Admin |
Quiz 3 on Reading List 3 on Wednesday |
Assignment 3 due on Friday |
Reading List 4 is up |
Answer any questions |
Go over names |
Sign-in Sheet |
Kick-off |
Law and Search |
Intellectual Property |
How far does fair use extend? |
Law suits against Google Book Search will define |
Free Speech |
Are search engines like a newspaper -> free speech? |
One case Langdon v Google made Google more like a newspaper |
Giving rights to reject ads. |
Defense -> free speech and trade secrets. |
Offense -> transparency |
AntiTrust |
Google owns 56% of search as of 12/2007 |
Openness of search engine algorithms |
Are search engines like credit agencies which must open their data to the public. |
“The lesson is that the law can shape technology early on—in progressive ways or in ways that reflect social values,” says Seton Hall’s Pasquale. “But if the law waits too long, then the thing it seeks to shape in fact shapes the law itself.” |
Querying |
Mix of Chapters 1 and Chapter 6 |