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Introduction

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Students in the University of California Berkeley's Spring 2011 Cyberlaw course seek to improve Wikipedia pages related to Cyberlaw topics. (It's also an assignment.) This effort is also now part of the Wikimedia Foundation's pilot project on United States Public Policy.

They've identified the following pages that they may work on:

Possible Pages to Work on

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Personal Jurisdiction for Online Activities and International Jurisdiction

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
open Toys ‘R’ Us, Inc. v . Step Two, S.A. open open
open Illinois v. Hemi Group LLC open open
open Inset Systems, Inc. v. Instruction Set open open
open Maritz, Inc. v. Cybergold, Inc. open open
ma_michelle Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King iwahashi kkemnitzer
open Hearst Corp. v. Goldberger open open
open Mink v. AAAA Development L.L.C. open open
Neil Kumar Blakey v. Continental Airlines ea0308 nwoloszczuk
open Boschetto v. Hansing open open
open Pres-Kap, Inc. v. System One, Direct Access, Inc. open open
open CompuServe, Inc. v. Patterson open open
foxiechick9 Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC hottelie igmcdowell

Indecent Speech on the Internet

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
open Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 open open
open Connection Distributing Co. v. Holder open open
Tsegall United States v. Kilbride brad.miller.87 cicero-lawyer
iwahashi Video Software Dealers Association v. Schwarzenegger ma_michelle Stabotage

Other Issues of Online Free Speech

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
open The King’s English v. Shurtleff open open
open Internet Tax Freedom Act open open
open Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association v. Wingate open open
open Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association v. Attorney General of the United States open open

Immunity for Internet Intermediaries

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
kkemnitzer Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com, LLC Stabotage ma_michelle
asdf723 Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc. carothuf Yanli2010
Stabotage Milgram v. Orbitz kkemnitzer ea0308
igmcdowell Swift v. Zynga Rescendist Yuriko_N

Liability for Posting Information Obtained by Others

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
nwoloszczuk Pavlovich v. Superior Court Neil Kumar iwahashi
Rescendist Jean v. Massachusetts State Police Yuriko_N Agreatnotion
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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
carothuf Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC Agreatnotion tjaredfriend

Digital Rights Management and Anti-circumvention

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
tjaredfriend 321 Studios v. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc. Yanli2010 Karlyeh
Karlyeh I cicero-lawyer Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc tjaredfriend cicero-lawyer

Network Neutrality

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
fixthis Comcast Corp. v. FCC fixthis Tsegall

Statutory and Common Law Claims to Protect Online Privacy

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
agreatnotion California Shine the Light Law (S.B. 27) carothuf carothuf

Fourth Amendment as Applied to Online Privacy

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
Dbarnhill United States v. Warshak nwoloszczuk kamiya_2011

Civil and Criminal Hacking (The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
maxburkhardt United States v. Morris Tsegall Dbarnhill
brad.miller.87 United States v. Riggs Dbarnhill hottelie
open United States v. Ivanov open open
hottelie LVRC Holdings v. Brekka maxburkhardt marmbrus
open International Airport Centers v. Citrin open open

Online Anonymous Speech and the First Amendment

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
Yanli2010 Doe v. 2themart.com Inc. Hcookeecs Rescendist
Hcookeecs Dendrite International, Inc. v. Doe No. 3 ruebuschdj asdf723
ruebuschdj Doe v. Cahill asdf723 maxburkhardt
marmbrus Mobilisa, Inc. v. Doe foxiechick9 ruebuschdj
open Krinsky v. Doe 6 open open

Spam

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
kamiya_2011 Kleffman v. Vonage Holdings Corp. Karlyeh foxiechick9
open Gordon v. Virtumundo, Inc. open open

Virtual Property

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
open CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Productions, Inc. open open
open America Online, Inc. v. IMS open open
open America Online, Inc. v. LCGM, Inc. open open
open America Online, Inc. v. Prime Data Systems, Inc. open open
open Thrifty-Tel, Inc. v. Bezenek open open
open Oyster Software v. Forms Processing open open
open School of Visual Arts v. Kuprewicz open open
open Omega World Travel v. Mummagraphics, Inc. open open

Other Topics

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) 1st Reviewer 2nd Reviewer
open United States v. The Spy Factory, Inc. open open
Yuriko_N Right to Make Transmittable marmbrus brad.miller.87

Some Wiki Resources From Your Fellow Classmates

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  • I found the following page to be a good starting point for figuring out wikipedia law articles: Wikipedia:WikiProject Law
  • I also found this page where featured (highest quality) law articles are listed: Wikipedia:Featured Article#Law
  • Something else that I am using is changedetection.com, which lets you watch web pages so that you know when they change.
  • A good way to monitor Wikipedia articles for changes is `starring' an article. Any changes to the article will then appear in your watchlist.
  • You can get a more full-featured editor by installing a Greasemonkey script called wikEd.
  • Every user has a sandbox where they can play with things (like draft versions of their page). It's here.

Other resources

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Here is a list of helpful, experienced Wikipedia editors who can answer questions about the wiki software and formatting in general, how to insert citations and media, advice on how to form a WP:Consensus with other editors on Wikipedia, or any general and/or technical advice on how to use Wikipedia.

Guidelines to Remember

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Content Guidelines

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General Overview

Wikipedia's Three Core Content Policies:

Brian's 14 Point Wikipedia Project Checklist

Reviewing Guidelines

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Technical Guidelines

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Citations

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References Generally: Learn how to do references
For example, here is a good citation to Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).[1]
I made that reference with the following text:
<ref name=Baker>''Baker v. Selden'', [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/101/101.US.99.html 101 U.S. 99] (1879).</ref>

If I cite to that same reference again later, then I just need: <ref name=Baker>.[1]

See: WP:CITE.

For relatively painless citing of law cases consider using Wikipedia's template for court citations: Template:Cite_court.

Cases: To the extent possible, provide links to publicly-available versions of all court opinions mentioned. A good source of Federal opinions is http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/

Statutes: How to cite to the United States Code (U.S.C.)

Wikilinks: In general, provide links to other articles of relevance within Wikipedia.

Choose a Category/Categories for the page you edit
One of the following categories might fit the page you edit:
Category:United States Internet case law
Category:United States copyright case law
Category:United States federal intellectual property legislation

Category:United States Supreme Court cases
Category:United States courts of appeals cases
Category:United States district court cases
Category:California state case law

or look for a better category in the Category tree.

Don't let the page you edit be an orphan
Click the "What links here" link in the toolbox on the left-hand margin of the page you edit and make sure it has at least three incoming links (from pages other than this one) and think about what other pages in Wikipedia ought to link to the page you edit and then add such links.

Infobox Templates Some articles, particularly case summaries, have an Infobox on the right-hand side, providing key details of the case. If you would like to use such an Infobox, here are some that may be of use:

Other Infoboxes are topical rather than court-specific. You can see a list of some of these at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Law page.

Previous Law WikiProjects:

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References (for illustration purposes only)

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  1. ^ a b Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).