April 2010 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

"German Supreme Court rules that Image Search does not infringe copyright"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/german-supreme-court-rules-t… Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 7:15 PM Labels: copyright <http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/search/label/copyright>, Germany <http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/search/label/Germany> Google's aim is to help users discover information as quickly and efficiently as possible. Sometimes the information they seek is in written or audio form, and sometimes the information they seek is visual - which may take the form of photographs, designs, artworks or other types of imagery - and we try to present the information in a way that best answers the user's query. With this in mind, we launched our Image Search service in 2003, which presents users with a selection of reduced-resolution thumbnail images relating to their search query. Users can then click through to the site that hosts the image to see it in full-size or to see the content around it. Millions of users find this service helpful - they can quickly find exactly what they want, and many site owners do too - it's another means through which Internet users can discover their sites. Website owners have complete control over what Google will crawl on their site: with a simple set of tools called robots.txt they can notably tell Google (and other search engines) not to crawl the images on their site. We are heartened by the German Supreme Court´s ruling today that Google Image Search does not infringe copyright. The case was brought to court by an artist who had uploaded photos of her work (large paintings) to her own website. She then claimed for copyright infringement against Google as the images were displayed in our image search results. Today´s ruling makes it clear not just for Google, its users in Germany and all owners of websites containing images, but also for all providers of image search services operating in the country: showing thumbnail images within search results is legitimate and millions of users in Germany benefit from being able to discover visual information at the click of a mouse. We still have to wait for the full reasoning behind the decision. What we know today: thousands of websites and companies in Germany will be able to benefit from Google Image Search in the future as well. News websites on the Internet, online providers of pictures and posters, artists, photographers, designers and many more who depend on the web for their livelihoods can go on using the service as a significant distribution platform. Posted by Dr. Arnd Haller, Managing Counsel, Google Germany GmbH

April 30, 2010

Fwd: Re: [opennetcoalition] [p2p-research] unique identity to every citizen

by Paolo Brini

Vi inoltro una richiesta del prof. Nagarjuna attraverso il prof. Bauwens che ci informa di un colossale progetto di schedatura di tutti i cittadini da parte del governo indiano e richiede delle linee guida che possano salvaguardare la privacy dei cittadini e abbassare i rischi che tali dati vengano usati impropriamente (il progetto prevede impronte digitali di tutte le dita, scanning dell'iride e della faccia). Se per caso ci fosse qualche esperto che volesse contribuire in qualsiasi forma, anche dei link a del materiale significativo... Saluti, Paolo -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: Re: [opennetcoalition] [p2p-research] unique identity to every citizen Data: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:17:16 +0700 Mittente: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Rispondi-a: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net A: Nagarjuna G <nagarjun(a)gnu.org.in> CC: Can anyone help Nagarjuna with his request below, and point him to useful material? Many thanks, Michel On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Nagarjuna G <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org>wrote: > In India the govt constituted an authority to create unique identity > to each citizen, and they plan to scan all ten fingers, iris and > photograph of every face and create an infrastructure. Obviously they > will be using and spending a lot of infrastructure. the official > website is here. http://uidai.gov.in/ About 2billion rupees have been > allocated for this year alone for implementing this project. Mapping > i billion people and keeping their records is a massive job and I do > not know if any such venture was undertaken before. > > Even if they use FOSS for this infrastructure, a centralized Govt > could misuse and it may not always be used in the interest of > citizens. We cannot justify the project because they will use free > software for the purpose. I am not against using technology for > governance, but how should that be is a question. What guidelines > could one suggest? > > >From a p2p governance view point, what do you think are the important > factors to be taken into consideration. What rights should citizens > have on their data, and what protection should Govt provide? > Shouldn't govt ask the citizen each time such data is being used. How > can citizens monitor? Can we insist that such a data cannot be opened > without the key in the custody of the citizen. There can be many such > questions ... > > I have a chance to send them my concerns. Though they may not listen > to us, it is good to send them an articulated response, which may help > generate opinion. I need to send them before 5th of May. Can any of > you send me some pointers to documents some of you may have written on > this subject or related subjects. > > -- > GN > > _______________________________________________ > p2presearch mailing list > p2presearch(a)listcultures.org > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org > -- Work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhurakij_Pundit_University - Think thank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

