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Upcoming Events

Mar 25, 2025 @ 12:15 PM

AI and Personhood

Join us in the MPR on Tuesday, March 25 from 12:15pm-1:15pm to hear from Duke Law Professor James Boyle, author of The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood.Chatbots like ChatGPT…

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Mar 26, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

State AGs: Google and The Future of Antitrust Enforcement

Part of BKC's Spring Speaker Series:State Attorneys General have been increasing active in antitrust enforcement – both in focusing on the impact of challenges to competition in…

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Mar 27, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

The Moving Image: A User's Manual

How did we come to believe so many lies that we voted into the most powerful political and military post in the world a reality TV star from NBC, groomed by a reality TV producer…

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Apr 2, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

AI's Impact on Science, Law, and Society

BKC Spring Speaker Series EventThe promise of AI agents has led to claims of imminent and rapid adoption across fields. Companies have even promised to build AI agents that can…

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Past Events

Apr 25, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It

Jonathan Zittrain (Special Videocast)

During a Jonathan Zittrain special videocast and lunch discussed his thoughts on how to study and affect the future of the internet using the distributed power of the network…

Apr 18, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Educational Uses of Content in the Digital Age

Terry Fisher, Bill McGeveran and Jackie Harlow

Terry Fisher, Bill McGeveran and Jackie Harlow discussed how digitization alters the use of content, difficulties associated with digital learning, and possible reforms to enable…

Apr 13, 2006 @ 6:00 PM

" How Internet Archive Is Drowning in Copyright and Contract" / "Television over Internet"

Yale ISP Fellow Rebecca Brolin and Berkman Fellow Susie Lindsay

ISP Fellow Rebecca Brolin, "Libraries Made of Sand: How Internet Archive Is Drowning in Copyright and Contract." Berkman Fellow Susie Lindsay , "New World Video: a Trend and…

Apr 4, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Internet in the Arab World: A Catalyst for Power Shift

Helmi Noman

Helmi Noman discussed how access to information via the internet defies the traditional information paradigm in "Internet in the Arab World: A Catalyst for Power Shift."

Mar 28, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

What's Up with Knowledge?

David Weinberger, Berkman Fellow

Berkman Fellow David Weinberger discussed developments in knowledge from the prominence of Jon Stewart to Wikipedia as an accurate reference in "What's Up with Knowledge?"

Mar 21, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Gather.com

Tom Gerace, Founder and CEO of Gather.com

Tom Gerace on Gather.com as a community and incentive-based organization.

Mar 14, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Tor and anti-censorship

Roger Dingledine of Tor

Roger Dingledine discussed Tor, a tool for protecting privacy and freedom of speech on the internet.

Mar 9, 2006 @ 6:00 PM

"The Future of Music & Film Piracy In China" / "Tax and Reward"

Berkman Fellow Eric Priest and Yale ISP Fellow Katherine L. McDaniel

Berkman Fellow Eric Priest on “The Future of Music and Film Piracy In China.” ISP Fellow Katherine L. McDaniel on “Accounting for Taste: An Analysis of Tax and Reward Alternative…

Mar 7, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Trusted Computing Between Closed and Open Architectures

Stefan Bechtold, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Stefan Bechtold discussed "Trusted Computing Between Closed and Open Architectures."

Feb 28, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

The Policy Un-Wiki

Beth Noveck of New York Law School

Beth Noveck, an expert on the impact of technology on legal and political institutions, discussed "The Policy Un-Wiki."

Feb 14, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Transparency, Accountability and Congress

Ellen Miller, Mike Klein, Micah Sifry, and Andrew Rasiej

Ellen Miller, Mike Klein, Micah Sifry, and Andrew Rasiej discussed how technology can create transparency in the American political process.

Feb 7, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Open Resource Group's "Dean Done Right" ORGware

Britt Blaser, CEO of Open Resource Group

Britt Blaser reviewed the Dean campaign in light of new online resources and web 2.0 opportunities.

Feb 2, 2006 @ 6:00 PM

Cyberscholar Working Group: Mary Rundle, "Beyond Internet Governance", Shyamkrishna Balganesh, "Common Law Property Metaphors...

Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group: February 2, 2006. Berkman Fellow Mary Rundle, "Beyond Internet Governance: The Emerging International Framework for Governing the…

Jan 31, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and the Law

Brad Patrick

Brad Patrick, outside counsel to the Wikimedia Foundation, discussed Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and the Law within a longterm framework.

Jan 23, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Jamaica & Restorative Justice

Charlie Nesson & Members of his Evidence Class

Charles Nesson & members of his Evidence class on their Jamaica work & restorative justice focusing out countries hurt by globalization.

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Jan 17, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Citizens' Media

Dan Gillmor, Berkman Fellow

Dan Gillmor on Citizens' Media and the Center for Citizen Media which exists to study, encourage, and enable new forms of grassroots media.

Jan 10, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

David Berlind of ZDNet

David Berlind, executive director of ZDNet, discussed his blog, issues in online technology, and policy online.

Dec 13, 2005 @ 12:30 PM

Reclaiming Sharing

Derek Slater, Berkman Alum

Derek Slater spoke about his work concerning legal, policy, and business issues raised by the internet's effect on the production and consumption of copyrighted works.

Dec 10, 2005 @ 8:16 PM

Global Voices Summit 2005

Global Voices was an opportunity for contributors and community members to take stock of what we’ve done, promote our successes, and brainstorm about what a global citizens’ media…

Dec 8, 2005 @ 6:00 PM

"From Mixtape to Playlist"

Derek Slater, Berkman Student Fellow

Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group: December 8, 2005. Derek Slater, Berkman Student Fellow: "From Mixtape to Playlist".