Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Digital Media Conference Explores the Future

Pictured: John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation speaking with a conference attendee.

Digital Democracy Links to South Africa

On Tuesday, 9/16, Professor Charles Nesson's Digital Democracy class met with African experts on Internet Service Providers via videoconferencing.

Zuckerman One of Fortune's Top Ten Innovators

Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Fellow and CTO and Founder of Geekcorps, a non-profit technology volunteer corps, was named a Top Ten Innovator in Fortune Magazine's recent 40 Under 40 feature (article available to subscribers only).

Last Night's Open House a Grand Success

On Monday, September 15th, the Berkman Center welcomed nearly 100 students to our annual Open House.

Harvard Magazine: Building Community with H2O

In the September/October issue of Harvard Magazine, the article Casing the Future profiles the Berkman Center's H2O and Professor Jonathan Zittrain's use of technology in Harvard Law School courses.

Copyright & Free Expression

The Free Expression Policy Project, a think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom, has just published a fully revised and updated edition of "The Progress of Science and Useful Arts": Why Copyright Today Threatens Intellectual Freedom - a summary of the major controversies over file-sharing, fair use, the ever-receding public domain, the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act," and more.

Winer on The Business of Blogging

Berkman Fellow Dave Winer says blogging is a must for businesses in yesterday's Boston Herald.

Space Remaining in Camp's "Design for Values"

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Nolan Bowie Joins Berkman Center as Senior Fellow

The Berkman Center is proud to welcome Nolan Bowie to its ranks.

Berkman Center Releases UDRP Treatise

The UDRP Opinion Guide has just been published on the Berkman Center website.

Zittrain and Seltzer Weigh In On Filesharing Lawsuits - New York Times

CFP Call for Proposals

The Program Committee of the Fourteenth Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP2004) seeks proposals for innovative conference topics, presentations and speakers.

The Berkman Center and Harvard Law School Offer Cyberlaw Courses This Fall

The Berkman Center is thrilled to announce that Professor Charles Nesson's Digital Democracy and Executive Director John Palfrey's Cyberlaw and the Global Economy, in addition to Professor Jonathan Zittrain's reading group, Current Trends in Cyberlaw, are all being offered this fall at Harvard Law School.

H2O Version 1.1.1 Released

The Berkman Center is proud to announce the 1.1.1 release of the H2O system.

Urs Gasser Joins Berkman Center as Research Fellow

The Berkman Center is pleased to welcome Urs Gasser as a Fellow for the 2003-2004 school year.

Zittrain and Palfrey in The Economist - The Consequences of Viruses

In the article Re: That movie, The Economist discusses the recent computer viruses that have attacked machines around the world.

Graduate School of Education Lauds H2O

The Technology in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education hosted a seminar last spring on the H2O Project.

Coppock and Maclay Analyze Regional E-Commerce Initiatives

Berkman Affiliate Karen Coppock and Director of Berkman's International Technologies Group Colin Maclay's analysis of recent research into several major regional e-commerce initiatives was published in Info, a tele-information policy journal.

Exploring the Digital Media Crisis

The Berkman Center and Gartner|G2 will convene a distinguished group of guests on September 18th for Digital Media in Cyberspace, a conference exploring issues stemming from research into the current digital media landscape and unresolved questions regarding its distribution, use and control.

Berkman Geeks Share Their Secrets

On the Berkman Geekroom Blog, technical advice, Harvard tidbits, and general geekery abound.