innovation

Employee Non-Compete Agreements: Protecting Innovation or Stifling It?

ashar — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:01:52 -0400

The Dynamics of Collaborative Innovation (Luncheon Video/Audio)

ashar — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400

Submit Your Nominations for This Year's Public Knowledge IP3 Awards (Deadline: June 1)

ashar — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:15:47 -0400

The Principles of Distributed Innovation

rtabasky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:14:10 -0500

Abstract:

Distributed innovation systems are an approach to organizing for innovation that seems to meet the challenge of accessing knowledge that resides outside the boundaries of any one organization. We provide an overview of distributed innovation systems that are achieving success in three different industries. We explore why people participate, the organizing principles of production, and the implications for intellectual property policy. Finally, the potential extensions and limitations of this alternative model of innovation are considered.

Breaking Down Digital Barriers: When and How ICT Interoperability Drives Innovation

rtabasky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:02:58 -0500

Interoperability, like openness, is something that we generally think of as a "good thing" in the context of information and communications technologies (ICTs). One of the reasons why we tend to like interoperability is that we believe it leads to innovation, as well as other positive things like consumer choice, ease of use, and competition.

The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It

pmckiernan — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:34:05 -0500

Book Description, from Amazon:

This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation—and facilitating unsettling new kinds of control.

ProjectVRM

lroser — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:11:12 -0500

ProjectVRM has the immodest ambition of turning business on its head -- for its own good, and for everyone else's as well.

eInnovation and ICT Interoperability

lroser — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:40:19 -0500

The eInnovation and ICT Interoperability Project explores the relationship between innovation and ICT interoperability, seeking to understand the costs, benefits and potential means of achieving the latter.

Focus on interoperability

Copyright for Librarians

lroser — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:28:55 -0500

Materials will consist of course modules, interactive training, and multimedia resources, and will be made available under a Creative Commons Attribution license on the Connexions platform.

The Wealth of Networks

lroser — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:39:48 -0500

Book Description, from Amazon:

Chilling Effects

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:33:49 -0500

Berkman fellow Wendy Seltzer leads the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse "Chilling Effects" refers to the deterrent effect of legal threats or posturing, largely cease and desist letters independent of litigation, on lawful conduct. The Chilling Effects clearinghouse will catalogue cease and desist notices and present analyses of their claims to help recipients resist the chilling of legitimate activities (as well as understand when their activities are unlawful).

Digital Natives

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:33:09 -0500

Digital Natives focuses on the key legal, social, and political implications of a generation "born digital" - those who grow up immersed in digital technologies, for whom a life fully integrated with digital devices is the norm. By understanding young people’s interactions with digital media such as internet, cell phones and video games, we may address the issues their practices raise, learn how to harness the opportunities their digital fluency presents, and shape our regulatory and educational frameworks in a way that advances the public interest.

Noank Media

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:32:27 -0500

Noank's mission is to license and distribute digital content globally while fairly compensating content owners, using the most efficient, sustainable, and effective business and technology systems. Noank's motto is "limitless legal content flow."

Public Radio Exchange

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:56 -0500

The Public Radio Exchange is an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming. PRX is also a growing social network and community of listeners, producers, and stations collaborating to reshape public radio. The mission of PRX is to create more opportunities for diverse programming of exceptional quality, interest, and importance to reach more listeners.

Any radio station, any distributor any producer can add work to a PRX catalogue of documentaries, series, commentaries and features. There are thousands of pieces, on almost any topic.

SocialPhysics.org

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:48 -0500

Led by Berkman fellow John Clippinger, the Social Physics project examines the relationship between our identity and the emerging digital ecosystem. With the funding and technical support of IBM, Social Physics undertook the development of the Higgins Trust Framework, open source identity management software, and a white paper. Higgins debuted during the Berkman Center's Identity Mashup Conference, and received acclaim from media and Internet companies.

StopBadware.org

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:35 -0500

StopBadware.org is a partnership among academic researchers, technology industry leaders, non-profit organizations, and volunteers, all of whom are committed to protecting Internet and computer users from the threats to privacy and security that are caused by bad software.

We have two main areas of work. First, we have worked with the community to develop and maintain a definition of badware. We evaluate applications against this definition and use a carrot-and-stick approach to encourage software producers to stop producing badware.