August 2011 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Guardian (Monbiot): "Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist /Academic publishers charge vast fees to access research paid for by us. Down with the knowledge monopoly racketeers/ * George Monbiot* guardian.co.uk, Monday 29 August 2011 21.08 BST Who are the most ruthless capitalists in the western world? Whose monopolistic practices make Walmart look like a corner shop and Rupert Murdoch <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-mur…>a socialist? You won't guess the answer in a month of Sundays. While there are plenty of candidates, my vote goes not to the banks, the oil companies or the health insurers, but -- wait for it -- to academic publishers. Theirs might sound like a fusty and insignificant sector. It is anything but. Of all corporate scams, the racket they run is most urgently in need of referral to the competition authorities. Everyone claims to agree that people should be encouraged to understand science and other academic research. Without current knowledge, we cannot make coherent democratic decisions. But the publishers have slapped a padlock and a "keep out" sign on the gates. You might resent Murdoch's paywall policy, in which he charges £1 for 24 hours of access to the Times and Sunday Times. But at least in that period you can read and download as many articles as you like. Reading a single article published by one of Elsevier's journals will cost you $31.50. Springer charges EUR34.95, Wiley-Blackwell, $42. Read 10 and you pay 10 times. And the journals retain perpetual copyright. You want to read a letter printed in 1981? That'll be $31.50. [...] The knowledge monopoly is as unwarranted and anachronistic as the corn laws. Let's throw off these parasitic overlords and liberate the research that belongs to us. * Articolo completo qui: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-mur… * *A fully referenced version of this article can be found on George Monbiot's website <http://www.monbiot.com/>. On Twitter, @georgemonbiot*

Aug. 31, 2011

GigaNet 6th annual symposium

by luca belli

GigaNet Sixth Annual SymposiumUNON complex, Nairobi, Kenya, Room 4September 26, 2011 The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) will hold its Sixth Annual Symposium on 26 September 2011, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya.Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach. Prior successful symposia took place in Greece (2006), Brazil (2007), India (2008), Egypt (2009) and Lithuania (2010). In 2011, the Internet Governance Forum has entered its second phase, after having reached the end of its first 5-years mandate. This year’s event will provide room to discuss the challenges encountered and results achieved during the first five years of IGF. As in previous years the GigaNet Symposium will further discuss current and future questions of Global Internet Governance.GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ The symposium will be organized in co-operation with Research ICT Africa (RIA). RIA is a network of researchers in 20 African countries conducting research on ICT policy and regulation and facilitating evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social development and economic growth.http://www.researchictafrica.net/ RegistrationRegistration is free of charge. If you are planning to either attend in person or remotely participate, please register athttp://www.amiando.com/giganet2011 Preliminary programPlease check http://giga-net.org/page/2011-annual-symposium for program updates9.00-9.15: Introduction & Welcome9.15-11.00 Panel 1: Internet Governance Processes and InstitutionsJeremy Malcolm (Consumers International): Arresting the decline of multi-stakeholderism in Internet governance Shawn Gunnarson (Kirton & McConkie): Theorizing fact-based policy development at ICANN Gitte Stald (IT University of Copenhagen): EU Kids online. Informing evidence-based policy for children’s online opportunities and risks11.00-11.15: Coffee11.15-12.15: Roundtable on the state of Internet Governance Research and Practice in AfricaParticipants to be confirmed later.12.15-13.45: Lunch13.45-15.15: Panel 2: Theories of Internet GovernanceBiel Perez (Open University of Catalonia): Constitutionalism, global administrative law and the global internet governance Caroline Agguerre (Universidad de San Andres): Internet communities in Argentina and Brazil. Origins, networks and institutional developmentJohn Gathegi (University of South Florida): Internet anonymity, reputation and freedom of speech. The US legal landscape. 15.15-15.30: Coffee 15.30- 17.00: Panel 3: Internet Rights and RepressionMatthias C. Ketteman (University of Graz): The legality of internet blackouts in times of crisis. An assessment at the intersection of human rights law, humanitarian law and internet governance principlesSanja Kelly & Sarah Cook (Freedom House): New technologies, Innovative repression. Growing threats to Internet freedomRobert Bodle (College of Mount St. Joseph): Upholding online anonymity in Internet governance. Affordances, ethical frameworks, and regulatory practices 17.15-18.15: Roundtable on the state of Internet RightsRoundtable jointly organized by GigaNet and APC. Participants to be confirmed later. GigaNet 2011 Program CommitteeLeo Van Audenhove – PC Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BelgiumRoy Balleste – St. Thomas University, Miami, USAWilliam Drake - University of Zurich, SwitzerlandDmitry Epstein – Cornell University, USAMarianne Franklin – Goldsmiths University London, UKRaquel Gatto – Catholic University of São Paulo, BrazilAlison Gillwald – Director Research ICT AfricaNanette Levinson – American University, USAMilton Mueller – Syracuse University, USARolf H. Weber – University of Zurich, Switzerland ContactIf you have any question related to the symposium, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: leo.van.audenhove(a)vub.ac.be Luca Belli Doctorant en Droit Public PRES Sorbonne Universités; Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2 Membre du CERSA-CNRS http://www.cersa.cnrs.fr/spip.php%3Farticle1387.html

