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Re: [nexa] Sequestrati i server di MegaUpload

by bernardo parrella

this tweet is really nice ;) https://twitter.com/#!/UNlTEDSTATES/status/160141063691042816 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CLOSED FOR REPAIRS ========== la situazione si riscalda: - Anonymous attacks WhiteHouse.gov after taking down Department of Justice and others http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/ - http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/releases/2012/jan/19/megaupload-takedow… - https://twitter.com/#!/search/megaupload ---------------------- On 1/19/12 12:43 PM, Paolo Brini wrote: > Le "autorità" americane, all'indomani della protesta contro SOPA e > PIPA, ricevono una tiratina di guinzaglio e sequestrano tutti i server > di MegaUpload in Virginia, in 4 diversi datacenter, in assenza di un > processo preliminare e in assenza del mandato di un giudice (ordine di > un procuratore federale, e come ho scritto e riscritto in passato > l'amministrazione Obama ha messo nelle posizioni chiave del > Dipartimento di Giustizia, inclusa la carica di Vice Procuratore > Generale, cinque avvocati della RIAA). > > La mancanza di prudenza di un'organizzazione come Megaupload > (tredicesimo sito al mondo per traffico e fatturato stratosferico, > nella realtà del web commerciale probabilmente solo inferiore a Google > e pochi altri) di tenere server in un paese pericoloso come gli Stati > Uniti è costata cara. Ogni giorno di down implica milioni e milioni di > dollari di danno. > > Questa azione dimostra anche che le autorità americane non hanno > bisogno di leggi come SOPA e PIPA per agire con sequestri > indiscriminati in assenza di un mandato di un giudice, e spero aprirà > gli occhi a coloro che ancora si illudono che gran parte del DoJ non > sia completamente controllato dall'"industria del copyright". > > Dimostra altresì quale potrà essere la realtà se continueremo a > tollerare, anche nell'Unione Europea, le menzogne e falsità prive di > qualsiasi riscontro oggettivo e non supportate da nessuna analisi > scientifica che l'industria del copyright continua a diffondere. > Soprattutto, se permetteremo a questo cancro che rallenta > l'innovazione di crescere e di continuare a piazzare in posizioni > decisionali chiave i propri "agenti patogeni" (mi riferisco a chi è la > direttrice del Copyright Office alla Commissione Europea, l'ho scritto > tipo 10 volte qui quindi non mi attardo ulteriormente). > > <http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-file-sharing-websi…> > > Ciao, > Paolo > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > -- thanks, ciao --b.

Jan. 20, 2012

Re: [nexa] Sequestrati i server di MegaUpload

by bernardo parrella

la situazione si riscalda: - Anonymous attacks WhiteHouse.gov after taking down Department of Justice and others http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/ - http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/releases/2012/jan/19/megaupload-takedow… - https://twitter.com/#!/search/megaupload ---------------------- On 1/19/12 12:43 PM, Paolo Brini wrote: > Le "autorità" americane, all'indomani della protesta contro SOPA e > PIPA, ricevono una tiratina di guinzaglio e sequestrano tutti i server > di MegaUpload in Virginia, in 4 diversi datacenter, in assenza di un > processo preliminare e in assenza del mandato di un giudice (ordine di > un procuratore federale, e come ho scritto e riscritto in passato > l'amministrazione Obama ha messo nelle posizioni chiave del > Dipartimento di Giustizia, inclusa la carica di Vice Procuratore > Generale, cinque avvocati della RIAA). > > La mancanza di prudenza di un'organizzazione come Megaupload > (tredicesimo sito al mondo per traffico e fatturato stratosferico, > nella realtà del web commerciale probabilmente solo inferiore a Google > e pochi altri) di tenere server in un paese pericoloso come gli Stati > Uniti è costata cara. Ogni giorno di down implica milioni e milioni di > dollari di danno. > > Questa azione dimostra anche che le autorità americane non hanno > bisogno di leggi come SOPA e PIPA per agire con sequestri > indiscriminati in assenza di un mandato di un giudice, e spero aprirà > gli occhi a coloro che ancora si illudono che gran parte del DoJ non > sia completamente controllato dall'"industria del copyright". > > Dimostra altresì quale potrà essere la realtà se continueremo a > tollerare, anche nell'Unione Europea, le menzogne e falsità prive di > qualsiasi riscontro oggettivo e non supportate da nessuna analisi > scientifica che l'industria del copyright continua a diffondere. > Soprattutto, se permetteremo a questo cancro che rallenta > l'innovazione di crescere e di continuare a piazzare in posizioni > decisionali chiave i propri "agenti patogeni" (mi riferisco a chi è la > direttrice del Copyright Office alla Commissione Europea, l'ho scritto > tipo 10 volte qui quindi non mi attardo ulteriormente). > > <http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-file-sharing-websi…> > > Ciao, > Paolo > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > -- thanks, ciao --b.

