Internet & Society Conference 2007 (IS2k7): University: Knowledge Beyond Authority Newsfeed

Harvard Law votes Yes on open access

syoung — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:00 -0400

The faculty of Harvard Law School has unanimously approved a motion for open access: articles will be made freely available in an online repository. With the success of this motion, Harvard Law becomes the first law school to make an institutional commitment of this sort to open access to its faculty's scholarly publications. [full text of the motion for an opt-out open access policy]

Charles Nesson advances University in a Google world

syoung — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:00:00 -0400

Find a comfortable chair and pop the corn. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10, we’re retrieving some classics from our multimedia archive and adding them to our new YouTube channel.

Last week, we re-presented Lawrence Lessig's fall 2000 debate with Jack Valenti on the future of intellectual property.

Berkman Luncheon Series: Lewis Hyde on Reclaiming Fair Use for Scholars and Teachers”

rtabasky — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:25:51 -0500

Berkman Fellow and Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College Lewis Hyde today gave a Tuesday Luncheon Series presentation on "Reclaiming Fair Use for Scholars and Teachers."

“Fair use” is a legal doctrine creating what has been called a “situational public domain” within the exclusive rights that copyright gives to content owners.

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lroser — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:16:00 -0400

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