Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jack n”. Today it says “israeli-american author and the berkman professor of entrepreneurial legal studies at harvard law school”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Israeli-American technology law expert, political economist, and author "Jalt" redirects here; not to be confused with Japan Association for Language Teaching .1 Yochai Benkler speaking at UC Berkeley School of law in 2006 Yochai Benkler ( / ˈ j oʊ x aɪ / ; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School . He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University . In academia he is best known for coining the term commons-based peer production and his widely cited 2006 book The Wealth of Networks .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Yochai Benkler is Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and the author of The Wealth of Networks and the paper Coase's Penguin .
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Yochai Benkler speaking at UC Berkeley School of law in 2006 Yochai Benkler (born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School .He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Yochai Benkler speaking at UC Berkeley School of law in 2006 Yochai Benkler ( / ˈ j oʊ x aɪ / ; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School . He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University .
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Israeli-American technology law expert, political economist, and author Yochai Benkler speaking at UC Berkeley School of law in 2006 Yochai Benkler ( / ˈ j oʊ x aɪ / YO -khai ; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School . He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University . In academia he is best known for coining the term commons-based peer production and his widely cited 2006 book The Wealth of Networks .
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jack n
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israeli-american author and the berkman professor of entrepreneurial legal studies at harvard law school
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