The Cyberlaw Clinic, in partnership with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, is proud to announce the launch of the Initiative for a Representative […]
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Jack & Yaya Documentary to Screen in Massachusetts at the Brattle Theatre
Next week, Cambridge’s own Brattle Theatre will be screening Jack & Yaya, an extraordinary documentary for which the Cyberlaw Clinic was delighted to provide legal guidance. Produced and directed by […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Style Guide
Since 2018, the Cyberlaw Clinic has had an internal style guide, to ensure consistency across our publications and assist students’ development of strong legal writing skills. As we drafted it, […]
Introducing the Principled Artificial Intelligence Project
Alongside the rapid development of artificial intelligence, we’ve seen a proliferation of AI “principles,” or guidelines for how AI should be built and used. Governments, companies, advocacy groups, and multi-stakeholder […]
A Guide to Fourth Estate v. Wall-Street.com
Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act states that “no civil action for [copyright] infringement…shall be instituted until preregistration or registration of the copyright claim has been made.”[1] In other words, […]
Clinic Files Amicus Brief Arguing for Broader Access to Government Databases Through FOIA
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (pdf) this week in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a group of data journalists and media organizations, advocating […]
Clinic Files Brief Supporting Cert Petition in Oracle v. Google
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus curiae brief (.pdf) in the United States Supreme Court in Oracle v. Google, No. 18-956, on behalf of a group of intellectual property law scholars. […]
Template License and Collaboration Agreements for AI Art
As the Cyberlaw Clinic has continued to deepen its practice in AI-generated art (and as AI art has increasingly cropped up in the news), it’s become clear that developers and […]
Clinic Files Amicus Brief for Former Mag. Judges re: Surveillance Orders
The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief (pdf) last week in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on behalf of a group of former United States Magistrate […]
Apply Now for the Cyberlaw Clinic Summer Internship!
APPLICATIONS FOR THE SUMMER 2019 INTERNSHIP ARE NOW CLOSED The Cyberlaw Clinic is hiring summer interns for 2019! Come join a dynamic team working on important issues related to technology […]
Clinic Releases Guide to Anti-Circumvention Exemption for Software Preservation
The Cyberlaw Clinic is pleased to announce the release of “A Preservationist’s Guide to the DMCA Exemption for Software Preservation,” a document created in collaboration with the Software Preservation Network […]
Cyberlaw Clinic Supports Patent Pandas Launch
The Cyberlaw Clinic is thrilled to have supported our friend Ji Qie and the rest of the team that launched patentpandas.org this week. The site aims to “help make patent law […]
How Podcast Platforms Respond to Hate Speech: Clinic Releases New Memo
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, […]
A Victory for Software Preservation: DMCA Exemption Granted for SPN
Yesterday, the Library of Congress handed a significant win to digital preservationists. On October 26, 2018, the Library of Congress granted an exemption to the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision for libraries, […]
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 […]
D.C. Circuit Reverses Lower Court re: Copyright in Laws and Codes
We previously reported about the Clinic’s amicus advocacy in a pair of cases concerning copyrights in legal standards and model codes incorporated into law. We are pleased to report that the […]