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EFF: "The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 11, 2011

Jan. 11, 2011

Dedicato ai molti che sostengono che le rilevazioni di Wikileaks non contenevano nulla di nuovo o di interessante. juan carlos ------------- January 7th, 2011 The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/cablegate-disclosures-have-furthered-i…> /News Roundup <http://www.eff.org/blog-categories/news-roundup> by Rainey Reitman <http://www.eff.org/about/staff/rainey-reitman>/ Since late November, the whistleblower website Wikileaks has been in the process of releasing in waves over 250,000 leaked United States diplomatic cables. Known as "Cablegate," this is the largest publication of confidential documents by any organization. (Catch up on Wikileaks developments by reviewing EFF's page <https://www.eff.org/wikileaks> on this issue). Wikileaks' disclosures have caused tremendous controversy, with critics of Wikileaks claiming the leaks of classified information could endanger lives and harm international diplomacy. Others have commended Wikileaks, pointing to a long history of over-classification and a lack of transparency by the United States government. Regardless of the heated debate over the propriety of Wikileaks' actions, some of the cables have contributed significantly to public and political conversations all around the world. In this article, we highlight a small selection of cables that been critical to understanding and evaluating controversial events. 1. *"Dancing Boy" Scandal Alleges Child Prostitution, Possible Drug Use among U.S. Private Contractors * The /Guardian/ reported <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/foreign-contractors-hired-danci…> on a cable describing an incident in which employees of DynCorp, a U.S. military contractor, hired a "dancing boy" for a party. [...] Continua qui: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/cablegate-disclosures-have-furthered-i…

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NYTimes: "Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 11, 2011

Jan. 11, 2011

Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google By JAMES KANTER <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/james_kanter/i…> Published: January 10, 2011 BRUSSELS --- Companies like Google <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…> that digitize artworks and books from public bodies should allow other companies and institutions to commercialize those materials after seven years, three experts advising the European Commission <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/europea…> said Monday. The experts, including Maurice C. Lévy, the chairman and chief executive of Publicis, a communications and advertising company based in Paris, also encouraged the emergence of additional innovative companies besides Google to help digitize Europe's cultural heritage. "We believe there is a lot of opportunity for new players to come and confront Google," Mr. Lévy said. Google had been "essential in the process" of digitizing cultural materials like books, films, photographs and paintings, but it was not "very good for competition to have one player on the ground," he said. The amount of effort needed to digitize Europe's heritage should generate work for a lot of.... [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/business/global/11google.html

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Ingiunzioni americane
by Paolo Brini Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Dopo l'ingiunzione del Dipartimento della Giustizia a Twitter per farsi consegnare tutti i dati di tutti gli account di coloro che seguono WikiLeaks, alcuni hanno sostenuto che ingiunzioni simili siano state consegnate a Facebook e Google. Il no comment per ora ottenuto dai due big non fa che alimentare i sospetti. Come cittadino dell'Unione, quali passi giudiziari (se ce ne sono) posso eventualmente intraprendere per oppormi al trasferimento di tutti i miei dati al Dipartimento di Giustizia americano (non che mi interessi molto ma è una questione di principio)? Al momento nessuno dei soggetti indicati ha fatto sapere nulla né a me né a molti altri followers o collaboratori di WikiLeaks. Ciao, Paolo

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Google policy fellowship program 2011
by Marco Pancini Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

FYI http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/11/apply-for-2011-google-policy… -- 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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Servizio TG5 su Wikipedia
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Servizio del TG5 su Wikipedia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RygPOmuTBc0 Tralascio i commenti. juan carlos

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Final report of the Comité des sages (REFLECTION GROUP ON BRINGING EUROPE’S CULTURAL HERITAGE ONLINE)
by Philippe Aigrain Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

