John Palfrey The sheer volume of the news about the Iraq war is overwhelming. It used to be that I thought that the news media shuffled through what was important to read and then presented it manageably. Now I need some way to manage all the news sources. (No, thanks, google, not that way). It’s sort of like … Read more
Ben today released a new report in his and JZ‘s series of analyses on Internet filtering. I consider this research among the most important strains of thinking underway in Internet law today. Their piece to tie it all together — China, Saudi Arabia, Google, other filterers — will be a great read.
As usual, Derek “I’m not a lawyer” Slater manages an insightful analysis of part of what’s bothering me about the current copyright understanding related to content on blogs, the syndication and aggregation process, etc.
The lawsuit brought by Berkman student fellow Ben Edelman has prompted even those sympathetic to the cause of a free and open net to note that the “standing problem” in the case was too great to overcome. Perhaps. But I think the message of this lawsuit is larger than whether someone in a particular legal … Read more
A judge dismisses a lawsuit regarding the rights of researchers looking into filtering software.
Very intelligent, thoughtful post about blogs in education by David Carraher, also a day-one blogger. I’m still trying to figure out how to use blogs in the classroom for a course I’m teaching next Fall at Harvard Law School on Cyberlaw and the Global Economy. Mr. Carraher’s insights are good ones for starters.
Professor Greenspun’s first post to his new blog about public education and politics has lit up a firestorm. It’s certainly what Charlie Nesson would call a stimulus piece — more hits to his blog today, on day one, than to the perhaps all the blogs we’re hosting in the aggregate. There’s value in that, somehow. I’m reflexively … Read more
Creative Commons holds out all sorts of promise. At present, of course, if you create something on the Web — a blog entry, or an audio file you’ve posted, or whatever — full (c) attaches automatically. It would be an enormous victory if one could change the default from full (c) protection on the Web to some … Read more
Charlie Nesson always says that it’s a great way to teach to have a “stimulus piece” and then a feedback loop. He’s a master of the method. Here’s today’s stimulus piece for the IOP session at 4:00 p.m.
Jonathan Zittrain and I have been leading a Study Group at the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government this semester on Civil Liberties in Cyberspace. Today’s session, (Tuesday, April 8, 2003) at 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., is to talk about Weblogs and their speech implications. It takes place in the Faculty Dining … Read more