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No copyright law in 19th century Germany
by Paolo Brini Aug. 19, 2010

Aug. 19, 2010

*Did Germany experience rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century due to an absence of copyright law? A German historian argues that the massive proliferation of books, and thus knowledge, laid the foundation for the country's industrial might. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,710976,00.html Ciao, Paolo *

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Re: [nexa] Notes from a Disappointed Fanboy
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Aug. 17, 2010

Aug. 17, 2010

Mi auguro di ritrovarmi a Vilnius con una nutrita pattuglia di democratici (della rete) per dire quanto è sbagliato l'approccio di Google, sorry (Googizon). Chi viene?

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NYT Debate: "Who Gets Priority on the Web?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 17, 2010

Aug. 17, 2010

Seconda rapida segnalazione ferragostana: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/8/9/who-gets-priority-on-the-web Tra gli altri, notate le posizioni di Lessig, Wu e Zittrain. Ottima anche la sintesi di Anna Masera: http://lastampa.it/_web/CMSTP/tmplrubriche/giornalisti/hrubrica.asp?ID_blog… juan carlos

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Verizon google
by Mariella Berra Aug. 17, 2010

Aug. 17, 2010

vedi http://blog.ilmanifesto.it/chipsandsalsa/2010/08/15/google-cestina-la-net-n…

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Rodota': "Se il mondo perde il senso del bene comune"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 16, 2010

Aug. 16, 2010

Un saluto e una rapida segnalazione ferragostana. juan carlos Se il mondo perde il senso del bene comune Repubblica --- 10 agosto 2010 pagina 122 sezione: PRIMA PAGINA POCHI giorni fa l' Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite ha approvato una risoluzione che riconosce l' accesso all' acqua come diritto fondamentale di ogni persona. L' anno scorso il Parlamento europeo ha parlato di un diritto fondamentale di accesso ad Internet. Apparentemente lontane, queste due importanti prese di posizione di grandi istituzioni internazionali si muovono sullo stesso terreno, quello dei beni comuni, attribuiscono il rango di diritti fondamentali all' accesso di tutti a beni essenziali per la sopravvivenza (l' acqua) e per garantire eguaglianza e libero sviluppo della personalità (la conoscenza). Nell' ottobre del 1847, quattro mesi prima della pubblicazione del Manifesto dei comunisti, Alexis de Tocqueville gettava uno sguardo presago sul futuro, e scriveva: «Ben presto la lotta politica si svolgerà tra coloro che possiedono e coloro che non possiedono: il grande campo di battaglia sarà la proprietà». Quella lottaè continuata ininterrotta e il campo di battaglia, che per Tocqueville era sostanzialmente quello della proprietà terriera, si è progressivamente dilatato. Oggi sono appunto i beni comuni - dall' acqua all' aria, alla conoscenza, ai patrimoni culturali e ambientali - al centro di un conflitto davvero planetario, di cui ci parlano le cronache, confermandone la natura direttamente politica, e che non si lascia racchiudere nello schema tradizionale del rapporto tra proprietà pubblica e proprietà privata. [...] Continua qui: http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/08/10/se-i…

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Fw: [Creis_Terminal] urgent Researcher position in namur belgium for etica and egais european projects
by Mariella Berra Aug. 16, 2010

Aug. 16, 2010

Da mariella, aggiungo un riassunto interessante di un vecchio artcolo. Buon agosto ----- Original Message ----- From: Philippe Goujon To: creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: [Creis_Terminal] urgent Researcher position in namur belgium for etica and egais european projects Thanks to diffuse this message to people that might be interested *laboratory for ethical governance of information technology **engages Under the direction of Prof. Philippe Goujon * ( http://www.fundp.ac.be/universite/personnes/page_view/01005672/cv.html ) **_A researcher (16 months 100% - M/F) ** beginning of october 2010 end 28/02/2012 (total 16 month) *Research project * Research lies within the scope of two European projects. Those projects investigate ethical governance in EU research projects with the goal of providing a framework for improved governance mechanisms that will address potential ethical issues arising from new and emerging technologies. Studying current governance arrangements in actual ICT projects (and in particular in Ambient Intelligence project) will help to produce a better understanding of the efficiency and limits of current ethics governance. This will be applied to the relevant ethical issues identified which will lead to a recommendation of successful governance arrangements that will address ethical issues in emerging ICTs before or as they arise. The recommendations for individual issues will be used to develop general policy recommendations. The researcher's work will include: Review of ICT ethics governance - Research on ICT ethics governance in current European projects - Evaluation of effectiveness of current governance arrangements - Application of suitable governance arrangements to most relevant issues identified - Evaluation of viability of suggested governance arrangements *Qualifications* _/* high level master(orPh.d. ) from philosophy or social sciences (with a good knowledge concerning ethics) with a strong interest in the problems involved in social integration, ethics and the governorship of new technologies. *Necessary qualities * · available, open-minded; · Scientific rigor and motivation for research; · Efficiency in the work and capacity to understand theoretical developments; · Perfect knowledge of power point; · Perfect spoken and written English. - the ability to work as part of a team - the ability to produce written material of publishable standard *Environment of research * - Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/) - Computer sciences department (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/inf ) - an international network of 15 European labs expert in the field * Procedure of recruitment * CV Interview (tel)and skype video Test CV and accompanying letter of motivation to be sent *before 10 september(but the sooner is better), 2010 _by mail, post or fax_* to Professor Philippe Goujon rue Grandgagnage, 21 5000 - Namur , Belgium E-mail : pgo(a)info.fundp.ac.be Phone (Cellular) : +32 497 03 50 12 Fax : +32 81 72 49 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Creis_terminal mailing list Creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org https://listes.globenet.org/listinfo/creis_terminal

