about THE AUTHORS

John Palfrey is Professor of Law and a Vice Dean at Harvard Law School. He is a faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He has published extensively on the Internet’s relationship to Intellectual Property, international governance, and democracy. He chairs the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, made up of leading Internet service companies and nonprofit groups focused on children's safety. He is a regular commentator on network news programs, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, NPR and BBC. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Urs Gasser is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Gallen, where he serves as the faculty director of the Research Center for Information Law. He is a faculty fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. He has published and edited, respectively, six books and has written over 60 articles in books, law reviews, and professional journals. He's also an advisor to international technology companies on information law matters. He lives in St. Gallen, Switzerland.