Jan. 20, 2012

Paper by Kundra: "Digital Fuel of the 21st Century: Innovation through Open Data and the Network Effect"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Digital Fuel of the 21st Century: Innovation through Open Data and the Network Effect http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d… Vivek Kundra <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/fellowships/fellows_2011_fall.html#vive…> Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2011 Executive Vice President of Emerging Markets, Salesforce.com*; *Former U.S. Chief Information Officer Read the full paper (PDF) <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…>. *Excerpt:* *A Shift in Power* In the information economy, data is power and we face a choice between democratizing it and holding on to it for an asymmetrical advantage. For example, before a 13-year race to crack the code of life was complete,^1 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> a team of international scientists gathered in Bermuda to discuss the strategy for managing the Human Genome Project data. They made a set of critical decisions to make the human genome data freely available in the public domain. These decisions came to be known as the "Bermuda Principles."^2 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> This decision gave rise to an ecosystem of scientists and companies that have advanced everything from personalized medicine to creating economic activity that improves the human condition. In today's age of information, data is supremely important. We generate and store more data today than any other time in history. In fact, data is predicted to continue along its exponential growth curve to 1.8 zettabytes in 2011. To get a sense of this exponential growth, a zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes; that's 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.^3 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> If this data isn't sliced, diced and cubed to separate signal from noise, it can be useless. But, when made available to the public and combined with the network effect---defined by Reed's Law,^4 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> which asserts that the utility <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility> of large networks <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Network>, particularly social networks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network>, can scale exponentially <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth> with the size of the network---society has the potential to drive massive social, political and economic change. In today's world, open data leveraged by networks is the fuel that powers important decisions at each level of society---from government, to business, to community, to households---but it is also a product of our every activity at every level of our existence. Channeling the power of this open data and the network effect can help: 1. Fight government corruption, improve accountability and enhance government services 2. Change the default setting of government to open, transparent and participatory 3. Create new models of journalism to separate signal from noise to provide meaningful insights 4. Launch multi-billion dollar businesses based on public sector data Technology enables the disruption of institutions that was structurally not even possible before. The adoption of social, mobile and cloud technologies is lowering the co-efficient of friction and giving rise to the network effect that has already changed the power dynamics between large institutions and the people. Facebook has more than 800 million active users^5 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> and Twitter has over 100 million active users.^6 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> These are still early days in the social space when you consider that there are approximately 7 billion people^7 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> in the world and 5 billion people^8 <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> with mobile devices that enable them to connect in ways that were impossible just years ago. The ability of 5 billion people to instrument the world and share their experiences in a low-cost manner has forever shifted power away from the hands of the few to the network. 1. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> U.S. Department of Energy, "The Human Genome Project," http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml. 2. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> Michael Nielson, /Reinventing/ /Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science/ (Princeton University Press, 2011), 7. 3. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> Juan Enriquez, "The Glory of Big Data." /Popular Science/, October 31, 2011, http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-10/glory-big-data. 4. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> David P. Reed, "The Law of the Pack," /Harvard Business Review/, (2001): 1. 5. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> Facebook, "Facebook Statistics," http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics. 6. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> Twitter, "One hundred million voices," http://blog.twitter.com/2011/09/one-hundred-million-voices.html. 7. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> Census Bureau, "U.S. & World Population Clocks," http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html. 8. <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…> BBC News, "Over 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide," http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10569081. Read the full paper (PDF) <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d…>.

Jan. 20, 2012

si può PRETENDERE nome e indirizzo per fornire un link...

by M. Fioretti

... a una pagina web pubblica da cui si scarica senza dover fornire alcun dato personale un libro gratuito (oltretutto, anche se non credo che importi, con licenza CC)? http://stop.zona-m.net/2012/01/can-you-demand-my-name-to-give-me-a-public-l… grazie in anticipo agli avvocati in lista che vorranno condividere i loro pareri nei commenti, con gli altri lettori, e per passare la domanda ovunque riteniate opportuno. Marco -- Digital Rights courses and publications: http://mfioretti.com