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Re: [nexa] R: Spazio di libertà sicurezza e giustizia
by Andrea Glorioso Aug. 13, 2010

Aug. 13, 2010

Margherita, mi unisco ai ringraziamenti, materiale molto interessante. Marco, in attesa di una conferma da parte di chi gestisce il server di NEXA, sospetto che negli ultimi giorni ci siano stati dei "problemi tecnici". Anche la "mia" mailing list "copywhat", che NEXA molto gentilmente ospita, e` rimasta bloccata negli ultimi due-tre giorni. Ciao, Andrea 2010/8/13 Marco Ricolfi <marco.ricolfi(a)studiotosetto.it>: > Grazie margherita per entrambe le notizie; hai idea di perché la tua e-mail > risulti spedita il 9 agosto ma arrivata solo oggi? M. > > > > Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it > [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per conto di Margherita > Salvadori > Inviato: lunedì 9 agosto 2010 14.12 > A: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Oggetto: [nexa] Spazio di libertà sicurezza e giustizia > > > > Segnalo che sulla G.U.U.E. 27.7.2010, n. L 195/5 è stato pubblicato > l'Accordo tra l’Unione europea e gli Stati Uniti d’America sul trattamento e > il trasferimento di dati di messaggistica finanziaria dall’Unione europea > agli Stati Uniti ai fini del programma di controllo delle transazioni > finanziarie dei terroristi > > http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOIndex.do?year=2010&serie=L&textfield2=195&Submit… > > > > > > Segnalo, inoltre, un interessante intervento a firma Leda Bargiotti su > "Unione Europea e segreto di stato: un quadro normativo ancora in > piena evoluzione" postato su un blog che vuole contribuire a rendere più > trasparenti le istituzioni > > http://slsg.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/unione-europea-e-segreto-di-stato-un-q… > > > > ms > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

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NY Times: "Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 13, 2010

Aug. 13, 2010

Questa mi sembra una notizia, se confermata, di quelle importanti. jc August 4, 2010 Google and Verizon in Talks on Web Priority By EDWARD WYATT <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/edward_wyatt/i…> WASHINGTON --- Google <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…> and Verizon <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/verizon_communication…>, two leading players in Internet service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege. The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/youtube/index.html?in…>, owned by Google, for example, to Verizon, one of the nation's leading Internet service providers, to ensure that its content received priority as it made its way to consumers. The agreement could eventually lead to higher charges for Internet users. Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet policy known as net neutrality <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutr…>, in which no form of content is favored over another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, tiered system, which, like cable television, imposes higher costs for premium levels of service. Any agreement between Verizon and Google could also upend the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal…> to assert its authority over broadband service, which was severely restricted by a federal appeals court decision in April. People close to the negotiations who were not authorized to speak publicly about them said an agreement could be reached as soon as next week. If completed, Google, whose Android operating system powers many Verizon wireless phones, would agree not to challenge Verizon's ability to manage its broadband Internet network as it pleased. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html

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Notes from a Disappointed Fanboy
by Stefano Quintarelli Aug. 13, 2010

