The prosecution in Bradley Manning's trial appears to be trying to draw a hard line between real journalism and an entity like WikiLeaks -- but as Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler pointed out, that's almost impossible to do.…
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If Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks are guilty, then so is the New York Times
Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler says that WikiLeaks clearly qualifies as a media entity, and argues that by pursuing Bradley Manning for aiding the enemy, the government is putting journalism at risk as well as whistle-blowing.…
Read MoreThe Carr-Benkler wager and the peer-powered economy
Is the web run by large corporations, or is it powered primarily by peer-to-peer networks? That's the question behind one of the longest-running wagers of the modern web era -- a six-year-old bet between author and web sceptic Nick Carr and Harvard professor Yochai Benkler.…
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