Instead of using the WWW¹ as a medium for experimentation, we ask you in this exercise to think of it as a resource for conducting directed research of your own. Use all of the resources available to you to write a paper addressing one of the topics below. A list of related links appears, as always, in our online "Resources."

1. intellectual property² and copyright laws as they apply to the WWW
   
   
2. freedom of expression and First Amendment rights in the context of the WWW
   
   
3. privacy³, security, and the role of the Fourth Amendment (which precludes unwarranted search and seizure) to the WWW
   
   
4. cryptology and the classification of crytographic technology as "munitions" by the U.S. government
   
   
5. freedom of access to the WWW
   
   
6. the Communications Decency Act of 1996