email marketing; the application of tort law and other traditional doctrines to spam; concerns related to constitutionality, jurisdiction, extraterritoriality, privacy, content, and public policy; regulatory perspectives; issues faced by Internet service providers and legitimate email marketers; legal aspects of blacklisting and other antispam measures; and other relevant issues. Guest speakers will contribute a variety of perspectives to the seminar. Students are expected to participate actively throughout the seminar, and will be required to prepare and deliver a presentation of their own work during one of the final sessions. Grades will be based upon the presentation, a written paper, and class participation.