Aug. 31, 2011

Released Neubot 0.4.1

by Simone Basso

Released Neubot 0.4.1 http://www.neubot.org/neubot-0.4.1 Version 0.4.1 is the sixth generally-available stable release of Neubot, distributed for Ubuntu >= 10.04, MacOSX >= 10.6 and Windows >= XP SP3. It is also available in source format (.tar.gz and .zip). This release contains 92 patches. The diffstat says: 92 files changed, with 4851 lines inserted and 522 lines deleted. Here are the most relevant changes: o new installer for Mac that (i) installs Neubot as a daemon so that it runs at startup and (ii) shows privacy policy and asks for privacy permissions; see also <http://www.neubot.org/install-mac-os-x>; o new neubot/www/lang/en.js to start from in order to translate the web user interface to other languages; o more code rationalizations, bug fixes and unit tests. The release candidates have been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 and MacOSX 10.6. We've not been able to find a MacOSX 10.5 machine to test the new package, so we don't know whether the new installer has issues with such version. Packages and source archives available here: http://www.neubot.org/download ChangeLog here: https://raw.github.com/neubot/neubot/0.4.1/ChangeLog Commit history here: https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commits/0.4.1 SHA256sums here: https://raw.github.com/neubot/neubot-sha256s/master/0.4.1/SHA256 People that contributed to this release: Simone Basso Antonio Servetti Federico Morando Juan Carlos De Martin Alessio Palmero Aprosio Roberto D'Auria Thank you for your attention! -- Simone <http://www.neubot.org/people#basso>

Aug. 31, 2011

Rif: Re: Internet fa male alla rivoluzione?

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Aug. 31, 2011

Re: [nexa] Internet fa male alla rivoluzione?

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Si'. L'Atlantic Wire rimastica questo articolo del NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/business/media/in-times-of-unrest-social-… e per distinguersi, ci sbatte sopra un titolo cretino. Il NYTimes e' tutt'altro che perfetto (il recente linciaggio di Assange lo dimostra), ma certe schifezze nei titoli non le mette... ciao jc On 30/08/11 21:23, a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it wrote: > L'avete letto? > > > Study Finds the Internet Is Actually Bad for Revolutions > > > http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/08/internet-actually-bad-rev… > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Aug. 30, 2011

Internet fa male alla rivoluzione?

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Aug. 30, 2011

Re: [nexa] Mostra del Cinema di Venezia: il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società all'incontro sul diritto d'autore

