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Past Events

Event Series

Internet & Politics 2008: Moving People and Ideas

Internet technologies—whether deployed to entice voters, raise money, recruit and organize campaign workers, or coax voters to the polls—now infuse every step of the electoral…

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Dec 9, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

Developing A Self-Learning Distance Program on Copyright for Librarians

Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, Berkman Fellow

Berkman Fellow Melanie Dulong de Rosnay will discuss the Copyright for Librarians project, which aims, in partnership with eIFL.net, to develop a distance learning program on…

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Nov 25, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

The Blogging Revolution: Going online in repressive regimes

Antony Loewenstein

In 2007, Australian journalist, author and blogger Antony Loewenstein traveled to Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and China to investigate how the net was challenging…

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Nov 24, 2008 @ 4:00 PM

Participatory Governance: In open source communities, companies and government

Irving Wladawsky-Berger

Irving Wladawsky-Berger is a Visiting Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, where he is involved in multi-disciplinary research and teaching activities focused on how…

Nov 18, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives

Professor Michael Heller of Columbia Law School

Michael Heller presents at the Tuesday Luncheon Series...

Nov 17, 2008 @ 2:30 PM

The Future of Radio and Digital Music

Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder of Pandora

Meet Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora

Nov 14, 2008 @ 12:00 PM

Craig Newmark

Founder of Craigslist

Craig Newmark gave an informal talk at the Berkman Center on his current work.

Nov 13, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

"The Secret Lives of Robots.txt" / "The Ethical Visions of Copyright Law" / Yale University Libraries, Digital Technology..."

Joris van Hoboken, James Grimmelmann, Charles Cronin and Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

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Nov 12, 2008 @ 2:00 PM

The Google-Publishers Copyright Lawsuit Settlement

Join Jeffrey Cunard, one of the lead counsel for McGraw Hill and other publishers in their landmark copyright lawsuit against Google for its Google Library book search project, as…

Nov 12, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

Second Life: Open Education and Virtual Worlds

Charles and Rebecca Nesson

Professor Charles Nesson and Rebecca Nesson will introduce and present on Second Life in the context of Open Education.

Nov 11, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

Open Source at Microsoft: Opportunity or Threat?

Bryan Kirschner, Director of Open Source Strategy and Mario Madden, Open Source Licensing Counsel at Microsoft

Bryan and Mario will discuss what expect from Microsoft and its work in the open source field in the future.

Nov 4, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

Information Technology and Political Campaigning

Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus

Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government and director of the Harvard Program on Survey Research, will discuss Information Technology…

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Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Rising Voices: Helping the global population join the global conversation

David Sasaki

David Sasaki, Global Voices' director of outreach, will discuss the successes, challenges, and lessons learned over the past 18 months of training under-represented communities…

Oct 21, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

“Revealing Errors” / “Why the Soviet Internet Failed” / “Global Voices, One World"

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…

Oct 21, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Public Services Reform and Information Technology in Developing Countries

Jennifer Bussell, PhD Candidate in Political Science and Researcher with the Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions (TIER) project at the University of California, Berkeley

This talk will evaluate technology policy variation in the context of public service reforms in the Indian states and argue that policy differences across the states are driven…

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Oct 17, 2008 @ 8:30 AM

Russia Online: the Russian-Language Blogosphere and Participatory Internet

An all-day conference in New York City made possible by the collaboration of the Harriman Institute and the School of Journalism at Columbia University, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Conference Wiki: http://cyber.harvard.edu/russiaonline/Main_Page User: russiaonline PW: columbia This conference is open to the public. Seating may be limited. To reserve…

Oct 14, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Open Access to Government Documents

Berkman Fellow Stephen Schultze, in honor of Open Access Day

In the past twenty years, a remarkable number of government documents have been put online, yet some still remain behind a paywall. This talk argued that there is an alternative…

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Oct 9, 2008 @ 7:00 PM

The Uncertain Internet: Core Net Values for the [TBD] Administration

Jonathan Zittrain (Professor, Harvard Law School), Susan Crawford (Professor, University of Michigan Law School), Rich Miner (Mobile Platforms, Google; co-Founder of Android) and Alec Ross (Tech Policy Advisor to Obama)

Now is a critical moment for defining and reinforcing the best features of our communications platforms. What do we value about the internet and what should be the focus of the…

Oct 7, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Banning Copyright Infringers from the Internet : a View from Europe

Professor Jacques de Werra

Professor Jacques de Werra spoke on the challenges raised by a proposed copyright regulation under which the internet access of copyright infringers can be shut down in the EU.

Oct 7, 2008 @ 7:00 PM

Blown to Bits Book Release

Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis

The Berkman Center celebrated the release of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness after the Digital Explosion with all three authors, Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and…