Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Gator Deconstructed: Whom Do the Ads Target?

Ever wonder what websites are targeted by Gator and what ads Gator shows? Berkman Student Fellow Ben Edelman has developed an automated method of determining which specific advertisements Gator has associated with which websites, data that may be helpful to website operators, policy-makers, and others in assessing Gator's practices.

Video from ILAW Posted

ILAW participant and uber-blogger Lisa Rein has posted video clips from the conference featuring professors Jonathan Zittrain and Lawrence Lessig on jurisdiction and porn.

Voices from ILAW

I am by no means the only one tracking what's happening here @ ILAW.

ILAW: Benkler on Speech

Professor Yochai Benkler speaks in the next session here @ ILAW about speech on the Internet.

ILAW: Lessig v. Matusow of Microsoft

Next up: a debate between Professor Lessig and Jason Matusow of Microsoft, on whether open source and proprietary software can peacably co-exist. [Also see participant Frank Field's excellent notes.] Charles Nesson: I am moderating this debate and I will pose the questions--we'll start off with Larry; he'll have fifteen minutes, and so will Jason.

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?