Berkman Luncheon Series
[TODAY] The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives.18 nov 2008 - 12:30pm
Professor Michael Heller of Columbia Law School
Michael Heller will present at the Tuesday Luncheon Series. This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET.
We've assembled a sampling of recent Internet and politics-related activities and writings from the Berkman community...
3 nov 2008
Berkman Center founder Charles Nesson and his CyberOne class are moving forward with their case against the RIAA...
18 nov 2008
"Google violates its 'don't be evil' motto"? Harry Lewis and others debate -- Tues., 11/18, in NYC...
Berkman Fellow Lewis Hyde profiled in New York Times Magazine
Berkman Buzz: Week of November 10, 2008
Tech policy under the Obama administration, the RIAA, filtering in Argentina, and more...in this week's BUZZ!
14 nov 2008
Digital Natives: Staying safe
This week the Digital Natives team took a look at online privacy and safety and the related topic of digital aggressors.
13 nov 2008
From the OpenNet Initiative blog...Since 2006, Internet users in Argentina have been blocked from searching for information about some of country's most notable individuals.
12 nov 2008
The Google-Publishers Copyright Lawsuit Settlement 12 nov 2008
Join Jeffrey Cunard, one of the lead counsel for McGraw Hill and other publishers in their landmark copyright lawsuit against Google for its Google Library book search project, as he discusses the recent proposed settlement in the case.
Berkman Luncheon Series
Open Source at Microsoft: Opportunity or Threat?11 nov 2008
Bryan Kirschner, Director of Open Source Strategy and Mario Madden, Open Source Licensing Counsel at Microsoft
Bryan and Mario will discuss what expect from Microsoft and its work in the open source field in the future.
The Citizen Media Law Project, together with the Online News Association, Media Bloggers Association, New England Press Association, and Globe Newspaper Company, publisher of The Boston Globe and Boston.com, this week urged a broad reading of Massachusetts' anti-SLAPP law in a friend-of-the-court filing.
10 nov 2008
Berkman Buzz: Week of November 3, 2008
The US presidential election, experiencing the Chinese Internet, and more...in this weeks' BUZZ!
7 nov 2008
Digital Natives: experiencing information
The Digital Natives blog's theme-of-the-week is information overload! a timely topic in light of the finding that, in 2008, the Internet overtook newspapers as a source of campaign news...
6 nov 2008
In the spirit of openness and participation inspired by election day, the Internet Safety Technical Task Force is encouraging your continued participation in its process as it concludes its inquiry into technology tools to promote youth online safety...
5 nov 2008
Berkman Luncheon Series
Information Technology and Political Campaigning4 nov 2008
Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus
Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government and director of the Harvard Program on Survey Research, will discuss Information Technology and Political Campaigning -- with video...
"Is Success Killing the Internet?" Jonathan Zittrain debates Adam Thierer -- Thurs., 11/6, in D.C...
Berkman Buzz: Week of October 27, 2008
Digital literacy and the next U.S. president, the Global Network Initiative, ensuring a fair election through citizen journalism, and more...in this week's BUZZ!
31 oct 2008
Global Voices' outreach project, Rising Voices, nominated for "Best Weblog" B.O.B...
Digital Natives: learning and literacy
This week, the Digital Natives gang explored digital learning and literacy, and taught us a thing or two in the process...
31 oct 2008
Berkman is pleased to announce the launch of the Global Network Initiative, a dynamic effort developed in partnership with leading human rights groups, academics, socially responsible investment firms, and information and communications technology (ICT) companies, including, to date, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!. This unique coalition is working together to uphold the human rights to freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector, supporting companies as they resist governments seeking to enlist them in acts of censorship, filtering, and surveillance that violate international standards...
29 oct 2008