Berkman fellows blog about the FCC's proposal to auction a block of radio spectrum to a buyer that would provide free internet access, under the condition it would filter pornography and obscene content.
25 jun 2008
Tell the story of your creative work! Creative Commons wants contributions to its Case Studies project
Berkman Luncheon Series
The Dynamics of Collaborative Innovation: Exploring the tension between knowledge novelty and reuse24 jun 2008
Ned Gulley and Karim R. Lakhani
Ned Gulley and Karim R. Lakhani discussed their work on The Dynamics of Collaborative Innovation: Exploring the tension between knowledge novelty and reuse.
China Hosts Majority of Badware Sites
StopBadware.org today released a report analyzing over 200,000 sites reported by Google as exhibiting badware behavior. Over half of the reported infected sites are hosted in China.
24 jun 2008
Berkman's looking for a full-time digital media producer to contribute the brain and technical brawn to rethink and beef up our efforts creating compelling non-text based media. Is it you?
23 jun 2008
Q + A with Karim Lakhani and Ned Gulley on Collaborative Innovation
As a primer to tomorrow's luncheon on "The Dynamics of Collaborative Innovation: Exploring the tension between knowledge novelty and reuse" with Karim Lakhani and Ned Gulley, Berkman intern Zack McCune sat down with our guests to discuss collaboration in the age of computing "2.0", distributed innovation, and motivations for participation.
23 jun 2008
On Tuesday, we hosted a lively session on the Publius Project at Supernova. The conversation was a great fit for this year’s theme, “Challenges for the Network Ageâ€...
20 jun 2008
Berkman Buzz: Week of June 16, 2008
Teens and online status, an open access success story, South Korean protests of US beef and more...in this week's BUZZ!
20 jun 2008
Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital responds to coverage of last night's event on entrepreneurs and innovation.
20 jun 2008
Over on the Digital Natives blog, Nikki Leon wonders whether or not Digital Natives need to start tying strings to their fingers in lieu of hitting the search engines.
20 jun 2008
Homeward!
Jonathan Zittrain appointed to tenured faculty position
Jonathan Zittrain has accepted an offer to become a tenured Professor of Law at Harvard Law School! He will continue to serve as a Berkman faculty co-director. Everyone at the center welcomes him home!
20 jun 2008
Today, ONI's Ron Deibert testifies about "Access to the Internet and the Participation of U.S. & Western Firms in Chinese Internet Controls" before the U.S.-China Commission...
18 jun 2008
Jonathan Zittrain on the Colbert Report!
Inciting applause for chaos, Professor Zittrain was a guest on the Colbert Report last night to discuss his book, "The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It."
18 jun 2008
AP's Fair Use Challenge
David Ardia of the Citizen Media Law Project hits all the points in his blogpost, "Associated Press Sends DMCA Takedown to Drudge Retort, Backpedals, and Now Seeks to Define Fair Use for Bloggers"
17 jun 2008
Berkman Fellows and friends are bookending the U.S.A. for two great conferences today - Beyond Broadcast in Washington D.C. and Supernova in San Francisco.
17 jun 2008
John Willinsky, Jean-Claude Guedon, and Daithà Mac SÃthigh respond to current Publius essays...
16 jun 2008
Berkman Luncheon Series
Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software17 jun 2008
Christopher M. Kelty
Kelty discussed his recently published book, Two Bits, which focuses on the meaning and cultural significance of Free Software, its history and the manner in which it has been "modulated" into domains both close to and far from software and networks.
Berkman Buzz: Week of June 9, 2008
Anti-spyware legislation, intern hour, copyright at Harvard and more...in this week's BUZZ!
13 jun 2008
This week, the Digital Natives and Internet and Democracy projects both dove into the 2008 campaign, offering their thoughts on the role of the Internet in the current U.S. presidential race.
13 jun 2008
From the Berkman Summer Interns 2008 blog...It’s a little crowded in the Berkman Center’s physical domain. Interns (myself included) cluster into the kitchen, the conference room, the library, or any other space with power outlets and chairs that appears unoccupied in the cozy environs of 23 Everett Street...Which brings us to the 2008 Interns Blog...
12 jun 2008