The Internet and the Law : What Educators Need to Know.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Foundations of School Internet Law -- Decision 1: Expressive Conduct and Its Bounds -- Decision 2: Sexy Speech Not Passing Muster -- Decision 3: The Pen Not So Mighty as the School -- The Legal Standard of Conduct -- Standards for Technology Literacy -- Federal vs. State Law -- Interpreting Case Citations and Legal References -- The Bottom Line -- Afterword: School Violence and September 11 -- Part 2: Freedom of Expression and the School Internet -- What the First Amendment Protects- In General -- What the First Amendment Protects- In Public Schools -- Regulating Expression on the Internet in Schools -- Limiting Students' In-School Internet Access -- Filtering or Blocking Pictures -- Removing Books from the Internet Library -- Limiting Teachers' In-School Internet Access -- Out-of-School Internet Expression -- Students' Internet Communications -- Student Hacking -- Teachers' Personal Internet Expression -- The Legal Significance of Student Codes of Conduct -- Recommendations for School Districts -- Acting with Care -- Reprising the Legal Standard -- District Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policies -- Reporting School-Related Web Sites -- Responding with Reason and Caution -- Keeping Parents in the Loop -- Responding to Hacking -- Annotated Legal References -- Statutes -- Court Decisions -- Part 3: Privacy and the School- Sponsored Internet -- Protecting Children Under 13 -- Cookies-More Than Just Calories -- Privacy on District and School Web Sites -- The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act -- Directory Information -- Parents' Rights to Access School Internet Logs -- State Privacy Laws -- Defamation in Internet Communications -- Suing for Defamation -- Liability for Defamation -- Privacy Issues in E-mail.

Recommendations for Schools -- Policies, Not Paranoia -- Cookie Policies -- Centralizing Control to Comply with FERPA -- Deciding What Is Directory Information -- Getting Permission to Post -- State Privacy Laws -- Forestalling Offensive Communications -- Annotated Legal References -- Statutes -- Court Decisions -- Part 4: The Basics of Copyright Law -- Conflicting Copyright Goals -- Copyright vs. Plagiarism -- Copyright: How It Works -- Copyright Notice Not Required -- What Is and Is Not Copyrightable -- Government Documents -- Copyright and Technology -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 -- School Districts as ISPs -- Other DMCA Provisions Important for School Districts -- Copyright Infringement -- Assigning Liability -- Browsing and Downloading -- Recommendations for Schools -- Mounting a Program of Copyright Education -- Developing and Adopting a Board Copyright Policy -- Promulgating Guidelines Widely -- Including Copyright Guidelines in the District Code of Conduct -- Putting a One Policy/One Person Rule in Place -- Internet Acceptable Use Policies and Copyright -- Complying with DMCA -- Annotated Legal References -- Statutes -- Court Decisions -- Part 5: Copyright and the Internet in Schools -- Fair Use of Copyrighted Works by Teachers and Students -- The Fair Use Guidelines -- Fair Use in Videotaping -- Caching -- Linking -- Works for Hire -- Trademark Infringement -- Recommendations for Schools -- Promulgating the Fair Use Guidelines -- Adopting a Clear Policy of Copyright Ownership -- Deciding the Appropriate Level of Control -- Annotated Legal References -- Part 6: E-mail and the School Internet -- Privacy in E-mail Communication -- Regulating E-mail Communications -- Offensive E-mail -- Threatening E-mail -- Content-Neutral Regulations -- E-mail Harassment -- Cyberstalking -- Recommendations for School Districts.

Adding to the School E-mail Community -- Students and E-mail Access -- The First Amendment AGAIN -- Unregulated E-mail Access -- The Special Role of the District's Network Administrator -- Annotated Legal References -- Statutes -- Court Decisions -- Part 7: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Weighing In on the "More Is Less" Issue -- Remembering Tinker, Fraser, and Kuhlmeier -- Protecting Opinions and Values -- Involving Parents -- Continuing Contacts -- What the Future May Hold -- The Promise of Data Management and Interactivity -- Paying for Progress: District Technology Fees -- Commercialism on the Web -- Authenticating Information -- Cyberschools and Socialization -- Technology Alone Is Not the Answer -- Hand-Held Devices -- Annotated Legal References -- Court Decisions -- Appendix A: Formulating Acceptable Use Policies -- AUPs for Teachers -- AUPs and Students -- What AUPs Should Contain -- AUPs and E-mail -- AUPs and School-Related Photographs and Other Information -- Linking to and from the District Web Site -- Special Employee Privileges -- Timeliness of AUPs -- Refusals to Sign AUPs -- Appendix B: Complying with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- Filtering and Blocking Internet Content -- Packet Level Filtering -- Application Level Filtering -- Filtering Software -- PICS Ratings -- Filtering Pictures, Too -- Credit Cards and Passwords -- No Perfect System -- Complying with CIPA Requirements -- Undertaking Action -- The Public Meeting Requirement -- Technology Protection Measures -- Surviving Constitutional Scrutiny -- Appendix C: A Suggested List of Policies and Standard Forms for School Districts -- Policies -- Standard Forms -- Appendix D: General Resources -- Researching Cases, Journal Articles, and Books about the Internet in Schools -- Professional Organizations as Sources of Information -- Technology Standards.

Other Sources for Researching Case Law and Statutes -- Law School Web Sites -- First Amendment Issues -- Samples of School Internet Policies -- About the Author -- Search this Book.

This book offers concise and sound advice for guide public school polices governing uses of the Web, e-mail, and other computer technologies.

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