Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 25, 2008

"Born Digital," citizen journalists and the Georgian war, the Democratic National Convention, and more...in this week's BUZZ!

New opportunities with Berkman Center friends

The UC Berkeley School of Law is seeking a clinical professor to serve as the director of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic. And Stanford Law School has announced the Center for Internet and Society and Stanford Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship...

Digital Natives: a digital community of learners

This week, with new book Born Digital landing on bookshelves, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series continues its look at collaborative studying in a "web 2.0" world...

Born Digital: How To Deal With Online Agression?

From Faculty Fellow Urs Gasser's blog...Almost synchronously with the release of Born Digital in the U.S., the Swiss conservative party CVP has made headlines with a position paper that outlines actions to proactively deal with the problems associated with online aggression in Switzerland.

California Court Warns Copyright Bullies Not to Ignore Fair Use

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog... A federal district court in California held on Wednesday that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending DMCA takedown notices to avoid liability for abuse of the law's procedures.

Trolling for Trouble

Daniel LaMagna, an intern with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, offers his take on Internet trolls over on the Digital Natives blog.

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 18, 2008

Internet filtering at the Olympic Games, competitive science, a call to free the white spaces, and more...in this week's BUZZ!"

Digital Natives: Sharing Knowledge

This week the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field Series takes a look at collaborative studying in a "web 2.0" world.

Join Professor Benkler's Cooperation Research Group

Local research assistants are wanted to join Professor Yochai Benkler's group this fall, which is embarking on a new effort to provide a map of commons-based and cooperative peer production. Read on to learn how to get involved.

Shaping the future of privacy

IAAP's Navigate 2008

John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain are in New Hampshire this week for a "think-tank retreat" arranged around key privacy issues and questions...

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 11, 2008

Free software licensing, the iPhone's kill switch, Chinese censorship and more...in this week's BUZZ!

Chinese blogger Twitters his detention; GV translates

Global Voices reports on citizen reporter Zhou “Zuola” Shuguang's detention and release, all detailed via his Twitter stream...

Digital Natives: life cycle of a digital dossier

The Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series changes tactics this week with a narrated slide show from intern Kanupriya Tewari. The piece explores the accumulation of data -- the expanding digital dossier -- through the life of a fictional digital native...