Opening Innovation through Opening Standards
Yale ISP Executive Director, Laura DeNardis, in a keynote address “Opening Innovation through Opening Standards” at the Paris Interoperability Workshop on June 24, 2009, discussed the linkage between open standards and innovation policy. DeNardis presented two examples – in the areas of synthetic biology and Internet video – in which greater openness in interoperability standards [...]
Open Video: The Rough Cut
Professionally produced video of all the speeches from the Open Video conference will go live at http://openvideoconference.org within a few days. In the meantime, amateur footage is already floating around the internet.
Yochai Benkler: Friday Keynote Address
Highlights from the Open Video Conference
Congratulations to Open Video Conference organizers Elizabeth Stark, Leah Belsky, and Shay David for producing an extraordinary gathering this weekend in New York to explore the future of online video and new media.
This conference explored business models, legal systems, and technical architectures for open Internet video that promotes democratic freedoms, free culture, open innovation, and [...]
Lea Shaver: Open Video and Human Rights
ISP Resident Fellow Lea Shaver spoke at the Open Video Conference today on a panel addressing “Human Rights and Indigenous Media: Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities.”
In her presentation, Shaver suggested that open video promotes human rights in two ways, strengthening freedom of expression and cultural participation.
Using examples from the recent mass demonstrations in Iran, Shaver highlighted [...]
Open Video Conference coming June 19-20
The future of online video will be explored at a two-day event taking place June 19-20 at the NYU School of Law in Manhattan.
The “Open Video Conference” is sponsored by Yale Law School’s Information Society Project (ISP), the Participatory Culture Foundation, and Kaltura, in partnership with Mozilla, Creative Commons, and the Berkman Center for Internet [...]