April 30, 2010

New "fair use economy" study for US (and forthcoming study in EU)

by Marco Pancini

Vi segnalo questo studio interessante. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Google Public Policy Blog <public-policy-blog(a)google.com> Date: Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:09 PM Subject: [Google Public Policy Blog] 4.7 trillion reasons for well-designed copyright To: public-policy-blog(a)googlegroups.com Posted by Derek Slater, Policy Analyst $4.7 trillion. According to a new study<http://www.ccianet.org/CCIA/files/ccLibraryFiles/Filename/000000000354/fair…>by the Computer & Communications Industry Association <http://www.ccianet.org/>, that’s the amount of revenue generated in the U.S. by the “fair use economy” -- industries that rely on fair use and other limitations on copyright. They account for 1/6th of U.S. GDP, one out of eight jobs, and $281 billion in exports. The Internet and information technologies are key drivers of the economy, but few realize that copyright law’s delicate balance is essential to this growth. Copyright law not only provides artists with certain protections, but also includes important limitations that promote innovation and legitimate re-use of information. For example, without limits on copyright, search engines would not exist. Indexing the Web would be illegal, because that requires creating a copy of websites first. The importance of well-designed copyright goes much further, though. iPods, Tivos, and any other digital media device that is capable of making copies depends on balanced copyright. The Internet’s very function is to make and disseminate copies of information -- it couldn’t exist without limitations in copyright. Congress laid the foundations for the Web in 1998, when it enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and created a set of “safe harbors” that protected online service providers who respond properly to copyright holders’ notifications of alleged infringement. Virtually all Web platforms -- from the smallest website hosting platforms and community bulletin boards to YouTube, Facebook, eBay, Craigslist, and everything in between -- depend on this legal framework. CCIA’s study attempts to quantify the economic impact of these and other industries by using a methodology put out by the World Intellectual Property Organization <http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en>. This methodology has also been used in several studies<http://www.iipa.com/copyright_us_economy.html>that analyze the economic contributions of content creators. As more people and more devices access the Internet at even faster speeds, one can expect the “fair use economy” to be increasingly important. In fact, the “fair use economy” has been growing at a faster pace than the overall economy: from 2002 to 2007, it accounted for 23 percent of U.S. real economic growth. Maintaining balance in copyright law will be crucial to this continuing innovation and growth. -- Posted By Google Public Policy Blog to Google Public Policy Blog<http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/04/47-trillion-reasons-for-well…>at 4/27/2010 03:04:00 PM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Public Policy Blog" group. To post to this group, send email to public-policy-blog(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to public-policy-blog+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<public-policy-blog%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/public-policy-blog?hl=en. -- Marco Pancini European Senior Policy Counsel Google Italy Corso Europa, 2 20122 Milano, Italia Tel. +39 02 36618524 Cell. +39.348.9946222 pancini(a)google.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/googlepolicyit This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

April 30, 2010

Internet e l'Europa in Europa 2.0: il libro

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Cari tutti-- vi segnalo che è appena stato pubblicato il libro Europa 2.0. Prospettive ed evoluzioni del sogno europeo. Un libro a più mani con contributi di Daniel Cohn Bendit, Vittorio Agnoletto, Luciana Castellina, Andrea Fumagalli, Papi Bronzini ed altri. Io ho scritto la parte su Internet ed Europa. A questo indirizzo http://europaduepuntozero.blogspot.com/ trovate alcuni estratti del libro che è licenziato in creative commons. salutoni

April 30, 2010

Convegno a Roma - Il futuro della responsabilità sulla Rete

by Marco Pancini

Vi segnalo questo bel convegno che si svolgerà a Roma il 21 maggio. -- Marco Pancini European Senior Policy Counsel Google Italy Corso Europa, 2 20122 Milano, Italia Tel. +39 02 36618524 Cell. +39.348.9946222 pancini(a)google.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/googlepolicyit This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

