Berkman Center for Internet & Society

ILAW: Yochai Benkler on "Layers"

I've missed the majority of Professor Yochai Benkler's session on "layers" here @ ILAW;  fortunately for us, others have not.

ILAW: Fisher on the Future of Entertainment

Next up here @ ILAW: Professor William "Terry" Fisher in a session entitled "Content: Law," exploring the laws surrounding digital distribution of content: music and films.

ILAW Response: Copyright Infringement is a Middle Class Crime

LawMeme's James Grimmelmann, responding to a discussion here @ ILAW about music sampling: "Copyright infringement is a middle-class crime.

ILAW: "Application: Music"

The final session for the day here @ ILAW is moderated by Professor Jonathan Zittrain and features Professor Charles Nesson, Intel Director Emeritus Les Vadasz and the EFF's Fred von Lohmann.

ILAW: Lessig on Markets and Culture

Professor Larry Lessig is up next here at ILAW, exploring markets and culture, followed by Professor Fisher with possible solutions to the present problem with regard to digital distribution and fairly compensating producers and artists. Larry steps to the front:  Larry: What I want to do today is draw together the story about the law and the story about the market.

ILAW: Fisher on Software--Proprietary Legal Strategies

Professor William "Terry" Fisher speaks next, on "Computer Software: Proprietary Legal Strategies." [Also see weblog notes and commentary from participants Frank Field, Aaron Swartz and Jim Flowers; they're catching what I miss.] Terry: The original plan for the day was disrupted, so we had the debate between Larry and Jason at 2:00 p.m.

ILAW: Technology

ILAW begins today with a session on technology--a panel moderated by Professor Charles Nesson and featuring Glenn Otis Brown of Creative Commons, Alexander Macgillivray of Google; and Berkman Fellow and EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer.

ILAW: Zittrain and Fisher on Domain Names

The final session today @ ILAW: professors Zittrain and Fisher on "Content: ICANN and Domain Names." JZ: The Internet waits for no one.

ILAW: Lessig on End-to-End

Below, my complete notes for Professor Lessig's session @ ILAW on "End-to-End";here, participant Frank Field's.

ILAW: Nesson, Democracy & Weblogs

Professor Charles Nesson took the opportunity during his "Democracy" session to build an impromptu panel comprised of weblog writers in attendance @ ILAW.

ILAW: Zittrain & Lessig on Porn and Jurisdiction

The Lessig/Zittrain session on porn and jurisdiction went fast as lightning; as a consequence, I am still making sense of my notes.

ILAW: Jonathan Zittrain on Internet Technology

Jonathan Zittrain's first assignment @ ILAW: explaining the basics of how the Internet works.  The goal: to provide a framework upon which participants who aren't necessarily Internet-savvy can hang future discussion, and to do it in such a way that those who are do not fall asleep.

ILAW: Yochai Benkler on Peer-Production

Professor Yochai Benkler is up at bat here @ ILAW, discussing peer-production of information goods.

ILAW: Who Gets the Net?

Via Wendy Seltzer, slides from her presentation here @ ILAW.

ILAW Response: Can the Internet Stay Neutral?

James Boyle Wins WTN Award

Via Jurist's Paper Chase: "James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School, has won this year's World Technology Award in Law, the World Technology Network (WTN) announced on June 25.

Welcome to the New Berkman Center Site

Greetings, all.  As you can see, we've started something new here today.

More from Moore on the "Second Superpower"

Berkman Fellow Jim Moore, who made quite a splash not long ago with his essay, The Second Superpower, offers new observations today about how weblogs could "lead the way" in building new institutions to challenge the old.

"Eldred Act" Introduced

The Washington Post: "Two members of Congress today introduced legislation (PDF) they said would ensure the American public's access to the nation's intellectual and artistic heritage." Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and John Doolittle (R-Rocklin):  "Our Founding Fathers recognized that society has an interest in the free flow of ideas, information and commerce," said Lofgren.

Nesson's Commons Sense

The Berkman Center's Charles Nesson, John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain taught Internet Law 2003 June 16-20 @ Harvard's Program of Instruction for Lawyers.