John Palfrey

Dean R. Clark and President L. Summers have just called for an all-school meeting at 1:45 today for an “important announcement.”  Sounds like we’ll have a new dean this afternoon.

Paul Roberts wrote a nice wire story about the Massachusetts hearing today.  The last quote is a good one: “When you’ve got Verizon, the American Electronics Association, Harvard Law School, and the ponytail gang all against you, then you’ve got a problem.”

Here’s a more or less final version of my testimony today at the MA State House on House No. 2743.

We’re on the same page.  Sorry only that the committee didn’t get to hear Derek’s rousing speech, due, I suspect, to the encroachments of having to attend class.  He posts also a good set of notes from the first part of the session here.

“Software developers are the canaries in the coal mine,” said one particularly astute testifier at this morning’s hearing at the Massachusetts State House on the mini-DMCA bill proposed here.  The canaries were out in force today, and it was a great sight to behold. It was a pretty amazing session.  A grade-school civics teacher — … Read more

Christopher Lydon writes tonight about “Rummy Run Amok” and other key story-lines in the unfolding war.  He’s also into Jim Moore’s Second Superpower piece.  (Note to self and Dave: perhaps we should show Chris a trick or two about hypertext links.)

Some lawyer has edited the proposed MA mini-DMCA’s definition of ISP again, from “Communication Service Provider” to “Telecommunication Service Provider”.  Talk about adding value.  Not to mention confusion.

Rep. Tobin’s bill, updated as of today, will be discussed at a public hearing tomorrow, April 2, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in the Massachusetts State House Room 222.

The famous Doc Searls is onto Jim‘s Second Superpower piece.  I suspect he won’t be the only one to generate buzz about it.

Jim Moore has written a brilliant piece on what he sees as the emerging challenge to US hegemony.  Blogging, texting, the Net all play critical roles in his story.  There’s also an html version available.  He’s on to something big.