The Access to Knowledge 2008 conference, A2K3, is on...
Citizen Media Law Project: "Publishing Personal and Private Information: Understanding Your Legal Risks"
Berkman Luncheon Series
The Future of the Internet in the Coming Year9 sep 2008
Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School, Berkman Faculty Co-Director
Jonathan Zittrain led a discussion on the Future of the Internet in the Coming Year. This event was webcasted live at 12:30PM ET.
As the fall semester gets underway, our Digital Natives project colleagues share some of the details of HASTAC's Digital Media and Learning Competition. This year's theme is Participatory Learning, and there are two kinds of awards: Innovation in Participatory Learning; and Young Innovators...
8 sep 2008
Ten years have passed since the U.S. Department of Justice and 20 states filed their landmark antitrust case against Microsoft and the trial of the lawsuit began in federal district court in Washington, D.C. This major conference, United States v. Microsoft: 10 Years Later, looked back over the last ten years and explored the lasting lessons and deeper meanings of the case for Microsoft, for the software and technology industries, and for antitrust law and enforcement.
Berkman Buzz: Week of September 1, 2008
Charles Nesson reads from Born Digital, Comcast clamps down on downloads, Derek Bambauer looks at slippery emails, and more...in this week's BUZZ!
5 sep 2008
United States v. Microsoft: 10 Years Later
one week away!
There is one week left to register for the "United States v. Microsoft: 10 Years Later" conference at Harvard Law School, hosted by the Berkman Center, taking place next Friday and Saturday, September 12-13. Registration is very limited, so reserve your spot now if you haven't already.
5 sep 2008
Cape Cod blogger sued for libel
The Citizen Media Law Project provides detailed analysis of the case of Peter Robbins, of the Robbins Report blog, which raises "a host of interesting questions" concerning Massachusetts' anti-SLAPP and retraction statutes and related issues...
5 sep 2008
The Future of the Internet on CNet
Digital Natives: organizing activism online
This week, the Reporters in the Field series takes a look at Obama Works, an independent grassroots organization that helps Obama supporters in neighborhoods across the country...
3 sep 2008
with Dr. Sunshine Hillygus, Keli Goff, Paul Selker, Nasser Wedaddy, and Judith Perry.
An interdisciplinary roundtable discussion on youth & civic engagement: Connecting theory to practice: How can digital media tools enable youths to motivate one another to create meaningful change?
Stephen Fry wishes GNU a Happy Birthday...
Berkman Luncheon Series
The Climate of Innovation Around Information Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa2 sep 2008
Ghanaian internet entrepreneur and researcher Eric Osiakwan and the Berkman Center's Ethan Zuckerman discussed the climate for innovation around information technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The World Food Programme announced Saturday that Berkman Award Winner John Breen has expanded FreeRice to include more games; and he will be collaborating with the Berkman Center on further developing and supporting FreeRice...
1 sep 2008
Berkman Buzz: Week of August 25, 2008
"Born Digital," citizen journalists and the Georgian war, the Democratic National Convention, and more...in this week's BUZZ!
29 aug 2008
The UC Berkeley School of Law is seeking a clinical professor to serve as the director of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic. And Stanford Law School has announced the Center for Internet and Society and Stanford Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship...
29 aug 2008
Fellow Tuna Chatterjee discusses MBTA v. Anderson on Lawyer2Lawyer
Berkman Luncheon Series
Banning Copyright Infringers from the Internet : a View from Europe7 oct 2008
Professor Jacques de Werra
Professor Jacques de Werra spoke on the challenges raised by a proposed copyright regulation under which the internet access of copyright infringers can be shut down in the EU.
Berkman Luncheon Series
Armchair Revolutionary: Crowdsourcing Global Social Change30 sep 2008
Ariel Hauter and Ori Neidich
We all want to make the world a better place, but we're discouraged from giving money and volunteer time to charities due to several layers of obstacles: transparency, efficacy, information overload, and lack of feedback.
Digital Natives: a digital community of learners
This week, with new book Born Digital landing on bookshelves, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series continues its look at collaborative studying in a "web 2.0" world...
27 aug 2008
