Berkman Buzz, week of June 11

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
Week of June 11, 2007

What's going on... take your pick or browse below.

*Ethan Zuckerman digests Ted Global.
*Dave Winer on the Sopranos aftermath.
*William McGeveran discusses trademark fair use.
*Rebecca MacKinnon's notes from World Editors Forum.
*Wendy Seltzer on NCAA v. blogging.
*Doc Searls shares his thoughts with AT&T.
*Weekly Global Voice: Gift of freedom in Thailand.

The full buzz.

"It’s three days after the TED conference, and I’ve had two days to enjoy a rainy, but very beautiful, Cape Town and do some digesting of thoughts and ideas. (lots of pictures, for those interested…) I had breakfast this morning with Russell Southwood and our conversation reminded me just how exciting the conference had been, and how unexpected."
Ethan Zuckerman, "Digesting TED Global - I’m still chewing"

"Got a call from my mom today, she watched the Sopranos finale, like everyone. When the phone rang I fumbled with the Blackberry, hit a wrong key and disconnected the call. I tried calling back while she left a voicemail, and all the while I got more anxious that someone in the family had died or was horribly sick, and the more time went by the more sure I was and the more prepared I was for something horrible."
Dave Winer, "The Sopranos aftermath"

"These are the kinds of stories that make me pull my hair out in despair at the way in which people toss around nonexistent intellectual property rights when they dislike someone else’s portrayal of them. It shows why robust trademark fair use rights are so important (which, no coincidence, is the topic of my writing project this summer)."
William McGeveran, "Trademark Fair Use and an Alien Gunfight in Manchester Cathedral"

"Finally, I've handed in my grades for the semester and have time to write up my notes from last week's World Editors Forum in Capetown!  If you think the World Association of Newspapers was bemoaning the death of newspapers, you're wrong. "
Rebecca MacKinnon, "The future of newspapers depends on journalism, but not just on paper."

"It's not just the pros who want control. Over the weekend the NCAA ejected a Louisville Courier-Journal reporter from a college baseball championship for live-blogging the game. Brian Bennet reports that he had been posting updates throughout the game on his Courier-Journal blog, until, at the bottom of the fifth inning, 'an NCAA representative came to my seat on press row and asked for my credential and asked me to leave. I complied.'"
Wendy Seltzer, "NCAA Calls Foul on Reporter's Blogging"

"LA Times: AT&T to target pirated content: It joins Hollywood in trying to keep bootleg material off its network. Its network, the headline says. Not 'the Internet,' but its network.  If you had any illusions that what you get from the likes of AT&T is 'the Internet,' you've just been corrected.  Remember Ma Bell? Sheee's back! And now she's got the TV and 'the Internet' as well as the phone."
Doc Searls, "Dear AT&T: Please go to hell"

"Thailand’s ICT Minister, Dr Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, has not kept his promise to unblock the popular video-sharing site, YouTube. YouTube, which is owned by Google, was blocked by the Thai government in April 2007, following the appearance on the site of material critical of the country’s king."
Sami Ben Gharbia, "'Beat the Censors!,' a gift of freedom for Thai Internet users"