April 30, 2010

Re: [nexa] R: R: provazione di Morozov

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Mah.... Morozov fa l'errore esattamente opposto a quello degli entusiasti e degli ottimisti che decantano le virtù salvifiche e democratiche di Internet. Fermo il fatto che la "risposta" di Luca è molto azzeccata e praticamente perfetta per il livello di astrazione che offre, la riflessione che mi viene da fare è che in tanti, prima di Morozov, abbiamo ragionato, detto e scritto dei "pericoli" legati a un'interpretazione acritica degli usi sociali di Internet, ricordando che il senso di una tecnica è sempre dato dai suoi utilizzatori e che Internet forse non fa rima con libertà ma "è progettata" per poterlo fare. Da questo punto di vista segnalo che tra le analisi delle culture critiche di Internet i testi di Geert Loovink e Bifo sono ancora insuperati, ma il libro che vi consiglio di leggere è Cybersoviet di Carlo Formenti.In esso Formenti decostruisce i miti di Internet (non è vro che sia democratica, perchè non è vero che la rete non possa essere controllata, la sua trasparenza non è sempre buona e gli sciami che la popolano non sono sempre intelligenti). Dopo aver ingaggiato un pesante corpo a corpo con le teorie democratiche e postdemocratiche legate a Internet e lascia a noi le conclusioni sul che fare per trasformare Internet in uno strumento di libertà. La mia recensione del libro è qui: http://bit.ly/aEDs0L Il video della presentazione qui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TSctmTu7Ig

April 29, 2010

R: R: provazione di Morozov

by De Biase Luca

mi hanno chiesto di rispondere a morozov... l'ho fatto e il pezzo è uscito oggi sul sole... l'ho anche messo sul blog qui: http://lucadebiase.nova100.ilsole24ore.com/2010/04/ledeologia-%C3%A8-supera… ________________________________ Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per conto di Giorgio Ventre Inviato: giovedì 29 aprile 2010 16.25 A: 'Oreste Pollicino'; 'Carmelo Fontana' Cc: 'Nexa Center' Oggetto: [nexa] R: provazione di Morozov Mi sembra si tratti di una traduzione di un suo vecchio articolo uscito qualche tempo fa. Saluti Giorgio Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per conto di Oreste Pollicino Inviato: giovedì 29 aprile 2010 15.58 A: Carmelo Fontana Cc: Nexa Center Oggetto: [nexa] provazione di Morozov discutibile, ma va letta http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/2010/0… a presto, o. ----- Messaggio originale ----- Da: "Carmelo Fontana" <carmelo_fontana(a)yahoo.it> A: "Nexa Center" <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Inviato: Martedì, 27 aprile 2010 20:27:34 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna Oggetto: [nexa] Intervista a Umberto Eco su El País L'intervista di Eco al quotidiano spagnolo. Si parla tra le altre cose di democrazia, Internet e televisione. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/Umberto/Eco/Desgraciadamente/futuro/… Siempre digo que la televisión es buena para los pobres y mala para los ricos. Es decir, la televisión ha enseñado a todos los italianos a hablar italiano, los que no tenían escuelas aprendieron por televisión dónde estaba India... En cambio, los que tenían escuelas, al ver la televisión se vuelven más estúpidos, así que la televisión es buena para los pobres y mala para los ricos. Pero no ricos en sentido económico, nosotros somos los ricos. Y lo mismo ocurre con Internet: en ciertos países, como China, es un instrumento fundamental para poder pasar informaciones y noticias que de otro modo no llegarían. En otros países donde estas noticias pueden llegar, puede ser una forma de encerrar a los jóvenes en una soledad totalmente virtual, fuera de la realidad. Pero Internet no es una sola cosa, es muchas cosas. Es como un libro: ¿un libro es bueno o malo? Si pone Mein Kampf es malo, si pone La Biblia es bueno. _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa --- Il messaggio che segue e' inserito automaticamente dal server di posta dell'Universita' Bocconi. Il 5 per mille per gli studenti meritevoli della Bocconi. E' un atto volontario, non costa nulla e non sostituisce l'8 per mille. Scegli Bocconi: codice fiscale 80024610158. Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. --- Questa comunicazione e ogni eventuale file allegato sono confidenziali e destinati all'uso esclusivo del destinatario. Qualora non siate i destinatari della comunicazione, qualsiasi azione, copia, comunicazione, divulgazione o simili basate sul contenuto della comunicazione potrebbe violare norme di legge (art. 616 cod. pen., D. lgs N. 196/2003: "Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali"). Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore Vi preghiamo di darne immediata notizia al mittente (a mezzo telefono, fax o e-mail), eliminando in modo definitivo; il messaggio originale e ogni file allegato senza farne copia alcuna e/o senza riprodurne in alcun modo il contenuto. Il mittente, tenuto conto del mezzo utilizzato non si assume alcuna responsabilita' in ordine alla segretezza e riservatezza delle informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione via e-mail. This information and any further message herein enclosed are confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any action, copy, communication, dissemination or any other similar activity based upon the content of this e-mail message could infring legal rules (art. 616 cod. pen., D. lgs. N. 196/2003: "Act for protection of personal data"). If you have received this message by mistake, please notify immediately the sender (by telephone, fax or e-mail) destroying definitively the original message and any enclosed file without retaining any copy and/or without editing in any way the content. Due to the way of the transmission, the sender does not undertake any liability with respect to the secrecy and confidentiality of the information contained in this e-mail message.