Jan. 19, 2012

OECD Adopts Recommendation for Internet Policy Making Principles

by J.C. DE MARTIN

OECD Adopts Recommendation for Internet Policy Making Principles Posted by Karen Kornbluh <http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/by_author/kkornbluh/> / January 14, 2012 URL: http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/oecd_internet_policy_making_pri… /*Karen Kornbluh <http://usoecd.usmission.gov/mission/leadership.html> serves as U.S. Ambassador to the OECD. */ The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) finished 2011 with an important step in international efforts to ensure the Internet remains an open platform that is secure and reliable, continuing to spur free expression and association, innovation, prosperity and job creation. As part of its mission to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world, OECD members adopted a Recommendation of the Council on Principles for Internet Policy Making <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/11/58/49258588.pdf>. The Recommendation was born at a U.S.-initiated high-level meeting <http://usoecd.usmission.gov/june2011_internet2.html> earlier this year. It was developed through the OECD's multilateral consensus-based process and is a successful follow-on to the June 28-29 High Level Meeting on the Internet Economy. A Communique' was agreed to by the member countries, Egypt, businesses, and Internet technical advisory groups, setting the principles to guide Internet-related policy making. This is an important deliverable on the U.S. open Internet agenda. In May, President Obama issued the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/16/launching-us-international-strate…>, an agenda for safeguarding the single Internet. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has developed a groundbreaking Internet freedom agenda <http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/12/178511.htm>, a principled approach to preserving the freedom to connect -- the freedoms of expression, association and assembly online -- and to ensuring that the Internet can be a platform for commerce, debate, learning and innovation in the 21st century. The stakes are high. According to McKinsey and Associates, over the past five years, the Internet has been responsible for 21 percent of the growth in mature economies and has created 2.6 jobs for every job it has displaced. Its power to generate innovation is rivaled only by its potential to help people realize their rights and democratic aspirations, as the Arab Spring demonstrated. According to McKinsey, this platform produced more growth in its first 15 years than the Industrial Revolution did in its first 50. The United States plans to work with others to continue building consensus for global norms that promote a free future for the Internet.

Jan. 19, 2012

Sequestrati i server di MegaUpload

by Paolo Brini

Jan. 19, 2012

Re: [nexa] Una vera smart city?

by Stefano Quintarelli

crfr proposta per milano http://is.gd/TcztzG On 19/01/2012 20:53, Irene Cassarino wrote: > > Kuala Lumpur Mandates WiFi for All Restaurants > > > In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, many still enjoy a simple breakfast of coffee > and toast from modest and traditional-looking coffee shops for under RM2 > (about 65 cents), while reading newspapers or chit-chatting with friends > or family on a lazy morning. > Currently, those that want wireless Internet services along with their > meals usually opt to go to more expensive cafes such as Starbucks or > restaurants in shopping malls. > However, the pattern may change with a new ruling for almost all > restaurants in the city to provide wireless Internet services. > *In efforts to make Kuala Lumpur a city with full wireless Internet > (WiFi) coverage, the city government recently required all food and > beverage outlets to provide such services to customers by April this year.* > > The requirement is mandatory for all new food operators with premises > bigger than 120 square meters in floor size, when they apply for an > operating licence. Existing vendors must provide the service before they > can renew their business licence. > > [...] > > Enfasi mia. Tutto l'articolo al seguente link: > http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Kuala-Lumpur-Mandates-WiFi-for-All… > > -- > > Irene Cassarino > m +39 339 3723401 > e irene.cassarino(a)gmail.com <mailto:irene.cassarino@gmail.com> > w www.thedoersproject.com <http://www.thedoersproject.com/> > t @doersproject > a via San Domenico 30,Turin, Italy > V IT 10048450018 > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa -- blog.quintarelli.it www.ilsole24ore.com

Jan. 19, 2012

Una vera smart city?

by Irene Cassarino

Kuala Lumpur Mandates WiFi for All Restaurants In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, many still enjoy a simple breakfast of coffee and toast from modest and traditional-looking coffee shops for under RM2 (about 65 cents), while reading newspapers or chit-chatting with friends or family on a lazy morning. Currently, those that want wireless Internet services along with their meals usually opt to go to more expensive cafes such as Starbucks or restaurants in shopping malls. However, the pattern may change with a new ruling for almost all restaurants in the city to provide wireless Internet services. *In efforts to make Kuala Lumpur a city with full wireless Internet (WiFi) coverage, the city government recently required all food and beverage outlets to provide such services to customers by April this year.* The requirement is mandatory for all new food operators with premises bigger than 120 square meters in floor size, when they apply for an operating licence. Existing vendors must provide the service before they can renew their business licence. [...] Enfasi mia. Tutto l'articolo al seguente link: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Kuala-Lumpur-Mandates-WiFi-for-All… -- Irene Cassarino m +39 339 3723401 e irene.cassarino(a)gmail.com w www.thedoersproject.com t @doersproject a via San Domenico 30,Turin, Italy V IT 10048450018

Jan. 19, 2012

Kopimism

by Luca Belli

Mentre negli USA si discutono SOPA e PIPA, le autorità svedesi riconoscono il Kopimism, nuova religione che considera sacra l'informazione e la sua diffusione (i.e. file sharing) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16424659 http://www.numerama.com/magazine/21197-kopimism-la-religion-de-la-copie-pou… Buona lettura! Luca Belli Doctorant en Droit PublicCERSA,Université Panthéon-AssasSorbonne University

Jan. 19, 2012

SOPA: The Pirate Bay press release

by Paolo Brini

<https://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/sopa.txt> Ciao, Paolo P.S. In caso viviate in paesi governati da regimi ostili alla libertà di espressione e/o servi dell'industria del copyright, potreste non riuscire ad accedere alla pagina sopra linkata. In questo caso potete clickare qui: <https://9000tunnels.appspot.com/static.thepiratebay.org/legal/sopa.txt>

Jan. 19, 2012