Wikipedia:WikiProject Cyberlaw 2011 Berkeley

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Introduction

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

Personal Jurisdiction for Online Activities and International Jurisdiction

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

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

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

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

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

Copyright Liability for Internet Intermediaries

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Some Wiki Resources From Your Fellow Classmates

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

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

Content Guidelines

General Overview

Wikipedia:Five pillars
Wikipedia:List of guidelines
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (legal)
If you are summarizing a case, the outline used by the Wikiproject on Supreme Court cases is a good overall structure to start from for summarizing any case, whether it was decided by the Supreme Court or not.

Wikipedia's Three Core Content Policies:

Brian's 14 Point Wikipedia Project Checklist

Wikipedia Project Checklist - Make sure your article conforms to each of these points and you should have a great article.

Reviewing Guidelines

Wikipedia Project Checklist - When reviewing an article, make sure it conforms to each of these points.
Did you know

Technical Guidelines

Citations

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:

Template:Infobox SCOTUS case Infobox for Supreme Court of the United States cases.
Template:Infobox Court Case Infobox for U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cases and international cases. This template should automatically choose the correct image of the Court's seal from Template:Infobox Court Case/images. You can also use this template for state court cases but you won't get an image unless you add it.
Template:Infobox United States District Court Case Template to create an Infobox for U.S. District court cases. This template should automatically choose the correct image of the Court's seal from Template:Infobox United States District Court Case/images.
Template:Infobox High Court Template to create an Infobox for state Supreme Court cases.
Template:Infobox California Supreme Court case Infobox for California Supreme Court cases.

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:

References (for illustration purposes only)

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

[Baker-1] Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).

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