The location at 23 Everett StreetThe center was founded in 1996 as the 'Center on Law and Technology' by and Professor. This built on previous work including a 1994 seminar they held on legal issues involving the early Internet. Professor Arthur Miller and students David Marglin and Tom Smuts also worked on that seminar and related discussions. In 1997, the Berkman family underwrote the center, and joined as the first Berkman professor. In 1998, the center changed its name to the 'Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School'.
The Berkman Klein Center’s mission is to explore and understand cyberspace; to study its development, dynamics, norms, and standards; and to assess the need or lack thereof for laws and sanctions. We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to learn is not already recorded. Harvard Law School‘s Cyberlaw Clinic, based at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, provides high-quality, pro-bono legal services to appropriate clients on issues relating to the Internet, technology, and intellectual property. Students enhance their preparation for high-tech practice and earn course credit by working on real-world litigation, client counseling, advocacy.
Since then, it has grown from a small project within to a major interdisciplinary center at Harvard University. The Berkman Klein Center seeks to understand how the development of Internet-related technologies is inspired by the social context in which they are embedded and how the use of those technologies affects society in turn. It seeks to use the lessons drawn from this research to inform the design of Internet-related law and pioneer the development of the Internet itself. The Berkman Klein Center sponsors Internet-related events and conferences, and hosts numerous visiting lecturers and research fellows.Members of the center teach, write books, scientific articles, with feeds (for which the Center holds the specification ), and (of which the first series took place at the Berkman Klein Center). Its newsletter, The Buzz, is on the Web and available by e-mail, and it hosts a blog community of Harvard faculty, students, and Berkman Klein Center affiliates.The Berkman Klein Center faculty and staff have also conducted major public policy reviews of pressing issues. In 2008, led a review of child safety online called the Internet Safety Technical Task Force.
In 2009, led a review of United States broadband policy. In 2010, Urs Gasser, along with Palfrey and others, led a review of Internet governance body, focusing on transparency, accountability, and public participation.
Projects and initiatives The Berkman Klein Center's main research topics are Teens and Media,. The Berkman Klein Center supports events, presentations, and conferences about the Internet and invites scientists to share their ideas.Digital Media Law Project The Digital Media Law Project (DMLP) was a project hosted by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. It had previously been known as the Citizen Media Law Project. The purposes of the DMLP were:. To provide resources and other assistance, including as of 2009, to individuals and groups involved in online and citizen media. To 'ensure that online journalists, media organizations, and their sources are allowed to examine and debate network security and data protection vulnerabilities without criminal punishment, in order to inform citizens and lawmakers about networked computer security.' .
To facilitate the participation of citizens in online media. To protect the freedom of speech on the Internet.In 2014, Berkman Klein Center announced that it would 'spin off its most effective initiatives and cease operation as a stand-alone project within the Berkman Klein Center.' Internet and Democracy Project The Berkman Klein Center operated the now-completed Internet and Democracy Project, which describes itself as an:initiative that will examine how the Internet influences democratic norms and modes, including its impact on civil society, citizen media, government transparency, and the rule of law, with a focus on the Middle East. Through a grant of $1.5 million from the US Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative, the Berkman Center will undertake the study over the next two years in collaboration with its extended community and institutional partners. As with all its projects, the Berkman Center retains complete independence in its research and other efforts under this grant.The goal of this work is to support the rights of citizens to access, develop and share independent sources of information, to advocate responsibly, to strengthen online networks, and to debate ideas freely with both civil society and government.
These subjects will be examined through a series of case studies in which new technologies and online resources have influenced democracy and civic engagement. The project will include original research and the identification and development of innovative web-based tools that support the goals of the project. The team, led by Project Director Bruce Etling, will draw on communities from around the world, with a focus on the Middle East.
StopBadware In 2006, the Center established the non-profit organization StopBadware, aiming to stop viruses, spyware, and other threats to the open Internet, in partnership with the,. In 2010, StopBadware became an independent entity supported by,.
Digital Public Library of America The is a project aimed at making a large-scale digital public library accessible to all.Members Fellows include or have included, and.Faculty include, Urs Gasser, and.The center also has active groups of faculty associates, affiliates and alumni who host and participate in their projects each year.See also. at. at. at the Polytechnic University of Turin. at.
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