BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Upcoming events and digital media // September 1, 2010

[1] [TUESDAY 9/7] Berkman Center Fall Open House (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/09/openhouse)

[2] [CONFERENCE 9/25] "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" Conference in Atlanta, GA (http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/)


[TUESDAY] BERKMAN CENTER OPEN HOUSE
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Tuesday, September 7, 6:00 pm
Ropes Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School Campus (Map: http://bit.ly/poundmap)
Free and Open to the Public
Tell us if you're coming on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140755442627336) or Twitter (http://tweetvite.com/event/berkmanopenhouse)

Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment.

As a University-wide research center at Harvard University, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, research, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year!

Paid part-time research positions will be available in the fall, and you can visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships to see currently available positions.

People from all disciplines, universities, and backgrounds are encouraged to attend the Open House to familiarize yourself with the Berkman Center and explore opportunities to join us in our research. We look forward to seeing you there!

Refreshments will be served. For more information visit: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/09/openhouse


[CONFERENCE] MEDIA LAW IN THE DIGITAL AGE
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9/25/10, Atlanta, GA
Visit the conference website for more information on the conference agenda, registration and logistics: http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/

We're pleased to announce that the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard's Berkman Center and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University are co-hosting a conference on September 25, 2010 entitled "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" in Atlanta, Georgia.

If you are a journalist, blogger, or a lawyer who works with media clients, the conference should be at the top of your schedule. This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn first-hand the latest legal developments and to get your questions answered by our panel of experts.

The program will bring together panels of legal practitioners, journalists, and academics to discuss the latest legal issues facing online media ventures. Topics will include: libel law, copyright law, newsgathering law, and advertising law, as well as the legal issues arising from news aggregation, managing online communities, and business law considerations for start-up online media organizations. Small-group workshops will focus on strategies for accessing government information and understanding legal terms in content licenses, freelancer contracts, and website terms of service and privacy policies.

If you need personalized legal assistance before or after talking about these media law issues, contact the Online Media Legal Network, a legal referral network for independent online media administered by the Citizen Media Law Project at the Berkman Center.

Funding for the conference is being provided by the Harnisch Foundation, which has been a long-time sponsor of the Center for Sustainable Journalism and recently provided a grant to the Berkman Center to support media law education.

For more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/


OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 9/10-11: UNL 2010 Conference // Washington, DC (http://ammori.org/unl-2010-conference-in-washington-dc/)

[2] 9/11: Startup Bootcamp // MIT (http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/)

[3] 9/24-25: Innovate / Activate // New York Law School (http://www.nyls.edu/centers/harlan_scholar_centers/institute_for_informa...)

[4] 9/28: Access to Government Records in Massachusetts: Issues and Trends (http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2ydlvtf9c7ca7...)

[5] 10/1-2: Open Video Conference // NYC (http://www.openvideoconference.org/)

[6] 10/1-3: International Conference on Crisis Mapping // Harvard (http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-haiti-and-beyond)


DIGITAL MEDIA: Watch and Listen
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-Radio Berkman 161: A Brief History of Noise (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman161)


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The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. For more information, visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu.