Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy Podcast http://citp.princeton.edu Audio podcast featuring CITP events Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Audio podcast featuring CITP events Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy http://citp.princeton.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/citp.pngPrinceton Center for Information Technology Policy Podcasthttp://citp.princeton.edu no Center for Information Technology Policy dgr@princeton.edu Invited Lecture Series: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger - Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/10/12/viktor-mayer-schonberger-delete-the-virtue-of-forgetting-in-the-digital-age/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/10/12/viktor-mayer-schonberger-delete-the-virtue-of-forgetting-in-the-digital-age/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:59:05 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=2765 All through the analog age, for humans it has been easy to forget, and hard to remember. In the digital age, the situation has reversed: today the default is to store and remember; forgetting has become the exception. This has profound consequences for individuals and society, from how (informational) power is allocated to whether and how we retain our capacity to act in time.

In “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”, this year’s first Invited Lecture, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger analyzes these consequences as well as possible solutions - legal and technical - to address the challenge posed by comprehensive digital memory.

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Director of the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy. Before coming to the LKYSPP he spent ten years on the faculty of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Professor Mayer-Schönberger has published seven books and over a hundred articles (including in Science) and book chapters. A native Austrian, Professor Mayer-Schönberger founded Ikarus Software in 1986, a company focusing on data security, and developed Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. He was voted Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person-of-the-Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000.

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/10/12/viktor-mayer-schonberger-delete-the-virtue-of-forgetting-in-the-digital-age/feed/ All through the analog age, for humans it has been easy to forget, and hard to remember. In the digital age, the situation has reversed: today the default is to store and remember; forgetting has become the exception. This has profound consequences for individuals and society, from how (informational) power is allocated to whether and how we retain our capacity to act in time. In Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age, this years first Invited Lecture, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger analyzes these consequences as well as possible solutions - legal and technical - to address the challenge posed by comprehensive digital memory. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Director of the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy. Before coming to the LKYSPP he spent ten years on the faculty of Harvards Kennedy School of Government. Professor Mayer-Schönberger has published seven books and over a hundred articles (including in Science) and book chapters. A native Austrian, Professor Mayer-Schönberger founded Ikarus Software in 1986, a company focusing on data security, and developed Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. He was voted Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person-of-the-Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. All through the analog age, for humans it has been easy to forget, and hard to remember. In the digital age, the situation has reversed: today the default is to store and remember; forgetting has become the exception. This has profound consequences [...] Conversation: Disappearing Copies of 1984 Kindle Questions About Big Brother http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/07/21/amazon-plays-big-brother/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/07/21/amazon-plays-big-brother/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:26:45 +0000 Vikram Rao http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=2497 David Robinson is joined by Ed Felten and CITP graduate student Harlan Yu in a chat about Amazon’s Kindle. The discussion focuses on how Amazon recently removed copies of George Orwell’s classic novels 1984 and Animal Farm from the Kindle system because the copies of the books it was using stood in violation of copyright laws. While Amazon’s reason for the books’ removal seems benign, the company proved itself capable of controlling what its e-book readers can and cannot read, an almost Orwellian prospect.

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/07/21/amazon-plays-big-brother/feed/ David Robinson is joined by Ed Felten and CITP graduate student Harlan Yu in a chat about Amazons Kindle. The discussion focuses on how Amazon recently removed copies of George Orwells classic novels 1984 and Animal Farm from the Kindle system because the copies of the books it was using stood in violation of copyright laws. While Amazons reason for the books removal seems benign, the company proved itself capable of controlling what its e-book readers can and cannot read, an almost Orwellian prospect. David Robinson is joined by Ed Felten and CITP graduate student Harlan Yu in a chat about Amazons Kindle. The discussion focuses on how Amazon recently removed copies of George Orwells classic novels 1984 and Animal Farm from the [...] Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy 17:40 Amazon, Kindle no Thursday Forum: Frank Corrado and Grayson Barber - Internet Defamation: Chilling Effects and Remedies http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/20/thursday-forum-frank-corrado-and-grayson-barber-internet-defamation-chilling-effects-and-remedies/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/20/thursday-forum-frank-corrado-and-grayson-barber-internet-defamation-chilling-effects-and-remedies/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:07:27 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1827 Can you be sued for publishing your thesis on the web? Is there a remedy for internet defamation? Frank Corrado and Grayson Barber have been defending a grad student and starving writer who were slapped with a lawsuit for expressing their opinions online. In this Thursday Forum, they discuss the current state of the law, including the federal statute that protects Wikipedia.

Frank and Grayson were local New Jersey counsel for Ed Felten in his case against the RIAA.