April 29, 2010

R: provazione di Morozov

by Giorgio Ventre

Mi sembra si tratti di una traduzione di un suo vecchio articolo uscito qualche tempo fa. Saluti Giorgio Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per conto di Oreste Pollicino Inviato: giovedì 29 aprile 2010 15.58 A: Carmelo Fontana Cc: Nexa Center Oggetto: [nexa] provazione di Morozov discutibile, ma va letta http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/2010/0… a presto, o. ----- Messaggio originale ----- Da: "Carmelo Fontana" <carmelo_fontana(a)yahoo.it> A: "Nexa Center" <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Inviato: Martedì, 27 aprile 2010 20:27:34 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna Oggetto: [nexa] Intervista a Umberto Eco su El País L'intervista di Eco al quotidiano spagnolo. Si parla tra le altre cose di democrazia, Internet e televisione. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/Umberto/Eco/Desgraciadamente/futuro/… Siempre digo que la televisión es buena para los pobres y mala para los ricos. Es decir, la televisión ha enseñado a todos los italianos a hablar italiano, los que no tenían escuelas aprendieron por televisión dónde estaba India… En cambio, los que tenían escuelas, al ver la televisión se vuelven más estúpidos, así que la televisión es buena para los pobres y mala para los ricos. Pero no ricos en sentido económico, nosotros somos los ricos. Y lo mismo ocurre con Internet: en ciertos países, como China, es un instrumento fundamental para poder pasar informaciones y noticias que de otro modo no llegarían. En otros países donde estas noticias pueden llegar, puede ser una forma de encerrar a los jóvenes en una soledad totalmente virtual, fuera de la realidad. Pero Internet no es una sola cosa, es muchas cosas. Es como un libro: ¿un libro es bueno o malo? Si pone Mein Kampf es malo, si pone La Biblia es bueno. _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa --- Il messaggio che segue e' inserito automaticamente dal server di posta dell'Universita' Bocconi. Il 5 per mille per gli studenti meritevoli della Bocconi. E' un atto volontario, non costa nulla e non sostituisce l'8 per mille. Scegli Bocconi: codice fiscale 80024610158. Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. ---

