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    Activism

    GNI Human Rights Impact Assessment

    Statement on Wikileaks and Implications for Companies. GNI, Dec. 15, 2010

    Global Free Flow of Information on the Internet. NTIA, Dec. 6. 2010

    EFF WIPO Statement on Treaty for Visually Impaired and Broadcast Treaty. WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) 20, June 24, 2010

    TACD Resolution on OECD eCommerce Guidelines. FTC, December 2009

    Madrid Declaration: Global Privacy Standards for a Global World Nov. 3, 2009

    NGO Letter and Recommendations to USTR on transparency, July 22, 2009

    EFF Statement at WIPO SCCR 17 on Proposed Broadcast Treaty, Nov. 6, 2008

    EFF Submission to Copyright Office and USPTO April 28, 2009 on Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind

    Copyright for Librarians: A Distance Learning Course Berkman-eIFL, April 2008

    Letter to Members of Euro. Parliament Regarding the Bono Amendment Apr. 8, 2008

    The Right to Education Threatened by the Intl. Copyright Regime Mar. 13, 2008

    Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance IGF, Aug. 2, 2006

    EPIC & Yale ISP comments to Art. 29 Working Group DRM & Privacy Mar. 31, 2005

    Digital Broadband Content: Music: OECD Information Economy Memo, Jan. 14, 2005

    Amicus Brief of Copyright Law Professors in 321 v. MGM, et. al. Apr. 25, 2003

    CDT Reply Comments, on Rulemaking for Fair Info. Location Practices, Apr. 24, 2001

    CTIA Petition for Rulemaking to Establish Fair Location Info. Practices. Apr. 6, 2001

    Mapping A2K Advocacy, in Access to Knowledge: A Guide for Everyone Consumers International (2010)

    The Impact of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on the Knowledge Economy: The Accountability of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for the Creation of IP Enforcement Norms Through Executive Trade Agreements (w/ G. Hinze) Yale Journal of International Law, vol. 35 (2009).

    Scholarship


    • Research and writing on Electronic Voting Machines and the Standards-Setting Process; State Level Anti-Circumvention Legislation; Copyright Misuse in the Digital Network Environment; Broadcast Flag Digital Television transition at the FCC.

    • Organized Cybercrime and Global Flow of Information conferences and produced a music event at the law school with live performances by DJ Spooky and Negativland.


    • Research associate for Pam Samuelson on the history of innovation policy.
    • Organized Digital Rights Management conference and Illegal Art multimedia event.
    • Teaching Assistant for Cyberlaw and Social and Policy Issues in Law and Technology.
    • Assisted in writing numerous Amicus briefs, law review and magazine articles.


    • Sax Prize for Excellence in Legal Advocacy – Chilling Effects website project
    • American Jurisprudence Award – Intellectual Property Scholarship
    • Article Editor, Berkeley Tech. Law Journal & Co-founder of Boalt.Org student website.


    • Linck Prize – student who most challenged the social and intellectual conscience.
    • Thesis – The Implications of Technology to Ethical Philosophy in the Holocaust.
    • Freshman Counselor – Mentored and supervised social and academic life of students


    • Intensive graduate-level courses in French culture, history, and language Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland (1996)
    • Fellowship for courses and research at the Institute for Jewish Civilization Studies Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (1995)
    • Grant recipient for Yad Vashem Seminar for International Educators of the Holocaust. Harvard-Westlake, Diploma, North Hollywood, CA (1993)
    • Salutatorian; Basketball Varsity center; Women’s Studies Award; Best Speaker Prize

    The Global Flow of Information: Legal, Social, and Cultural Perspectives, Editor (w/ Ramesh Subramanian) NYU Press (Aug., 2011)

    Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment, Editor (w/ J. Balkin, J. Grimmelmann, et. al.) NYU Press (2007).

    Copyright Contraband
    Intellectual Property Scholars Workshop (2006).

    Access to Knowledge in the Information Society, in Internet Governance and Sustainable Development: Towards a Common Agenda (w/ T. Vetter). International Institute for Sustainable Development (2007).

    Common Knowledge: How access to information and ideas can drive development (w. R. Kleysteuber & C. Young). Panos London: Illuminating Voices (2007).

    Model Language for Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright Concerning Access to Learning Materials in South Africa (w/ W. Baude, J. Hofman, et. al.). South African Journal of Information and Communication Issues (vol. 7: 2006)

    Electronic Voting Machines and the Standards-Setting Process (w/ R. Bolin) Journal of Internet Law (vol. 8: 2004) in Asking the Right Questions about Electronic Voting, National Research Council, the National Academies (2005).

    RealNetworks, Inc. v. Streambox, Inc. & Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes 16 Berkeley Tech. Law Journal (vol. 16: 2001)

    Networks
    Access to Knowledge III conference (Sept. 2008)

    Computers, Freedom, and Privacy: Technology Policy ’08 (May 2008)

    Reputation Economies in Cyberspace (Dec. 2007)

    Access to Knowledge 2 conference (April 2007)

    Open Standards International Symposium (Feb. 2007)

    Digital Mix: Don’t Waste Culture, Recycle Art (Dec. 2005)

    Regulating Search?: A Symposium on Search Engines, Law, & Public Policy (Dec. 2005)

    The Global Flow of Information: Law, Culture, and Political Economy (Apr. 2005)

    State of Play II: Reloaded (Oct. 2004)

    Bellhead/Nethead: The FCC Takes on the Internet (Sept. 2004)

    Digital Cops in a Virtual Environment (March 2004)

    State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds (Nov. 2003)

    Berkeley Digital Rights Management Conference (March 2003)

     

     

    FCForum Barcelona. Oct. 29, 2010

     

    Mapping A2K Advocacy: Towards a Coalition Against ACTA. Consumers International A2K Network Global Meeting. Malaysia, Apr. 22, 2010.

     


    31st Intl. Conference of Data Protection Authorities and Privacy Commissioners. Madrid, Spain Nov. 4, 2009.

     

     

    The Public Voice: Global Privacy Standards for a Global World. Nov. 3, 2009.

     

     

    Free Culture Forum Barcelona. Oct. 30, 2009.

     

    Leveraging the INDECT Project: An Activist Strategy to Implement Privacy Ethics in EU-Funded Research. European Privacy Open Space. Vienna, Oct. 26, 2009.

    Global Perspectives on Cybercrime. Thai Netizen Network Public Forum for the Reform of Thai. Bangkok, Thailand, July 27, 2009.

     

    Thai Netizen Network Digital Rights Activist Workshop. Bangkok, Thailand July 26, 2009.

     

     

     

    Exceptions & Limitations to Copyright: Towards a Balanced Harmonization of Copyright Law for Innovation & Development. Panos Forum, Senegal, Mar. 12, 2009.

    Free Culture Annual Meeting (video). Berkeley, CA, Oct. 11, 2008.

    Telecoms Package and Network Filtering Seminar. Euro. Parliament, Aug. 27, 2008.

     

    Hale Ethics Lecture Series. Philosophy Dept. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. Sept. 20, 2007.

    EFF in Europe FOSDEM 2008. Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 23, 2008.

     

    Social Studies in Science (4S), Vancouver. Nov. 2, 2006.