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Past Events

Aug 12, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights

Ryan Goodman and Andrew K. Woods of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School

Goodman and Woods discussed their book project -- which collects social science insights and applies them to human rights policy -- and sought feedback for how (or whether) to…

Jul 29, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Can Creativity Be Crowdsourced?

Jon Ippolito and John Bell

"The Internet both attracts and repels art institutions. Curators wonder who could possibly ensure quality control in a world where 50,000 videos are added to YouTube each day."…

Jul 15, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Openness for Life Science Databases

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.

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Jul 14, 2008 @ 9:00 AM

ProjectVRM Workshop

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

Jul 8, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Designing for Mod Development

Berkman Fellow Shenja van der Graaf

Shenja van der Graaf discussed her research on games as platforms for user creativity, the impact on gaming culture, and effects on the development of games.

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Jun 27, 2008 @ 9:00 AM

Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008

The Media Summit 2008 brought together members of the Global Voices Online citizen media project, and its wider community with a diverse group of bloggers, activists,…

Jun 24, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

The Dynamics of Collaborative Innovation: Exploring the tension between knowledge novelty and reuse

Ned Gulley and Karim R. Lakhani

Ned Gulley and Karim R. Lakhani discussed their work on The Dynamics of Collaborative Innovation: Exploring the tension between knowledge novelty and reuse.

Jun 19, 2008 @ 5:00 PM

Employee Non-Compete Agreements: Protecting Innovation or Stifling It? / Making Massachusetts More Competitive

A discussion on employee non-compete agreements and their impact on innovation within technical fields.

Jun 18, 2008 @ 7:00 PM

Book Launch: Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion

Berkman Fellow Harry Lewis, Hal Abelson, and Ken Ledeen

Berkman Fellow Harry Lewis, Hal Abelson, and Ken Ledeen launched their book, Blown to Bits, in Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Jun 17, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

Christopher M. Kelty

Kelty discussed his recently published book, Two Bits, which focuses on the meaning and cultural significance of Free Software, its history and the manner in which it has been …

Event Series

Beyond Broadcast 2008: Mapping Public Media

Who will be on the map of 21st century public media? Register for Beyond Broadcast 2008: Mapping Public Media, June 17, Washington DC! Each year, Beyond Broadcast explores the…

Jun 10, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Designing Culture: The Technological Imagination at Work

Anne Balsamo

Anne Balsamo presented information from her forthcoming book discussing relationships among technological innovation, technological imagination, and cultural reproduction.

Jun 3, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Confessions of a Fundamentalist

Walter Bender, Founder of Sugar Labs

Walter Bender elaborated on why he believes we should not be agnostic about learning or the tools we develop to support it.

May 16, 2008 @ 9:00 AM

Berkman@10

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is proud to celebrate its tenth year as a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and…

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Berkman@10 Conference & Gala: The Future of the Internet

The Berkman@10 Conference and the Berkman@10 Gala, May 15-16, represent the culmination of our year-long tenth anniversary celebration, and we invite you to join us as we reflect…

May 7, 2008 @ 1:00 PM

Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law: Old Problems and New Solutions

James Grimmelmann of New York Law School

James Grimmelmann, NYU Law School, discussed the impact of technology on the classic intellectual property trade-off between incentives for creation and public access to the…

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May 6, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Citizen Media Law Project @ 1

David Ardia, Sam Bayard, Tuna Chatterjee

David Ardia, Sam Bayard, and Tuna Chatterjee of CMLP discussed trends in online publishing and previewed the CMLP database of subpeonas, cease-and-desist letters, and other…

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Digital Natives Forum Series

The Digital Natives Forum is a series of cross-discipline discussions hosted by the Digital Natives Project on topics related to young people and their use of technology in their…

Apr 29, 2008 @ 1:30 PM

Transparency and Digital Surveillance

Berkman Fellow Chris Conley

Chris Conley examined several specific pieces of surveillance information: legal authorization to conduct surveillance; third party agreements concerning surveillance; and…

Apr 25, 2008 @ 9:00 AM

ROFLCon

In the making since '94

Mix up a bunch of super famous internet memes, some brainy academics, a big audience, dump them in Cambridge, MA and you've got ROFLCon.