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Aaron Swartz on The Open Library (Event Video/Audio)

aacuna — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:26:04 -0500

Internet & Society Conference 2002 (IS2k2): What is Harvard's Digital Identity?

rfink — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:26:30 -0500

The complete Internet & Society Conference 2002 (IS2k2) web site can be found online at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/I&S2002/index_xflash.html

What is the promise, the challenge, and the opportunity presented by the convergence of the Internet, digital media, and information technology in the academic environment? The Harvard Conference on Internet & Society 2002 will investigate this complex question as we gather to explore Harvard's digital identity. This community experiment is open to all Harvard faculty, administrators, students, staff, and alumni.

Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group

rfink — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:55:08 -0500

The "Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group" is a forum for fellows and affiliates of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT, Yale Law School Information Society Project, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School to discuss their ongoing research. Each session is focused on the peer review and discussion of current projects submitted by a presenter.

The Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP)

rfink — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:04:54 -0500

Internet & Society Conference 1998

rfink — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:41:45 -0500

Complete information on this conference can be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cybercon98/asp/splash.asp

The Second International Conference on Internet & Society posed the question "Will the Net Inevitably Drive a Deeper Wedge Between Rich and Poor?"

Berkman Luncheon Series

rfink — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:32:03 -0500

The Berkman Center Luncheon Series is a weekly series of informal luncheons and other meetings, providing students, fellows, faculty, and anyone who reserves a seat opportunities to discuss issues relevant to their work and to engage other leading thinkers and practitioners.

ProjectVRM

lroser — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:11:12 -0500

ProjectVRM has the immodest ambition of turning business on its head -- for its own good, and for everyone else's as well.

eInnovation and ICT Interoperability

lroser — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:40:19 -0500

The eInnovation and ICT Interoperability Project explores the relationship between innovation and ICT interoperability, seeking to understand the costs, benefits and potential means of achieving the latter.

Focus on interoperability

Copyright for Librarians

lroser — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:28:55 -0500

Materials will consist of course modules, interactive training, and multimedia resources, and will be made available under a Creative Commons Attribution license on the Connexions platform.

Chilling Effects

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:33:49 -0500

Berkman fellow Wendy Seltzer leads the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse "Chilling Effects" refers to the deterrent effect of legal threats or posturing, largely cease and desist letters independent of litigation, on lawful conduct. The Chilling Effects clearinghouse will catalogue cease and desist notices and present analyses of their claims to help recipients resist the chilling of legitimate activities (as well as understand when their activities are unlawful).

Digital Natives

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:33:09 -0500

Digital Natives focuses on the key legal, social, and political implications of a generation "born digital" - those who grow up immersed in digital technologies, for whom a life fully integrated with digital devices is the norm. By understanding young people’s interactions with digital media such as internet, cell phones and video games, we may address the issues their practices raise, learn how to harness the opportunities their digital fluency presents, and shape our regulatory and educational frameworks in a way that advances the public interest.

Noank Media

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:32:27 -0500

Noank's mission is to license and distribute digital content globally while fairly compensating content owners, using the most efficient, sustainable, and effective business and technology systems. Noank's motto is "limitless legal content flow."

Public Radio Exchange

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:56 -0500

The Public Radio Exchange is an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming. PRX is also a growing social network and community of listeners, producers, and stations collaborating to reshape public radio. The mission of PRX is to create more opportunities for diverse programming of exceptional quality, interest, and importance to reach more listeners.

Any radio station, any distributor any producer can add work to a PRX catalogue of documentaries, series, commentaries and features. There are thousands of pieces, on almost any topic.

SocialPhysics.org

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:48 -0500

Led by Berkman fellow John Clippinger, the Social Physics project examines the relationship between our identity and the emerging digital ecosystem. With the funding and technical support of IBM, Social Physics undertook the development of the Higgins Trust Framework, open source identity management software, and a white paper. Higgins debuted during the Berkman Center's Identity Mashup Conference, and received acclaim from media and Internet companies.

StopBadware.org

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:35 -0500

With the Oxford Internet Institute as a partner and the support of leading tech companies, including Google, Sun, and Lenovo, the Center launched StopBadware.org in January 2006.