Berkman Center

Digital Natives: encounter with the RIAA

Launched last Wednesday, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series gets fully underway this week with the first two parts of a brand-new piece created by Digital Natives summer interns Nikki Leon and John Randall: "The Ballad of Zack McCune" -- an exploration of digital natives and illegal downloading...

24 jul 2008

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 21, 2008

The FCC proposes a filtered version of the internet, one Berkman intern learns a tough lesson about illegal downloads, Nicaragua's President Ortega faces online opposition, and more...in this week's BUZZ!

25 jul 2008

Filtered national broadband?

In a set of formal Comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission yesterday afternoon, a group of Berkman Center fellows, faculty, and friends argued that the FCC’s proposed free filtered> national broadband would not be worthy of the name "Internet"...

25 jul 2008

New design for the StopBadware.org site!

Webcast: 7/21, 4pm, FCC public en banc hearing on "Broadband and the Digital Future"

The world of Global Voices, rising

Global Voices Online has announced an Executive Director! In August, Ivan Sigal will take the helm, joining Managing Director Georgia Popplewell and GVO's international team and growing network...

21 jul 2008

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 14, 2008

An "iPatiot Act," eBay v. Tiffany, Science Commons and more...in this week's BUZZ!

18 jul 2008

Thinking through section 201 of the Global Online Freedom Act

Over on the Future of the Internet blog, Berkman summer intern Brendan Ballou takes a look at the Global Online Freedom Act being considered by Congress...

18 jul 2008

"Markets under reconstruction"

Doc Searls reports on Monday and Tuesday's first-ever VRM workshop...

17 jul 2008

Berkman is hiring!

We're looking to hire a handful of sharp, visionary people to join our ever-growing community. There are currently six opportunities at the Berkman Center...

16 jul 2008

Digital Natives team kicks off Reporters in the Field series

This afternoon, the Digital Natives project rolled out the first video in its Reporters in the Field series, which will investigate the project's issues and themes through one of those same themes: digital media creation...

16 jul 2008

Digital Natives: Going Loca: Privacy in a digital world

Berkman Luncheon Series

Openness for Life Science Databases15 jul 2008

Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, Berkman Fellow

Melanie Dulong de Rosnay presented work on legal and technical openness for life science databases that she developed with Science Commons.

ProjectVRM Workshop14 jul 2008 - 15 jul 2008

Day 2 of ProjectVRM's first workshop is underway...

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 7, 2008

Fair use, Darfur, blogging in Iran and more...and in this week's BUZZ

11 jul 2008

Iranian parliament moving toward death penalty for blogging on certain topics

From the Citizen Media Law Project... Online free speech has never been well received by the Iranian government, but now Tehran is just one step away from making blogging on certain topics into a capital crime.

10 jul 2008

Creative Commons' Metrics Project Now Live

Rebooting America: Ideas for Resdesigning American Democracy for the Internet Age

Personal Democracy Forum has released Rebooting America, including essays from Yochai Benkler, danah boyd, Gene Koo, David Weinberger, and many more.

8 jul 2008

Berkman's hiring: Cyberlaw Clinic Fellow

Berkman's Cyberlaw Clinic is seeking a resident Clinical Fellow for the academic year 2008-09. If you are passionate about working with students and internet/IP law, here is your chance to closely mentor and supervise Harvard Law students as they pursue fascinating, cutting-edge cases in our Clinic.

7 jul 2008

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 30, 2008

The FCC and "free" wireless, a web-less intern, wanting to be a digital native, and more...in the is week's BUZZ!

3 jul 2008

Berkman Center for Internet & Society