Aug. 13, 2010

David Weinberger:Notes from a Disappointed Fanboy: ... But, this compromise goes too far. For one thing, it enshrines a major shift in Google’s definition of Net neutrality that CEO Eric Schmidt casually announced last week: Google is fine with access providers deciding which services should get preferential treatment, so long as they don’t differentiate within a service. So, Verizon could decide to slow down your online video game so that other subscribers could watch high def video. But Verizon would have to treat all high def video traffic equally. That’s better than Verizon deciding that its own video library would work better than Comcast’s, but it means that those who give us access to the Internet get to decide what it’s really for. Nope. It’s our Internet. We get to decide, and then to invent new uses. That is the source of the Internet’s value. Letting the access providers decide which services and content get preference is especially worrisome since they’re also in the business of selling us those services and content. They’d get to shape the Internet to reflect their business model. ... So, Verizon could cut a deal with a company to deliver, say, a jukebox service over Verizon’s broadband connection, and charge more for delivering it faster than a competitor’s service, so long as that service is “distinguishable in scope and purpose from Internet access service.” In a posting on its Public Policy Blog (disclosure: I am friends with the author, Rick Whitt), Google notes that providers “already offer these types of services today,” and says that the compromise in fact hedges the services in. I’d be more disposed to believe that if I knew what “distinguishable in scope and purpose from Internet access service” meant. Couldn’t anything delivered as a “differentiated service” also be delivered as an Internet service? Further, the Googizon proposal would allow these differentiated services to “make use of or access Internet content, appplications or services…” Again, I’m not sure what this means, except that it sounds like a company could pay Verizon to deliver content from the Internet faster than that content would travel over the Internet connection Verizon gives you. This would (if I’m understanding it) provide a strong incentive to big companies to move their service out of the Internet, and pony up the “fast lane” fees that Net neutrality is explicitly designed to prevent. ... My growing doubts now have me looking for language that wiggles — the “it depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is” moments. For example: The proposal says providers “would be prohibited from preventing users” from “sending and receiving lawful content…” So, could my access provider block me from visiting Wikileaks? How about file-sharing sites like ThePirateBay.org? Could they without penalty block my fair use of copyrighted materials? In fact, since we already have a legal system for prosecuting those who do illegal things, why are we putting the access providers in charge of this? The proposal would prevent broadband access providers from blocking any usage in a way that causes “meaningful harm to competition or to users.” Since the providers’ justification for discriminating among bits — that is, for violating Net neutrality — has always been that they’re doing it for the benefit of their users, this is a hole that could not be papered over even with the world’s entire available supply of good will. ... ------ Rick Ellrod faceva una osservazione interessante che ho riproposto sul mio blog: Reasonable network management includes any technically sound practice: . . . to address traffic that is unwanted by or harmful to users, the provider’s network, or the Internet; . . . If this complex exception parses out to (either unwanted by or harmful) to (either users, the provider's network, or the Internet) then it would include 'traffic unwanted by the provider's network'. Interessante notare la premessa dell'articolo: Net Neutrality is a complicated issue. The recent Google/Verizon policy proposal has raised new questions about the open internet - the idea that all online content gets treated equally. To explore this issue, we’re featuring a series of guest blog posts on our site. Today, the thoughts of David Weinberger, Senior Researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society E in particolare come si faccia confusione tra "open" e neutralità. Sarà perchè ho appena rivisto il film Sesso e potere... -- www.reeplay.it www.eximia.it

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Google-Verizon: una proposta congiunta per una rete aperta
by Marco Pancini Aug. 13, 2010

Aug. 13, 2010

Cari Tutti, Vi segnalo questo post del nostro blog ufficiale che parla dell'accordo di policy che Google ha concluso negli Stati Uniti con Verizon sul tema dell'open internet: http://googleitalia.blogspot.com/2010/08/una-proposta-congiunta-per-una-ret… Condivido in pieno le parole con le quali David John Collins, il nostro responsabile comunicazione e public affair per l'Europa, ha introdotto questo tema: *In Google siamo convinti che sia il potere della natura dinamica ed aperta della rete a guidare l’innovazione, gli investimenti e la crescita economica. Conservare questa apertura richiede il nostro coinvolgimento nel dibattito proattivo con gli altri attori dell’ecosistema e con le Autorità, per assicurare che le regole di funzionamento di Internet offrano agli utenti la miglior esperienza online possibile. Ieri abbiamo annunciato una serie di proposte comuni con Verizon, operatore di telecomunicazioni, per raggiungere questo obiettivo negli Stati Uniti. Queste proposte mettono in luce il nostro impegno per difendere la natura aperta della rete e permettere la continuazione degli investimenti nelle infrastrutture a banda larga. Queste indicazioni sono specifiche per lo sviluppo di Internet negli Stati Uniti, ma restiamo impegnati a proseguire il dialogo su questi temi anche in Europa* Resto a vostra disposizione per maggiori informazioni. A presto. marco -- 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.

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