• 要阅读,Larry Lessig着
  Read the book 《观念的未来》
  The Future of Ideas, by Larry Lessig (Random House, 2001).
• 课程包(资料待增加)。
  Course pack (info to be added).

个别课题阅读资料
Readings for Individual Topics

以下是一些个别课题的背景。具体内容将在每周作业中说明。
Here is background for some of the individual course topics. Specific items will be indicated in the weekly assignments.

• 计算机犯罪
  Computer Crime
• 计算机通讯与言论自由
  Computer Communications and Freedom of Expression
• 信息和知识产权
  Information and Intellectual Property
• 密码与国家安全
  Encryption and National Security

一般课程内容的其他资讯来源
Other Sources of General Course Material

• 《连线》 杂志展示Gucci的网络空间形象（Hal是在Condé –Nast收购前撰写的），每期的字体几乎和麻省理工学院招生办公室的宣传小册子数目相当。你还得为这课程发掘更多严肃的材料，但就一般阅读而言，《连线》是可以的，而且偶有精彩文章。
  Wired Magazine displays the Gucci look for cyberspace (and Hal wrote this before they were purchased by Condé -Nast), with almost as many fonts per issue as the MIT Admissions Office's publicity booklet. You'll have to dig up more serious material for the course, but Wired is OK for general reading and there are occasional excellent articles.
  
  
  
• 电子前沿基金会保留广泛的在线档案文件。这对本学期的学习很有用，特别是关于立法和法律事项的汇集，还有关于隐私、安全、密码和监督的档案。你还应该查看当期和过时的《EFFector》通讯。
  The Electronic Frontier Foundation maintains extensive on-line archives. These will be useful throughout the semester, especially the collections on Legislation and Legal issues, and the Privacy, Security, Crypto, and Surveillance Archive. You should also check out current and past issues of their newsletter, the EFFector.
  
  
  
• 民主与科技中心是一个关注计算机和通讯技术中公民自由的组织。他们的主页是查询当前立法行为的好地点。
  The Center for Democracy and Technology is an organization concerned with civil liberties in computer and communcations technologies. Their home page is a good place to look for information on current legislative action.
  
  
  
• 电子隐私信息中心是一个处理有关「国家信息基础设施」公民自由事宜的公益组织，也是「国际隐私」的华盛顿办公室。该中心有关乎计算机安全、隐私、密码系统政策和言论自由的在线汇集。
  The Electronic Privacy Information Center Is a public-interest group that deals with civil liberty issues relating the National Information Infrastructure. It is also the Washington Office of Privacy International. There are good on-line collection on computer security, privacy, cryptography policy, and free speech.
  
  
  
• Lexis/Nexis：Lexis-Nexis全球（资料库）有法律评论文章，法院判词以及很多其他资料。订阅Lexis/Nexis是以机构发牌，而且受约束。只能在麻省理工学院链接Lexis/Nexis的档案。其他人如要取这该档案提到的Lexis/Nexis材料需自行安排。
  Lexis/Nexis: Law review articles, court rulings, and many other resources can be found in Lexis-Nexis Universe. Subscriptions to Lexis/Nexis are licensed by institutions and are restricted. The links to Lexis/Nexis resources in this archive work at MIT only -- they can be accessed only from within the MIT network. Other people who wish to get hold of the Lexis/Nexis material cited in this archive will need to arrange for their own access.
  
  
  
• 美国国会Thomas（Jefferson）公共信息系统提供《国会记录》的关键词搜索。
  The US Congress Thomas (Jefferson) public information system provides keyword searches of the Congressional Record.
  
  
  
• 以下是两部经典的科幻作品，与课程无直接关系——又或和课程密切相关，因为它们描绘今天的网络技术为未来而建设。精神食粮：
  Here are two classic science-fiction works that don't have anything to do with the course directly -- or maybe they have everything to do with the course directly, since they describe the futures we may be laying the groundwork for with today's network technology. Food for thought:
  
  
  
  • William Gibson的《神经漫游者Neuromancer》，作者发明“网络空间”这个词。如果你已经读了这本书幷喜欢，一定会想看续集《计零Count Zero》和《蒙娜丽莎超速档Mona Lisa Overdrive》。
    William Gibson, Neuromancer. From the man who invented the word "cyberspace." If you've read the book and liked it, you may want to look at the sequels, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive.
    
    
  • Vernor Vinge的〈真名实姓True Names〉，选自合集《真名实姓和其他的危险True Names and other Dangers》。这短篇小说写于80年代初，令人不安地预言了当今有关网络匿名、隐私、安全等问题。
    Vernor Vinge, "True Names," in the collection True Names and other Dangers. Written in the early 80s, this short story is frighteningly prophetic of current issues having to do with anonymity, privacy, and security on the network.