226.4 sec. 001 - Regulated Digital Industries: Telecommunications Law & Policy for a Modern Era (Fall 2025)
Instructor: Tejas N Narechania (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
MTuW 08:40 AM - 09:50 AM
Location: Law 170
From August 18, 2025
To December 01, 2025
Course End: December 01, 2025
Class Number: 33105
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Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 60
As of: 04/05 07:13 AM
The telecommunications industry (including internet-related services) is one of the largest and most influential sectors of the economy. It is also the site of one of our most complex legal regimes, blending features of administrative law, antitrust law, and constitutional law, among others. Should we require internet service providers to comply with net neutrality rules? What, if anything, should government do to ensure media representation of diverse voices? How should we regulate the content moderation practices of large platforms? How do copyright and accessibility concerns interact with video content platforms? And how do prior regulatory scheme inform modern legal practices? Can China operate TikTok in the United States? The answers to these questions directly impact the structure of the telecommunications industry. More fundamentally, these questions implicate matters of distribution, efficiency, fairness, monopoly power, and the structure of government. This course examines these issues through a study of some of the foundational questions and modern conflicts in domestic (U.S.) telecommunications law and internet policy.
Exam Notes: (F) In-class Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Exam Length: 4 hours
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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Books:
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- Digital Crossroads: Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age
Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Philip J. Weiser
Edition: 2013
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262519601
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: $40.00
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