April 29, 2010

provazione di Morozov

by Oreste Pollicino

discutibile, ma va letta http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/2010/0… a presto, o. ----- Messaggio originale ----- Da: "Carmelo Fontana" <carmelo_fontana(a)yahoo.it> A: "Nexa Center" <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Inviato: Martedì, 27 aprile 2010 20:27:34 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna Oggetto: [nexa] Intervista a Umberto Eco su El País L'intervista di Eco al quotidiano spagnolo. Si parla tra le altre cose di democrazia, Internet e televisione. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/Umberto/Eco/Desgraciadamente/futuro/… Siempre digo que la televisión es buena para los pobres y mala para los ricos. Es decir, la televisión ha enseñado a todos los italianos a hablar italiano, los que no tenían escuelas aprendieron por televisión dónde estaba India… En cambio, los que tenían escuelas, al ver la televisión se vuelven más estúpidos, así que la televisión es buena para los pobres y mala para los ricos. Pero no ricos en sentido económico, nosotros somos los ricos. Y lo mismo ocurre con Internet: en ciertos países, como China, es un instrumento fundamental para poder pasar informaciones y noticias que de otro modo no llegarían. En otros países donde estas noticias pueden llegar, puede ser una forma de encerrar a los jóvenes en una soledad totalmente virtual, fuera de la realidad. Pero Internet no es una sola cosa, es muchas cosas. Es como un libro: ¿un libro es bueno o malo? Si pone Mein Kampf es malo, si pone La Biblia es bueno. _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa --- Il messaggio che segue e' inserito automaticamente dal server di posta dell'Universita' Bocconi. Il 5 per mille per gli studenti meritevoli della Bocconi. E' un atto volontario, non costa nulla e non sostituisce l'8 per mille. Scegli Bocconi: codice fiscale 80024610158. Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. ---

April 29, 2010

[Fwd: [A2k] CC statement at CDIP5]

by J.C. DE MARTIN

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] CC statement at CDIP5 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:36:42 +0100 From: Andres Guadamuz <a.guadamuz(a)ed.ac.uk> To: a2k(a)lists.essential.org Statement by Creative Commons to CDIP5 (Geneva, 26 April 2010) Thank you Mr Chairman for the opportunity to make a statement; we would like to join other delegates in congratulating you for your appointment. Creative Commons appreciates the importance of the work of this Committee, and particularly welcomes the invitation as an observer awarded to us during the 4th session. Creative Commons is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with as some rights reserved, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. Creative Commons also encompasses projects dealing with education, open access, open science and cultural development. Creative Commons International has projects and jurisdiction-specific licences in 102 countries, with 19 more jurisdictions in the process of drafting licences. This encompasses a vast network of volunteers who are engaged in the principles of sharing information for the wider good. Millions of objects are already shared under CC licences. We would like to point the delegates to the fact that Creative Commons was already mentioned during the 4th session as an important tool for reaching balance for developing countries, I refer you to pp.24-25 of the CDIP4 report. We also strongly believe that Creative Commons offers developing countries opportunities to legitimately access scientific and educational materials released under a Creative Commons licence by researchers and public institutions in the developed world, something that is already taking place. We are aware that this does not solve digital divide access issues, but we believe that making the works available under permissive licences is a step in the right direction. As mentioned already, Creative Commons strongly supports the work of this Committee. We are encouraged in particular by the work in Technology Transfer and in studying the public domain, and also welcome the work of the SCCR in “Limitations and Exceptions for Educational Activities”. We would like to point out that CC is creating a prototype tool for marking and tagging public domain works, which we expect to have that out by mid Summer 2010. Any work on tools to facilitate the ID of and access to PD content must interoperate and have buy-in from all stakeholders who possess information about and can facilitate the marking of such content. Our work also includes heavy involvement in scientific arenas. Particularly, we are currently engaged in creating standardized patent licenses, which we believe can produce important result for developing countries. Thank you. -- Andres Guadamuz SCRIPT Law and Technology Centre University of Edinburgh Old College, South Bridge Edinburgh, EH8 9YL a.guadamuz(a)ed.ac.uk http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc Blog http://www.technollama.co.uk/ SCRIPTed Journal of Law, Technology and Society http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.essential.org http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k

April 28, 2010