FCC hears testimony at HLS about Internet openness

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission was on the Harvard Law School campus today to hear testimony about whether or not Internet service providers deliberately blocked users from sharing files online. In a packed Ames Courtroom, the five commissioners heard from representatives of Comcast and Verizon about their network management practices, as well as from academics and small business owners who urged more freedom on the Internet.

Mission to Istanbul: Palfrey urges Internet freedom in Turkey

John Palfrey ’01, clinical professor of law and executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, made a whirlwind visit to Turkey this week to urge authorities not to filter or censor content on the internet.

Goldsmith receives honorable mention for book

Jack Goldsmith on American Institutions and the Trump Presidency

Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith’s book, “Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World,” received an honorable mention from Scribes, The American Society of Legal Writers. Goldsmith and co-author Tim Wu were one of two honorable mentions for 2007.

Litigating the new frontier

An ambitious new player has appeared on the Internet scene, determined to dominate the flow of information across the Web.

Recent Faculty Books – Summer 2006

In “Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World” (Oxford University Press), Professor Jack L. Goldsmith and Tim Wu ’98 describe the Internet’s challenge to government rule in the ’90s and some ensuing battles over Internet freedom around the world.

Digital Pathways to Asia

Can law keep up with technology? Some Harvard lawyers are finding out.

Who controls the Internet?

According to one prediction, the new technology will bring every individual “into immediate and effortless communication with every other” and will “practically obliterate political geography and make free trade universal.”

Up on Downloading

HLS professors propose different ways to address the proliferation of music downloading.

When Sharing Is a Crime

Imagine a world without copyrights on songs or movies. Instead, government tax revenue would compensate entertainers in proportion to how much consumers listened to or watched their products.

Grasping Cyber-reach

Depending on your perspective, Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi may be either a crank or a prophet. But William McSwain ’00 wants to keep the Internet free for both.

Harvard Law Today

Topic: Cyberlaw