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Information Society Project
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is an intellectual center addressing the implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society, guided by the values of democracy, development, and civil liberties.
Much of the Information Society Project’s focus has been on memes, genes, and bits, the building blocks of our knowledge, our technologies, and ourselves. Memes are the fundamental units of the knowledge within a culture, propagating from one mind to another, flowing from one society to the next. Genes are the hereditary units that determine the makeup of organisms; they define who and what we are. And bits are the basic units of digital computing, fueling the rise of powerful information and communication technologies.
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Global Censorship Conference- March 2012 Posted Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:11:16 The Information Society Project is hosting a conference on Global Censorship at Yale Law School on March 30, 31, and April 1, 2012. We welcome your attendance at this exciting event. Censorship has long been a means to silence “harmful speech.” What governments consider to be “harmful” has varied across time and regime. Whether it’s [...] |
Megaupload Debacle- by Anjali Dalal Posted Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:56:31 ISP Resident Fellow Anjali Dalal has a great blog post on her site about the Megaupload Debacle. Dalal writes: I often use the word debacle for hyperbolic effect. I’ll describe awkward social interactions or attempts in the kitchen as debacles. But the way the government has handled the Megaupload case seems to be a [...] |
“Enough, Already”- Kaminski OpEd in The Atlantic Posted Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:47:03 I published an OpEd in The Atlantic yesterday on the state of U.S. copyright laws and free trade agreements. |
