Content regulation emerged as a controversial topic earlier this year after right-wing personality and frequent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had his Infowars podcast removed from most platforms, including Apple, Spotify, […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Files Amicus Brief for Engine Advocacy, Eric Goldman in CDA 230 Case
The Cyberlaw Clinic recently filed an amicus brief (pdf) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on behalf of Engine Advocacy, a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Helps Eliminate “Seven Words” Policy for Registration of .US Domain Names
The Clinic has had the honor of working over the past year, along with our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, to support Jeremy Rubin in his efforts to register […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Welcomes (Back) HLS Students, Preps for AY 2018-19
The Cyberlaw Clinic is pleased to welcome back returning 2Ls and 3Ls and welcome new 1Ls and LLMs to Cambridge for the start of the 2018-19 academic year! We hope […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Supports Engine Advocacy in Challenge to Net Neutrality Rollback
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (pdf) this week in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, on behalf of Engine Advocacy, supporting petitioners […]
Ninth Circuit Holds Cross-Border Killing Violated Victim’s 4th Am Rights
The Ninth Circuit issued an important decision last week in Rodriguez v. Swartz, allowing a Mexican mother to sue a United States government official over a cross-border shooting. The Court […]
Harvard Law Bulletin Highlights Artificial Intelligence Initiative
The Harvard Law Bulletin‘s Summer 2018 issue highlights the work of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative, a project based jointly at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society […]
Supreme Court Holds Warrant Required for Cell Site Location Information
The United States Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited ruling in Carpenter v. United States, holding that the government must get a warrant before obtaining cell site location information from […]
Wrapping Up Academic Year 2017-18 — Congratulations, Graduates!
The beginning of June marks the arrival of summer interns — affectionately known as “Berkterns” — at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Cyberlaw Clinic. As […]
The Cyberlaw Clinic Prepares for Final Stage in 1201 Exemption Proceedings
The Cyberlaw Clinic is preparing for the last segment in the seventh triennial proceeding for exemptions to the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA—the oral hearings, which are to be held […]
Fair Use / Fair Dealing Week — Week of Feb 26, 2018!
The week of February 26th is fair use week / fair dealing week, which “celebrates the important doctrines of fair use in the United States and fair dealing in Canada […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Year in Review: 2017
We in the Cyberlaw Clinic believe that the statute of limitations on year-in-review blog posts expires at the end of the first quarter of the following year. (If you require […]
Clinic Staffers Join Letter to MA Legislators re: Risk Assessment Tools
Chris Bavitz, Kira Hessekiel, and Mason Kortz on the Cyberlaw Clinic team joined this letter to Massachusetts legislators, addressing proposals re: the use of risk assessment tools in the Commonwealth’s criminal […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Assists with Amicus Effort in Byrd v. U.S.
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments last Tuesday, January 9th, in Byrd v. United States, Case No. No. 16-1371. The case concerns the question of whether a person […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Supports Supreme Court Amicus Effort on Patent Damages
The Clinic was pleased to have had the opportunity to work with Professor Bernard Chao of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law on an amicus brief that Professor […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Files Brief for UN Special Rapporteur in Microsoft Ireland Case
On December 13, 2017, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph […]
Software Preservation Comments Filed in 1201 Rulemaking
Back in December, the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an opening comment in the seventh triennial proceeding for exemptions to the anti-circumvention clause. The comment, on behalf of the Software Preservation Network […]
Update on the 2018 Triennial 1201 Rule-Making
The Copyright Office has once again opened its triennial rulemaking proceedings for exemptions to the anti-circumvention clauses of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). This will be the seventh iteration […]
Massachusetts Considers Digital Right to Repair
On September 26, 2017, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure heard testimony on proposed digital “right to repair” bills H.143 and S.96. The two proposed bills […]
Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Members of Congress in Support of Access to Law
On September 25, 2017, the Cyberlaw Clinic and local counsel Catherine Gellis filed an amicus brief on behalf of members of Congress Zoe Lofgren (D-CA 19th District) and Darrell Issa […]