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/20/thursday-forum-frank-corrado-and-grayson-barber-internet-defamation-chilling-effects-and-remedies/feed/ Can you be sued for publishing your thesis on the web? Is there a remedy for internet defamation? Frank Corrado and Grayson Barber have been defending a grad student and starving writer who were slapped with a lawsuit for expressing their opinions online. In this Thursday Forum, they discuss the current state of the law, including the federal statute that protects Wikipedia. Frank and Grayson were local New Jersey counsel for Ed Felten in his case against the RIAA. Can you be sued for publishing your thesis on the web? Is there a remedy for internet defamation? Frank Corrado and Grayson Barber have been defending a grad student and starving writer who were slapped with a lawsuit for expressing their opinions [...] Thursday Forum: Adam Thierer - The Future of the First Amendment in an Age of Technological Convergence http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/13/thursday-forum-adam-thierer-the-future-of-the-first-amendment-in-an-age-of-technological-convergence/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/13/thursday-forum-adam-thierer-the-future-of-the-first-amendment-in-an-age-of-technological-convergence/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:30:33 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1650 The First Amendment — at least as the FCC and the courts read it today — is a house divided; a veritable jurisprudential Twilight Zone in which identical words and images are being regulated in completely different ways depending on the mode of transmission. A regulator viewing the same program on six different screens in the same room would not be able to determine the regulatory treatment of each screen until they determine how the signal had been transmitted to each one. In essence, each medium — broadcast, cable, print, the Internet — is a law into itself.

Can such a schizophrenic speech regime survive in an age of information abundance and platform convergence? And, to the extent technological convergence leads to policy convergence, in which direction should that convergence occur? Should broadcasting be regulated more like the Net, or vice-versa?

Video Presentation by Adam Thierer

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/13/thursday-forum-adam-thierer-the-future-of-the-first-amendment-in-an-age-of-technological-convergence/feed/ The First Amendment — at least as the FCC and the courts read it today — is a house divided; a veritable jurisprudential Twilight Zone in which identical words and images are being regulated in completely different ways depending on the mode of transmission. A regulator viewing the same program on six different screens in the same room would not be able to determine the regulatory treatment of each screen until they determine how the signal had been transmitted to each one. In essence, each medium — broadcast, cable, print, the Internet — is a law into itself. Can such a schizophrenic speech regime survive in an age of information abundance and platform convergence? And, to the extent technological convergence leads to policy convergence, in which direction should that convergence occur? Should broadcasting be regulated more like the Net, or vice-versa? Video Presentation by Adam Thierer The First Amendment — at least as the FCC and the courts read it today — is a house divided; a veritable jurisprudential Twilight Zone in which identical words and images are being regulated in completely different ways depending on the mode of [...] Thursday Forum: Rebecca MacKinnon - Cyber-ocracy or Cyber-tarianism? The Internet in China http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/06/thursday-forum-rebecca-mackinnon-cyber-ocracy-or-cyber-tarianism-the-internet-in-china/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/06/thursday-forum-rebecca-mackinnon-cyber-ocracy-or-cyber-tarianism-the-internet-in-china/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:15:10 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1389 Americans like to assume that the Internet is inherently a democratizing force. President Bill Clinton said on a trip to China that trying to control the Internet is like trying to “nail jello to the wall.” Pundits have declared with certainty that broadband will hasten the end of the Chinese Communist Party. But will it? Or might the Internet enable the CCP to evolve and stay in power longer - by becoming more “participatory” without actually democratizing?

Cyber-ocracy or Cyber-tarianism? The Internet in China - Presentation Slides

Rebecca MacKinnon

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/03/06/thursday-forum-rebecca-mackinnon-cyber-ocracy-or-cyber-tarianism-the-internet-in-china/feed/ Americans like to assume that the Internet is inherently a democratizing force. President Bill Clinton said on a trip to China that trying to control the Internet is like trying to nail jello to the wall. Pundits have declared with certainty that broadband will hasten the end of the Chinese Communist Party. But will it? Or might the Internet enable the CCP to evolve and stay in power longer - by becoming more participatory without actually democratizing? Cyber-ocracy or Cyber-tarianism? The Internet in China - Presentation Slides Rebecca MacKinnon Americans like to assume that the Internet is inherently a democratizing force. President Bill Clinton said on a trip to China that trying to control the Internet is like trying to nail jello to the wall. Pundits have declared with [...] Conversation: Debugging our Cyber-Security Policy http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/conversation-debugging-our-cyber-security-policy/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/conversation-debugging-our-cyber-security-policy/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:18:31 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1357 Tim Lee is joined by Ed Felten and CITP grad student Harlan Yu to discuss how to create better cyber-security through government-level IT policy.

