Futures of the Internet Video
The Internet Society of New York has posted video of the Futures of the Internet panel, featuring Lauren Cornell of Rhizome, NYU ITP Prof. Clay Shirky, NYU Law Prof. Jonathan Zittrain, and Columbia’s Tim Wu.
Archives for April 2008
Lessig & Scott on Net Neutrality
Lawrence Lessig and Ben Scott wrote an editorial about net neutrality for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Comcast Backs Down?
Saul Hansell of the N.Y. Times Bits Blog writes about possible net neutrality concessions from Comcast.
Futures of the Internet
NYU hosts a panel on The Futures of the Internet on Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30.
“What will come of the next decade on the Internet? We often take for granted the state of the net today, but there’s no guarantee that it will remain this way. Will the digital future be dystopian, or is there a brighter outlook ahead than some may believe?”
Speakers on the panel will be Lauren Cornell of Rhizome.org, Clay Shirky of NYU Interactive Telecommunications, Columbia Law Prof. Tim Wu, and NYU Law Prof. Jonathan Zittrain.
New Net Neutrality Article
Columbia Prof. Scott Hemphill has a new article about net neutrality, specifically the idea of “zero-price” rules for broadband providers.
Free Press Gets New Chairman
Prof. Tim Wu has been elected Chairman of the Board of Free Press, an organization that promotes media reform and net neutrality.
Star Witness
Prof. Tim Wu comments to the WSJ Law Blog on J.K. Rowling’s copyright case, “She was the definition of a star witness, it was hard for [the defense] to get anything out of her.”
Tech Policy for the Next President
Columbia Prof. Tim Wu spoke with NPR’s On the Media about his tech policy recommendations for the next President.
Atlantic Net Neutrality
The Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialog, a group of public-interest organizations in the E.U. and the U.S., approved a resolution in favor of net neutrality, Ars Technica reports.
Columbia Entrepreneurial Pitches
The Entrepreneurship Club at Columbia’s Business School would like to invite Columbia Law students to their first University-Wide Entrepreneurial Pitchfest on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.