by Blengino

Sperando di riuscire a tener alta la bandiera (della rete e del Centro), segnalo che l'incontro sarà l'8 settembre e non il 9. 08/09/2011 - ore 15:00 Digital Expo - Hotel Excelsior, Sala Stucchi IL MERCATO CHE NON C’E’ Autori, produttori, navigatori nell’isola del web Convegno promosso da SIAE, insieme ad ANICA e le Giornate degli Autori in collaborazione con «Nova/Il Sole 24 Ore» Vi aggiornerò. Carlo -----Original Message----- From: Giuseppe Futia <giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it> To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:59:23 +0200 Subject: [nexa] Mostra del Cinema di Venezia: il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società all'incontro sul diritto d'autore > In occasione della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia > <http://www.labiennale.org/it/cinema/>, il *9 settembre 2011* ANICA > insieme a SIAE e alle Giornate degli Autori e in collaborazione con "Il > Sole 24 Ore" organizzerà un confronto a tutto campo sulla tutela del > diritto d'autore, pochi giorni prima della chiusura della consultazione > pubblica <http://www.agcom.it/default.aspx?DocID=6693> aperta da Agcom > sullo schema di regolamento in materia di tutela del diritto d'autore > sulle reti di comunicazione elettronica - consultazione a cui il Centro > NEXA su Internet & Società parteciperà. > > Al dibattito interverranno l'avv. *Carlo Blengino*, Fellow del Centro > NEXA, *Gaetano Blandini*, DG SIAE, *Riccardo Tozzi*, Presidente di > ANICA, *Francesco Nonno*, V.P. Antitrust & Consumer Issues di Telecom > Italia, *Andrea Purgatori* per l'Associazione 100autori e il > giornalista > blogger *Luca Sofri*. > > Il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino è già > intervenuto in merito all'iniziativa Agcom, rispondendo alla prima > consultazione > <http://nexa.polito.it/risposta-consultazioneAGCOM-dirittoautore> del > febbraio 2011 e con un contributo di *Juan Carlos De Martin*, > co-direttore del Centro NEXA, alla newsletter di informazione Agcom di > luglio 2011 <http://www.agcom.it/default.aspx?DocID=6877>. >

Aug. 30, 2011

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia: il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società all'incontro sul diritto d'autore

by Giuseppe Futia

In occasione della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia <http://www.labiennale.org/it/cinema/>, il *9 settembre 2011* ANICA insieme a SIAE e alle Giornate degli Autori e in collaborazione con "Il Sole 24 Ore" organizzerà un confronto a tutto campo sulla tutela del diritto d'autore, pochi giorni prima della chiusura della consultazione pubblica <http://www.agcom.it/default.aspx?DocID=6693> aperta da Agcom sullo schema di regolamento in materia di tutela del diritto d'autore sulle reti di comunicazione elettronica - consultazione a cui il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società parteciperà. Al dibattito interverranno l'avv. *Carlo Blengino*, Fellow del Centro NEXA, *Gaetano Blandini*, DG SIAE, *Riccardo Tozzi*, Presidente di ANICA, *Francesco Nonno*, V.P. Antitrust & Consumer Issues di Telecom Italia, *Andrea Purgatori* per l'Associazione 100autori e il giornalista blogger *Luca Sofri*. Il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino è già intervenuto in merito all'iniziativa Agcom, rispondendo alla prima consultazione <http://nexa.polito.it/risposta-consultazioneAGCOM-dirittoautore> del febbraio 2011 e con un contributo di *Juan Carlos De Martin*, co-direttore del Centro NEXA, alla newsletter di informazione Agcom di luglio 2011 <http://www.agcom.it/default.aspx?DocID=6877>.

Aug. 30, 2011

Rif: Re: Fwd: [IP] Fwd: Dyson: What’s in a Domain Name?

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Aug. 30, 2011

Fwd: [IRP] Proposed Expert Panel on Human Rights and the Internet

by J.C. DE MARTIN

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IRP] Proposed Expert Panel on Human Rights and the Internet Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:01:19 +1200 From: Joy Liddicoat <joy(a)apc.org> To: <irp(a)lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org> Hi all -- an update following on from the Frank La Rue report to the UN Human Rights Council in June. The Swedish Government have picked up the civil society suggestion of an expert panel on human rights and the internet and will propose a resolution on this at the HRC 18the session in September. Check out: http://bit.ly/mTER64 Support for this resolution is important, so please spread the news through your contacts and encourage governments to vote in support. Joy Liddicoat Project Coordinator Internet Rights are Human Rights www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org> Tel: +64 21 263 2753 Skype id: joy.liddicoat Yahoo id: strategic(a)xtra.co.nz

Aug. 30, 2011