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/conversation-debugging-our-cyber-security-policy/feed/ Tim Lee is joined by Ed Felten and CITP grad student Harlan Yu to discuss how to create better cyber-security through government-level IT policy. Tim Lee is joined by Ed Felten and CITP grad student Harlan Yu to discuss how to create better cyber-security through government-level IT policy. Conversation: Filtering in Oz http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/conversation-filtering-in-oz-with-tim-lee/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/conversation-filtering-in-oz-with-tim-lee/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:46:39 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1353 Tim Lee, a CITP Grad Student, joins David Robinson and Ed Felten to discuss Derek E. Bambauer’s ‘Filtering in Oz’ and Australia’s decision to implement ISP-level internet filtering and censorship, as well as the difficulties that have risen from the Australian government’s new policy.

Filtering in Oz: Australia’s Foray into Internet Censorship, by Derek E. Bambauer

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/conversation-filtering-in-oz-with-tim-lee/feed/ Tim Lee, a CITP Grad Student, joins David Robinson and Ed Felten to discuss Derek E. Bambauers Filtering in Oz and Australias decision to implement ISP-level internet filtering and censorship, as well as the difficulties that have risen from the Australian governments new policy. Filtering in Oz: Australias Foray into Internet Censorship, by Derek E. Bambauer Tim Lee, a CITP Grad Student, joins David Robinson and Ed Felten to discuss Derek E. Bambauers Filtering in Oz and Australias decision to implement ISP-level internet filtering and censorship, as well as the difficulties [...] Thursday Forum: Ben Peters - The Free Market Failure of the Soviet Internet http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/thursday-forum-ben-peters-the-free-market-failure-of-the-soviet-internet/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/thursday-forum-ben-peters-the-free-market-failure-of-the-soviet-internet/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:34:23 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1346 Ben Peters presents preliminary findings of a dissertation chapter examining why the Soviets did not succeed in building an ARPANET-equivalent. This working paper develops several leads with fresh archival evidence to offer a cautionary tale about residual cold war market logics in the contemporary design of policy and technology.

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/27/thursday-forum-ben-peters-the-free-market-failure-of-the-soviet-internet/feed/ Ben Peters presents preliminary findings of a dissertation chapter examining why the Soviets did not succeed in building an ARPANET-equivalent. This working paper develops several leads with fresh archival evidence to offer a cautionary tale about residual cold war market logics in the contemporary design of policy and technology. Ben Peters presents preliminary findings of a dissertation chapter examining why the Soviets did not succeed in building an ARPANET-equivalent. This working paper develops several leads with fresh archival evidence to offer a cautionary tale about [...] no Invited Lecture Series: Stephen Schultze and Shubham Mukherjee http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/13/invided-lecture-series-stephen-schultze-and-shubham-mukherjee/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/13/invided-lecture-series-stephen-schultze-and-shubham-mukherjee/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:44:37 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1147

In “Selling the Law: The Business of Public Access to Court Records,” the first of our Spring semester Invited Lecture series, Stephen Schultze and Shubham Mukherjee discuss current approaches to digitizing government documents for the Internet, the problems that arise with each approach, and ideas on how to solve their flaws in order to better serve the needs of citizens.

Selling the Law - Presentation Slides

Video of Schultze and Mukherjee Lecture

More information on this lecture

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/13/invided-lecture-series-stephen-schultze-and-shubham-mukherjee/feed/ In Selling the Law: The Business of Public Access to Court Records, the first of our Spring semester Invited Lecture series, Stephen Schultze and Shubham Mukherjee discuss current approaches to digitizing government documents for the Internet, the problems that arise with each approach, and ideas on how to solve their flaws in order to better serve the needs of citizens. Selling the Law - Presentation Slides Video of Schultze and Mukherjee Lecture More information on this lecture In Selling the Law: The Business of Public Access to Court Records, the first of our Spring semester Invited Lecture series, Stephen Schultze and Shubham Mukherjee discuss current approaches to digitizing government documents for the [...] Conversation: ISP Surveillance with Paul Ohm http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/13/conversation-isp-surveillance-with-paul-ohm/ http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/13/conversation-isp-surveillance-with-paul-ohm/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:11:48 +0000 Nestor Abreu http://citp.princeton.edu/?p=1143 UColorado’s Paul Ohm joins Ed Felten and David Robinson to discuss how the Wiretap Act and ISP surveillance play roles in web advertising, email spam, and net neutrality.

The Rise and Fall of Invasive ISP Surveillance, by Paul Ohm

]]> http://citp.princeton.edu/blog/2009/02/13/conversation-isp-surveillance-with-paul-ohm/feed/ UColorados Paul Ohm joins Ed Felten and David Robinson to discuss how the Wiretap Act and ISP surveillance play roles in web advertising, email spam, and net neutrality. The Rise and Fall of Invasive ISP Surveillance, by Paul Ohm UColorados Paul Ohm joins Ed Felten and David Robinson to discuss how the Wiretap Act and ISP surveillance play roles in web advertising, email spam, and net neutrality. The Rise and Fall of Invasive ISP Surveillance, by Paul Ohm net neutrality wiretap surveillance privacy ISP CITP clean