Berkman Center

New BlogAfrica Project Offers Home, Support to African Weblogs

BlogAfrica, a collaboration between Geekcorps, AllAfrica.com, the Berkman Center and others, is intended to bring African and Africa-centric blogs closer to the forefront of the blogosphere.

20 nov 2003

Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group: First Gathering, 11/20/03

The Cyberscholar Working Group, initiated by Berkman Fellow Urs Gasser and ISP Fellows Eddan Katz and Nimrod Kozlovski, is a monthly forum for fellows and affiliates of the Yale Law School Information Society Project and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School to discuss their ongoing research.

19 nov 2003

All-Fellows Luncheon Explores Projects, Synergies

On November 18th, Berkman Center fellows, staff and faculty gathered together to discuss current and upcoming research projects and the general state of being a fellow at the Berkman Center.

19 nov 2003

Recording Artists Project: Adapting to the Beat, 11/13/03

On Thursday, November 13, Harvard Law School's Recording Artists Project presented a panel discussion, "Adapting to the Beat: The Music Industry in Flux." Speakers were industry experts, including Berkman Center friends Mike McGuire of Gartner and Derrick Ashong.

18 nov 2003

Professor Fryderyk Zoll Discusses EU Standard Contract Terms

On Friday, November 14th, Professor Fryderyk Zoll joined members of the Berkman Center team and several Harvard Law students to discuss standard contract terms of the European Union.

14 nov 2003

Penn State Buys Napster for Student Body - But Do They Want It?

News.com reports that students at Penn State don't want their tuition money spent to protect them from RIAA lawsuits.

7 nov 2003

EFF and Stanford Center for Internet and Society to File Suit Against Diebold

As Diebold invokes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against students and others who have posted on their websites correspondence linking the company to the Republican Party, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Stanford's Center for Internet and Society plan to answer with a suit of their own, as reported on CNet.

6 nov 2003

Haber of Copyright Clearance Center Visits Berkman Center

Frederic Haber, General Counsel for the Copyright Clearance Center, led a lunchtime discussion today, November 4th, at the Berkman Center.

4 nov 2003

Berkman Center Launches Digital Media Project, Multi-Year Grant from MacArthur Foundation

After a year of laying a foundation in digital media research in conjunction with research partner and supporter Gartner|G2, the Berkman Center proudly launches today its Digital Media Project.

3 nov 2003

Berkman Staff Advise ICT Education Program

The Workshop on Global ICT Education Program, held October 29 and 30 at MIT, brought together an Advisory Council for the Program, which aims to offer training courses to young ICT leaders of developing countries.

30 oct 2003

Zittrain Speaks Out on RFID In CIO Magazine

In "The End of Hide and Seek," Professor Jonathan Zittrain details his reasons for inserting a radio frequency identification chip under the skin of his dog, the adorable Mrs.

29 oct 2003

CyberPrivacy Series Launches Today

CyberPrivacy, the newest Berkman Center BOLD series, launches today, October 28th, at noon Eastern time.

28 oct 2003

Dr. Tony Feghali Speaks on Lebanon and eReadiness

Dr. Tony Feghali of the American University of Beirut joined the Berkman Center for a luncheon discussion on Monday, October 27th.

27 oct 2003

MIT Students Create "Safe" Music Sharing Service for Campus

As reported in the Boston Globe and New York Times, two MIT students created Libraries Access to Music Project, backed by MIT and Microsoft.

27 oct 2003

Yossi Vardi: The Edge Against the Hub

The Berkman Center proudly presented Yossi Vardi, Founding Investor of ICQ, on October 21st, 2003.

23 oct 2003

CyberPrivacy - New BOLD Series to Launch 10/28/03

This program is free and open to everyone. CyberPrivacy, a new BOLD series led by Professor John Nockleby of Loyola Law School, will launch on October 28th, 2003.

23 oct 2003

Joseph Bell Centre's Kingston on AI in Criminal Justice

John Kingston, Director of the Joseph Bell Centre for Forensic Statistics and Legal Reasoning visited the Berkman Center on October 21.

22 oct 2003

Professor Fisher's Proposal Makes Headlines

In yesterday's New Jersey Star-Ledger, the article Prof to music labels: Lay off 'cyber-pirate' suits and try a tax (mini-registration required) calls Professor William Fisher "a guy at Harvard" with a "modest proposal." The alternate-compensation plan is discussed by Fisher, Berkman Fellow John Perry Barlow, and the RIAA.

22 oct 2003

Zittrain on "The Internet Music Copyright Wars", 10/22/03

On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 1:00 p.m., there will be a joint meeting of the Computer and Internet Law Committee and Intellectual Property Law Committee at the Boston Bar Association - "The Internet Music Copyright Wars." Come hear a lively point/counterpoint discussion on a topic of great interest to anyone who listens to music and has a computer (and particularly a teenager) at home -- the music file swapping lawsuits brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

22 oct 2003

Months Later, Group Weblog Keeps ILaw Alive

The ILaw 2003 International Participants' Weblog, created by a participant from ILaw Stanford which took place in June/July 2003, collects items related to Internet Law from across the globe in an easily digested format.

21 oct 2003

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

New BlogAfrica Project Offers Home, Support to African Weblogs

Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group: First Gathering, 11/20/03

All-Fellows Luncheon Explores Projects, Synergies

Recording Artists Project: Adapting to the Beat, 11/13/03

Professor Fryderyk Zoll Discusses EU Standard Contract Terms

Penn State Buys Napster for Student Body - But Do They Want It?

EFF and Stanford Center for Internet and Society to File Suit Against Diebold

Haber of Copyright Clearance Center Visits Berkman Center

Berkman Center Launches Digital Media Project, Multi-Year Grant from MacArthur Foundation

Berkman Staff Advise ICT Education Program

Zittrain Speaks Out on RFID In CIO Magazine

CyberPrivacy Series Launches Today

Dr. Tony Feghali Speaks on Lebanon and eReadiness

MIT Students Create "Safe" Music Sharing Service for Campus

Yossi Vardi: The Edge Against the Hub

CyberPrivacy - New BOLD Series to Launch 10/28/03

Joseph Bell Centre's Kingston on AI in Criminal Justice

Professor Fisher's Proposal Makes Headlines

Zittrain on "The Internet Music Copyright Wars", 10/22/03

Months Later, Group Weblog Keeps ILaw Alive

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