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...School for its west coast rival in 2000, has developed a loyal following for his attacks on the American copyright law regime, which he blames for stifling creativity and threatening the development of culture. Since leaving, Lessig has maintained close ties to the Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, where Palfrey serves as executive director. “Lawrence Lessig is a great American and would make a great member of Congress,” Palfrey said yesterday. “We would be sorry to see him leave academia, but he will have...
John G. Palfrey, Jr. ’94, the executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, agreed with Selsby, saying that “digital security very often comes down to people...[and] the best thing in computer security is to educate users...
...longer just a game. The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, recently founded by Harvard Law School Professor Charles R. Nesson ’60, has put the pedant back into poker. “It’s about teaching thinking,” remarks Nesson, founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. “Strategic games like poker really lead into the mathematics of social interactions and economics.” GPSTS, he says, is “an effort to legitimate poker as an educational tool and strategy.” Nesson racked up more...
...person’s personal information from being obtained by an unaccepted application, but that the setting is not easy to find. Additionally, all self-installed applications still have access to the personal information of the user. John G. Palfrey ’94, executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, said that while this may seem troubling, he believes Facebook, relative to other websites, does a good job of informing users where their information is going. “Nobody reads privacy policies. This is an issue that will probably be around...
...works for the students because they can get some political information.” The collaboration is a sign that Facebook is taking on a new role by promoting political discussion on its network, said John G. Palfrey, Jr. ’94, the executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and a professor at Harvard Law School. “It would be a very good sign for American politics if we saw more young people engage in political discussion,” he added. Jose Antonio Vargas, a political reporter for The Washington Post, believes...