226.4 sec. 001 - Regulated Digital Industries: Telecommunications Law & Policy for a Modern Era (Fall 2023)
Instructor: Tejas N Narechania (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
MTuW 2:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Location: Law 170
From August 21, 2023
To December 04, 2023
Course End: December 04, 2023
Class Number: 32170
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 34
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 50
As of: 02/07 02:03 PM
The telecommunications industry (including internet-related services) is one of the largest and most influential sectors of the economy. It is also the site of one of our most complex legal regimes, blending features of administrative law, antitrust law, and constitutional law, among others. Should we require internet service providers to comply with net neutrality rules? What, if anything, should government do to ensure media representation of diverse voices? How should we regulate the content moderation practices of large platforms? How do copyright and accessibility concerns interact with video content platforms? And how do prior regulatory scheme inform modern legal practices? The answers to these questions directly impact the structure of the telecommunications industry. More fundamentally, these questions implicate matters of distribution, efficiency, fairness, monopoly power, and the structure of government. This course examines these issues through a study of some of the foundational questions and modern conflicts in domestic (U.S.) telecommunications law and internet policy.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home examination
Exam Length: 5 hours
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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Readers:
A reader will be used in this class.
Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Digital Crossroads: Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age
Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Philip J. Weiser
Edition: 2013
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262519601
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: $40.00
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