Word: cyberlaw
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PHIL MALONE, director of the cyberlaw clinic at Harvard University, explaining that viruses can deposit illegal pornographic content on the computers of unwitting victims, causing innocent people to be branded as sexual deviants...
...trial of a Boston University graduate student accused of illegal music downloading is slated to begin today, as his legal team, headed by Harvard Law School cyberlaw professor Charles R. Nesson, seeks to set a legal precedent that would protect digital file sharers from prosecution and avoid as much as $4.5 million in damages...
...cyberlaw professors at Harvard agree with Nesson's unorthodox approach. In an emailed exchange, Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, who argued against copyright extensions before the Supreme Court, wrote that Nesson did "the law too much kindness by trying to pretend (or stretch) 'fair use' excuses what [Tenenbaum...
...Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School announced a new fellowship position last week that will be funded by Cooley Godward Kronish, a technology-focused law firm. The fellowship will be aimed at establishing a closer link between the organizations. The clinic—part of the Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society—defends anonymous online posters against legal demands for their identities, negotiates online music and software licensing agreements, and explores issues such as internet surveillance and the influence of the internet on democracy, according to its director, Phillip R. Malone...
...based on considerations other than the merits of the claims.” According to recent estimates by the Web site Silicon Alley Insider, Facebook, Inc. was valued at $4 billion. Harvard Law School Professor Phillip R. Malone ’81, the director of HLS’s Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Center, said that the settlement was smaller than ConnectU may be entitled to should their claims be true. He said parties often consider more than the just the odds of winning when deciding whether to settle. “[The situation] was becoming a taint...