Law and Information

Yes, says Supreme Court Justice Stevens. Read more. I recall an interesting debate between Richard Posner (con) and Vicki Jackson (pro) in LegalAffairs some months ago. What’s your take on it?

My colleague Joseph Savirimuthu at Liverpool Law School posted new information materials (including a call for participation) for the September 2005 Complexity Conference in Liverpool. Sounds like a great conference!

Check it out, Ben Walker’s latest podcast on Iranian cult blogger Hossein Derakhshan.

Usually, the information value of yesterday’s newspaper decreases rapidly. Not in this case, I think: You There, at the Computer: Pay Attention. Funny — and so true. (Just out of curiosity: Would you run the semantic email software on your machine?)

We are pleased to announce the next workshop of the 2004/05 edition of the Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Workshop Series.

We invite you to our third session to be held on Thursday, January 13 from 4:00-6:00pm (please note the time change for this meeting) in the Berkman Center’s conference room. We are delighted to host a session with two distinguished colleagues:

* ISP Visiting Fellow Michal Tsur will discuss research in progress (details TBA.)

* Berkman long-term-affiliate and digital media project team member Derek Slater will present and discuss the Berkman report “Content and Control: Assessing the Impact of Policy Choices on Potential Online Business Models in the Music and Film Industries.”

Please RSVP as soon as possible to

We are pleased to announce the next installment of the 2004/05 edition of the Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Workshop Series. We invite you to our second session to be held on Thursday, November 11 from 6:00-8:00pm in room 111 at Yale Law School. We are delighted to host a session with two distinguished speakers:

Caio Pereira, JSD candidate, Yale Law School, Information Society Project Fellow, on “Universal Access Policies in Developing Countries“, and

Ivan Reidel, SJD candidate, Harvard Law School, Berkman Center’s Digital Media Team, on “Competition and Deregulation in the Music Industry“.

RSVP required.

The Harvard-Yale cyberscholar working group is a monthly forum for fellows and affiliates of the Yale Law School Information Society Project and Harvard’s Berkman Center to discuss their ongoing research. Each session is focused on the peer review and discussion of current projects submitted by a presenter.

It’s my pleasure to announce that the next edition of the workshop series starts on Thursday, October 7 at the Berkman Center in Cambridge. Berkman Fellow Derek Bambauer will discuss his paper “An Information-Based Policy Approach to Unsolicited E-mail Advertising,” and ISP Fellow Marvin Ammori will present his paper “Another WorthyTradition,” discussing free speech doctrine and electronic media.
Stay tuned and let me know if you’d like to participate.