Events

Jim Bessen discussed the current status of the U.S. patent system and its impact on innovators.

Clay Shirky discussed his new book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.

Clay Shirky joined an intimate group at the Berkman Center for a deep dive discussion on one chapter of his book, which deals with protest culture -- ad hoc vs institutional, and…

The FCC hosted an Public En Banc Hearing in Cambridge, MA on Broadband Network Management Practices.

Cyberscholar working group: Yale ISP Fellow Stephen Wilmarth, Berkman Fellow Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, MIT CMS Student Colleen Kaman.

Lewis Hyde, Berkman Fellow, spoke on "The Pros and Cons of an 'Educational Fair Use' Project" and how fiar use can be reclaimed as an expressive right.

Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis, President of the Boston Museum of Science, spoke on "Re-engineering the curriculum"

Berkman Fellow David Weinberger discussed The Future of the Music Industry, with special guest musician Brad Sucks

The Berkman Center's Internet & Democracy Projected hosted an event on "Digitally-Empowered Activists: Getting the Tools to the People Who Need Them," in Istanbul, Turkey.

In this talk, Judith Donath, a Berkman Fellow and Director of the MIT Social Media Group, discussed how design affects identity, reputation, and trust by presenting several design…

Beth Koko, Berkman Fellow, discussed Creativity and Consumerism in a Digital Age.

Chris Conley will give a presentation on "Understanding Online Surveillance", and Anupam Chander, Yale Law School Visiting Professor will discuss "Trade 2.0"

Fernando Rodrigues, a Nieman Fellow, spoke on "Journalism and Public Information in Brazil"

Danielle Citron discussed her model of procedural regularity and policy-making which updates last century's due process norms for automated systems.

Deb Roy, Director of MIT Media Lab’s Cognitive Machines group, and Chair of the Academic Program in Media Arts and Sciences, spoke about studying language development by focusing…

Victoria Stodden By discussing the potentials and pitfalls of the internet in a democratic society, Victoria Stodden examined "Internet & Democracy."

Marvin Ammori, General Counsel of Free Press, discussed "Network Neutrality and the FCC’s Internet Policy Statement: Biased Thoughts from a Lawyer Working with SavetheInternet.com…

Pam Samuelson offered thoughts about why copyright reform is needed, why it will be difficult to undertake, and why notwithstanding these difficulties, it may nonetheless be worth…

Berkman Fellow David Weinberger lead a discussion titled "Who are the Web’s leaders?", questioning whether online leadership will effect leadership off the Web.

The number of patents worldwide has increased enormously in the past 20 years, as has the number of technology standards. Standard setting organizations (“SSOs”) have proliferated…