This follows a consultation to which both COMMUNIA and La Quadrature du Net had answered. I have not yet analyzed the report, but they seem to make a lukewarm endorsement of some of our recommendations. Ex: Very lukewarm, close to cold: 4.1.5 Many cultural institutions from across Europe claim rights on digitised material that is in the public domain. In other words, they assert new rights that would have been created by the digitisation of the material. The basis for such claims is, however, not always solid, and the situation may varyfrom one Member State to the other, depending on the copyright legislation of the country concerned. This can lead to a situation where digitised objects are protected in one country and not in another, which is particularly problematic in a cross-border context. Good: 4.3.1 The Comité feels strongly that public domain material digitised with public money should be freely accessible for all. This should be part of the funding conditions for the digitisation of public domain material across Europe. Starts well, and continues badly (in my opinion): 4.4.1 Public domain material digitised with public money should be freely available for non-commercial re-use by citizens, schools, universities, non-governmental and other organisations. 4.4.2 The Comité also recommends that cultural institutions make their digitised material available as widely as possible for commercial entities to build upon. This will stimulate the use of the material for new information products and services. 4.4.3 Cultural institutions can, however, ask private companies to pay for the commercial re-use of the material, in order to recoup the digitisation costs and finance further digitisation. This could be done on the basis of a one-off payment or through revenue-sharing models. Specific partnerships between cultural institutions and smaller companies or universities could be considered, in order to stimulate the re-use of the digitised material for innovative information services. Overall, they should read better the Public Domain Manifesto and our policy recommendations : if a digitized version of a public domain work is in the public domain there is no legal basis for making conditions on its reuse (it is actually contrary to fundamental right to create any). You can create taxes, public trusts, statutory contributions, or voluntary resource pooling to raise resources for digitizing. Philippe

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[NEXA]PI: USA, Google contro Microsoft per le nuvole del governo
by vale.it＠gmail.com Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Sul tema dei bandi di gara di prodotti compatibili con il software di una determinata casa: http://punto-informatico.it/3066328/PI/News/usa-google-contro-microsoft-nuv… V

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Servizio del TG5 su Wikipedia
by Marco De Rossi Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Se l'ha già segnalato qualcuno, scusate. Avete visto questa sottospecie di cosa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RygPOmuTBc0 ? Trasmesso dal TG5 il giorno 2 Gennaio 2011. un saluto m. -- Marco De Rossi Oilproject - Be Free To Learn ( http://www.oilproject.org/ ) Pangloss: Poteva andar peggio, poteva piovere ( http://pangloss.info/ )

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"Democracies Confront Their Own Growing Censorship Tendencies"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty January 05, 2011 Democracies Confront Their Own Growing Censorship Tendencies by Arch Puddington, Christopher Walker The murders of journalists in Russia, the jailing of bloggers in China, and the crackdown on the media in Iran regularly remind us that freedom of expression is under duress, even in an era of expanding global communications. However, considerably less attention has been paid to a new, more insidious threat to this fundamental human right. It involves campaigns by a variety of actors --- from foreign governments and business moguls to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) --- to discourage journalists, scholars, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and others from speaking out or publishing material on certain subjects. This creeping censorship is manifesting itself in venues including the United Nations, the judicial systems of established democracies, and elsewhere. Often, the objective is to place restrictions on what people can say or publish about Islam. But the offensive is also being carried forward by others, including oligarchs in the former Soviet Union. *Targeting Democracies* The focus of the free-speech debate has traditionally been on societies where freedom was lacking. What really sets apart this contemporary strain of censorship, however, is that it is increasingly focused on restricting information and opinion in Europe, North America, and other bastions of free expression. Today, standards in democracies are the target. Consider the following developments of the past few years: -- Two units of the UN system, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, passed resolutions that call for restrictions on what people can say or write about religions, especially Islam. The principal targets of the resolutions were clearly the democracies of Europe rather than autocracies where both free speech and religious liberty are already heavily constrained [...] Continua qui: http://www.rferl.org/content/creeping_censorship_freedom_of_expression/2267…

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Bill Snyder: "The Internet at risk: A return to the Ma Bell era"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2011

Jan. 9, 2011

By Bill Snyder DECEMBER 02, 2010 The Internet at risk: A return to the Ma Bell era Comcast's bullying of Level 3 and Zoom Telephonics reveals the lack of broadband competition that threatens the Internet Back in the bad old days of Ma Bell's ascendancy, you couldn't attach anything to the monopoly's telephone network without express permission: not an answering machine, not an extension, not nothin'. Those days are long gone -- unless you or your users connect to the Internet via Comcast, the giant cable network that delivers television and broadband connectivity to millions of customers. In a stunning display of arrogance, Comcast is stopping Zoom Telephonics from providing cable modems to its subscribers by imposing a ridiculous set of conditions. How ridiculous? In addition to meeting unrealistic standards about heat resistance and packaging, Zoom would be forced to pay business-class airfare and hotel accommodations for Comcast employees who journey to Asia to approve Zoom's modems, according to a complaint filed with the FCC [PDF]. ...... Continua qui: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/the-internet-risk-return-t…

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