Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Politics of Piracy fall 2010

Course description
Politics of Piracy was started originally by fulfilling the demand of students needing a serious and constructive forum to discuss the weight of piracy in their lives. In today's incarnation the course keeps its finger on the pulse of piracy in the news, and investigates intellectual property and copyright issues worldwide.

Syllabus
The Syllabus to this class is published under Creative Commons Zero license, and can be downloaded as an .odt and .pdf.

Assignment overview
Students will improve Wikipedia articles that are in the intersection of Piracy and United States Public Policy.

=Groups and Students= This is a list of students and their articles, organized by topic/support groups.

Historical Issues

 * Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act
 * Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken []
 * Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken
 * The IDPPPA (S.3728)
 * Expand the United States Secret Service article with information about the Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups or create a separate article for that purpose.
 * Begin the History of Music Piracy article.
 * Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken
 * The IDPPPA (S.3728)
 * Expand the United States Secret Service article with information about the Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups or create a separate article for that purpose.
 * Begin the History of Music Piracy article.
 * Expand the United States Secret Service article with information about the Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups or create a separate article for that purpose.
 * Begin the History of Music Piracy article.
 * Begin the History of Music Piracy article.

"Copyleft"

 * Sega Enterprises, Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc.
 * Share Alike []
 * Share Alike []


 * Patentleft
 * ISC license
 * BSD licenses
 * BSD licenses


 * License_proliferation
 * McNeese State University
 * open-source software
 * Elsevier Tech UK
 * Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
 * Harvard University
 * Harvard University


 * Patentleft
 * Patentleft


 * Patentleft
 * Patentleft

File-sharing

 * - Logan
 * Secure Federal File Sharing Act


 * Elizabeth H.


 * The Pirate Bay Trial
 * The Pirate Bay Trial


 * Derik O.


 * DC++ This article has been previously nominated to be "checked for its neutrality" and should be expanded to include legal issues.
 * DC++ This article has been previously nominated to be "checked for its neutrality" and should be expanded to include legal issues.


 * Graham H.
 * List of intellectual property legislation pending in the United States Congress Update legislation for 111th/112th congress.
 * Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008


 * James C.
 * The Pirate Bay Trial Updated section on appeal which was recently released.
 * Copyrighted content on file sharing networks Improved section interpreting copyright law in the US.

Proposed Group Articles

 * 1) Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008
 * 2) Secure Federal File Sharing Act
 * 3) The Pirate Bay trial - No section on the appeal which ended Oct 15th, 2010.
 * 4) List of intellectual property legislation proposed in the United States Congress - No information on 111th Congress

Hacking

 * Digital Millennium Copyright Act
 * Legality of rooting Android OS
 * SharpMusique
 * I started a new article, Hacking of Consumer Electronics. It was originally slated for deletion but I successfully contested it and it is now tagged as under construction.  The person who approved the article said the topic was very interesting and that if the article can be improved within 5 days then it could be in contention for the front page, so if anybody feels like donating their time, please show it some love.
 * A section of the ILOVEYOU virus article needs to be completely rewritten.
 * iOS jailbreaking needs work.
 * SharpMusique
 * I started a new article, Hacking of Consumer Electronics. It was originally slated for deletion but I successfully contested it and it is now tagged as under construction.  The person who approved the article said the topic was very interesting and that if the article can be improved within 5 days then it could be in contention for the front page, so if anybody feels like donating their time, please show it some love.
 * A section of the ILOVEYOU virus article needs to be completely rewritten.
 * iOS jailbreaking needs work.
 * iOS jailbreaking needs work.