FCC Hearing: Today
Today, the FCC is hosting a hearing on broadband network management practices on the campus of Harvard Law School, hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. In addition, the Berkman Center will host a public post-panel discussion and reception following the hearing. The FCC will hear from two panels of stakeholders who will offer policy and technical perspectives. Panelists will include David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President of Comcast; Eric Klinker, Chief Technology Officer of BitTorrent; Marvin Ammori, General Counsel for Free Press; and Berkman Faculty Director Yochai Benkler. Social...
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Berkman Blog - February 24, 2008
Pakistan and the War on Terror: Conflicted Goals, Compromised Performance
From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "The United States must shift its counterterrorism policy towards Pakistan away from a reciprocal approach—requiring Islamabad to perform desirable actions to receive support—towards one encouraging Pakistan to enact effective counterterrorism policies, not for...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 24, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Think Tank Reports
Cuba After Fidel Castro
CNN is reporting that Cuba's National Assembly has named Raul Castro, Fidel Castro's younger brother, as the country's president. What can be expected of the post-Fidel regime? Check out Julia E. Sweig's Fidel's Final Victory (Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007) "The...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 24, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News