Berkman Center for Internet & Society

The growing trade in software security exploits: free speech or cyber-weapons in need of regulation?

Christopher Soghoian, Principal Technologist & Senior Policy Analyst, American Civil Liberties Union

What should be done, if anything, about this part of the security industry? Are researchers who sell exploits simply engaging in legitimate free speech that should be protected? Or, are they engaging in the sale of digital arms in a global market that should be regulated?

Berkman Luncheon Series

How to Make Your Research Open Access (Whether You're at Harvard or Not)

Celebrating Open Access Week

How do you make your own work open access (OA)? The question comes up from researchers at schools with good OA policies (like Harvard and MIT) and at schools with no OA policies at all. We invite you to join Peter Suber and Stuart Shieber of the Harvard Open Access Project, the Berkman Center community, and Office for Scholarly Communication in an open forum on the Harvard OA policies, concrete steps for making your work OA, and questions on any aspect of OA, especially from the perspective of publishing researchers.

Berkman Luncheon Series

From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice

Madhavi Sunder, UC Davis School of Law

Hear Professor Madhavi Sunder talk about her new book, From Goods to a Good Life (Yale UP 2012), where she argues that the economic analysis of IP is not sufficient to address 21st century conflicts, from the rise of participatory culture to the challenges of development. Sunder turns to cultural and social theory to explore the deeper connections between cultural production and human freedom. This event will be webcast live at 12:30PM ET.

DPLA Appfest Hackathon

in Chattanooga, TN

DPLA Appfest is an informal, open call for both ideas and functional examples of creative and engaging ways to use the content and metadata in the DPLA back-end platform. The first Appfest will take place on November 8-9, 2012, at the Chattanooga Public Library on The 4th Floor.

DPLA Midwest Conference

in Chicago, IL

DPLA Midwest—taking place on October 11-12, 2012 in Chicago—is the third major public event bringing together librarians, technologists, creators, students, government leaders, and others interested in building a Digital Public Library of America. This event will be webcast live.