Resources

Case Briefs & Summaries and Legal Definitions

• Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
  • Primary sources including: U.S. Constitution, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, Federal Rules, State law resources, State statutes by topic, Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform laws, and World law.
  • Original content including: Wex legal encyclopedia, CRS Annotated Constitution, LII Supreme Court Bulletin, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, Table of Popular Names, Parallel Table of Authorities
  • Learn About: Civics, Constitutional law, Intellectual Property, Corporations, Real Estate Law, Consumer Protection, Administrative Law, Legislation, Courts and procedure
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  • U.S. Code for Telecommunications Includes definitions of terms and laws dealing with the FCC and technologies such as radio, television, cable, satellite, and the internet.

• Court Listener from Free Law Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Search millions of cases. Cases provide links to related cases.

• The First Amendment Encyclopedia "Articles, news and insights about free expression in America. Presented by the Free Speech Center and the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. Includes case summaries and more.

• LexisNexis is a standard source for legal briefs, but it requires a subscription.
  • LexisNexis Case Briefs for Class Prep. If you search for a case and add a reference to LexisNexis Case Briefs and/or Law School, the search results can sometimes give you a useful case brief summary.

Topics

• Defamation
• Privacy
• Obscenity and Indecency
• Intellectual Property

Censorship

• Media Content Rating Labels

Filtering Companies

• Is VidAngel Legal? YouTube video by VidAngel (November 29, 2016). Discusses censorship, The Family Movie Act, Law suits against filtering companies, Decryption, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Fair Use, The last stand for filtering streaming movies. (Humorous and informative.) Recommendations for taking action.

Internet Regulation

Sale of ISP Data

Congress Approve Sale of ISP Data

• In favor of the decision
• Against the decision
  • Senate Moves to Permanently Kill the FCC's Broadband Privacy Rules by Consumer Reports posted on Fox News. (March 23, 2017)
  • House Votes to Let Internet Providers Sell User Browsing Data Without Consent by Steven Nelson for U.S. News and World Report (March 28, 2017).
• Somewhat Neutral?
  • Trump Signs Measure to Let ISPs Sell Your Data Without Consent by Alex Johnson for NBC News (April 23, 2017).

Use of VPN technology to provide privacy

• If You Want A VPN to Protect Your Privacy, Start Here by Lily Hay Newman for Wired (March 30, 2017).