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COMMONS MAGAZINE

Hal Abelson

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Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT; free software, Internet, intellectual property and OpenCourseWare initiative. [Photo by Joi Ito]

Location: 
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Chilling Effects Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation

A joint project of EFF and six law school legal clinics, the Chilling Effects website exposes how some individuals and corporations are using intellectual property and other laws to silence legitimate free speech by online users