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Sequestrati i server di MegaUpload
by Paolo Brini Jan. 20, 2012

Jan. 20, 2012

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Paper by Kundra: "Digital Fuel of the 21st Century: Innovation through Open Data and the Network Effect"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 20, 2012

Jan. 20, 2012

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…>.

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si può PRETENDERE nome e indirizzo per fornire un link...
by M. Fioretti Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

... 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

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OECD Adopts Recommendation for Internet Policy Making Principles
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

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.

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Kopimism
by Luca Belli Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

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

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SOPA: The Pirate Bay press release
by Paolo Brini Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

<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>

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Lanier su Stop SOPA
by fabio chiusi Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

come di consueto, prende una posizione tutta sua: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/opinion/sopa-boycotts-and-the-false-ideal… che ne dite? f.

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TechDirt: "Supreme Court Chooses SOPA/PIPA Protest Day To Give A Giant Middle Finger To The Public Domain"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

Scusate il titolo, ovviamente non mio. juan carlos Supreme Court Chooses SOPA/PIPA Protest Day To Give A Giant Middle Finger To The Public Domain from the /ridiculous/ dept We've been talking about the Golan case, and its possible impact on culture <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110602/02304214514/why-golan-case-matter…>, for years. If you're unfamiliar with it, it's the third in a line of cases, starting with the Eldred case, to challenge aspects of copyright law as violating the First Amendment. The key point in the case was questioning whether or not the US could take works /out of the public domain/ and put them under copyright. The US had argued it needed to do this under a trade agreement to make other countries respect our copyrights. Of course, for those who were making use of those public domain works, it sure seemed like a way to unfairly lock up works that belonged to the public. It was difficult to see how retroactively taking works out of the public domain could fit into the traditional contours of copyright law... but today, on the day of the big SOPA/PIPA protests... that's exactly what happened <http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf> (pdf). The ruling is ridiculously depressing. [...] Continua qui: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/09090217454/supreme-court-chooses…

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R: Rodotà: "IL VALORE DEI BENI COMUNI" (La Repubblica, 5 gennaio 2012)
by agatalotauro＠libero.it Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

E' un tema che mi sta molto a cuore, grazie. Un esempio di bene comune me lo da anche www.avsi.org (vi piace come esempio?) Ad maiora, Agata demartin(a)polito.it wrote on 19-gen-2012 1.45 A: "nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it"<nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Ogg: [nexa] Rodotà: "IL VALORE DEI BENI COMUNI" (La Repubblica, 5 gennaio 2012) Nel caso vi fosse sfuggito, importante intervento di Stefano Rodotà (garante NEXA) sul tema dei beni comuni. juan carlos IL VALORE DEI BENI COMUNI 05 gennaio 2012 — pagina 26 sezione: COMMENTI Si può dire che il 2011 sia stato l' anno (anche) dei beni comuni. Espressione, questa, fino a poco tempo fa assente nella discussione pubblica, del tutto priva d' interesse per la politica, anche se il premio Nobel per l' economia era stato assegnato nel 2009 a Elinor Ostrom proprio peri suoi studi in questa materia. Poi, quasi all' improvviso, l' Italia ha cominciato ad essere percorsa da quella che Franco Cassano aveva chiamato la "ragionevole follia dei beni comuni". E questo è avvenuto perché la forza delle cose ha imposto un mutamento dell' agenda politica con il referendum sull' acqua come "bene comune". Da quel momento in poi è stato tutto un succedersi di iniziative concrete e di riflessioni teoriche, che hanno portato alla scoperta di un mondo nuovoe all' estensione di quel riferimento ai casi più disparati. Si parla di beni comuni per l' acqua e per la conoscenza, per la Rai e per il teatro Valle occupato, per l' impresa,e via elencando. Nelle pagine culturali di un quotidiano campeggiava qualche mese fa un titolo perentorio: "I poeti sono un bene comune". L' inflazione non è un pericolo soltanto in economia. Si impone, quindi, un bisogno di distinzionee di chiarimento, proprio per impedire che un uso inflattivo dell' espressione la depotenzi. [...] Continua qui: http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/01/05/il-v…

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CFP: Wikipedia Academy: Research and Free Knowledge
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

*Wikipedia Academy: Research and Free Knowledge.* *June 29 - July 1 2012, Berlin.* http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page The free online Encyclopedia Wikipedia answers questions of millions of users every day. Wikipedia's mere existence, growth, (social and technical) functioning and quality also raises an enormous number of research questions. The "Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge" provides a platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in particular and on free knowledge in general. The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will take place in Berlin, June 29 to July 1, 2012. The event will be open to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats, ranging from panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, poster presentations and a science fair. We particularly encourage young doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit extended abstracts. For research paper and poster sessions, we encourage the submission of extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia and free knowledge. Find our *Call for Papers <http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process>* here. Topics of interest Wikipedia Analytics * Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool * Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data" * Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles Wikipedia Global * Relations and Differences between different Wikipedia language versions * Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies * Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons Sharing Cultures and Practices * Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based peer production * Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production * Wiki theory and wiki practices Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia * Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia * Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open collaborative settings * Using information visualization as information instrument to users and contributors Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge * Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access to free knowledge * Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination in Wikipedia * The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other collaborative forms of knowledge production

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