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...enormous computer monitors buzz from the desk of Professor Jonathan Zittrain, executive director for the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School. Graduating from Harvard Law School in 1995, he now leads a law school seminar on "Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control." In his class, as in his personal research, Zittrain studies the ways in which official regulation of the Internet might actually liberate net users more than the current lack of regulation...
...plays a 300-song MP-3 shuffle in his Pound Hall office, Professor Zittrain swivels around in his chair and confesses: "I'm definitely a little wired...
...Inviting FM to join him on a surfing safari, Zittrain talks about his habits while skipping from site to site. When asked the average time he's on the Internet a day he says, "It's easier to measure the time I'm not surfing." Doing a quick calculation in his head, he refrains from using the calculator on the tools function of the computer, and says, "I stay plugged in on average 70 percent of the time, including time spent sleeping...
...order to maintain the Berkman Center Web site, Zittrain must stay abreast of issues surrounding the intersection of law and cyberspace. Swiftly moving from site to site, unfettered by blinking advertisements tempting a click, Zittrain is a pro. When asked to describe his personal surfing technique, he laughs, "It's a take-no-prisoners style...
...While he doesn't hang out in chat rooms now, Zittrain fills says, "I used to manage a chat room, but that was when I was the only 12-year-old in the room...