TC 850 Public Policy notes

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Edits made to the service level agreement article include:

  • Fairly significant correcting of syntax, grammar, spelling, and so forth throughout.
  • Added Wikipedia links to things like service level management.
  • Split "different levels" section off on its own for clarity.
  • Merged "WSLA," "cloud computing," and "outsourcing" sections together under a common heading.
  • Added section on backbone providers.

Term paper topic and references

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My newly chosen topic is freedom of speech on the Internet. References and launching-off points include:

  • https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech
  • Kopytoff, V. G. (2011, March 7). Sites Like Twitter Absent From Free Speech Pact. New York Times.
  • Wu, T. (2010, November). The Future of Free Speech. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • Holladay, J.. (2011, January). CYBERBULLYING. The Education Digest, 76(5), 4-9.
  • Paulson, K. (2010, July 20). Sophomoric speech is free speech, too; Students employ today's technology to hit familiar targets: teachers and school officials. The adults' response? Curb their First Amendment rights. USA Today, 10A.
  • USA Today (2010, June 9). Want to complain online? Look out. You might be sued. USA Today, 8A
  • Barger, J.. (2010). Extending speech rights into virtual worlds. Scitech Lawyer, 7(1), 18-22.

Feedback from J.M. Bauer

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Nice and BIG topic! Make sure that you search related entries on Wikipedia before you get going so that you do not duplicate, at least no too much, what is already on there. For example, freedom of speech on the Internet is mentioned in the entry on "Freedom of Speech in the United States".

One of my concerns is that the topic is so vast that it might be difficult to cover comprehensively in one entry (but then: you could start and others could add on). One pragmatic strategy might be to start with the broader theme but then discuss two or three specific areas (e.g., cyberbullying, the application of free speech principles to private networks, or concerns about minors, or remixing culture).

A recent book addressing some of these free speech issues is: S. Levmore, M. Nussbaum (eds.) The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Reputation, Harvard University Press, 2011.

I look forward to your work! --JMBauer (talk) 16:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Sandbox

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It's User:Carl67lp/Cyberstalking legislation but I've been doing some work offline, so it's not always the most up-to-date.

TC 850 second Wiki edit

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Did some modifications to Radio Act of 1912. Broke things up a bit to make things clearer and more complete. Added inline references as appropriate. Other miscellaneous changes hither and thither.

Feedback from JM Bauer

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The article is streamlined and better organized, although most of it seems to have been shifting text around. Other aspects could have been added, for example, the shortcomings of the Act which lead to the passage of the Radio Act of 1927 and then the Communications Act of 1934. --JMBauer (talk) 03:05, 29 March 2011 (UTC)