February 2012 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Crawford: "The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/the-case-for-publicly-owned-intern… <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/the-case-for-publicly-owned-intern…> Logo_post_b Print <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-02-15/the-case-for-publicly-owned-…> Back to story <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/the-case-for-publicly-owned-intern…> The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service: Susan P. Crawford By Susan P. Crawford - Feb 14, 2012 In cities and towns across the U.S., a familiar story is replaying itself: Powerful companies are preventing local governments from providing an essential service to their citizens. More than 100 years ago, it was electricity. Today, it is the public provision of communications services. The Georgia <http://topics.bloomberg.com/georgia/> legislature is currently considering a bill <http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/display/20112012/SB/313> that would effectively make it impossible for any city in the state to provide for high-speed Internet access networks -- even in areas in which the private sector cannot or will not. Nebraska <http://topics.bloomberg.com/nebraska/>, North Carolina <http://topics.bloomberg.com/north-carolina/>, Louisiana <http://topics.bloomberg.com/louisiana/>, Arkansas <http://topics.bloomberg.com/arkansas/> and Tennessee <http://topics.bloomberg.com/tennessee/> already have similar laws in place. South Carolina is considering one, as is Florida <http://www.coalitionfortheneweconomy.org/blog/2011/11/florida-pro-business-…>. Mayors across the U.S. are desperate to attract good jobs and provide residents with educational opportunities, access to affordable health care, and other benefits that depend on affordable, fast connectivity -- something that people in other industrialized countries take for granted. But powerful incumbent providers such as AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are hamstringing municipalities. At the beginning of the 20th century, private power companies electrified only the most lucrative population centers and ignored most of America <http://www.baller.com/library-art-history.html>, particularly rural America. By the mid-1920s, 15 holding companies controlled 85 percent of the nation's electricity distribution, and the Federal Trade Commission found that the power trusts routinely gouged consumers.

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“The Media World after WikiLeaks"
by Andrea Cairola Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

Cari tutti, segnalo la conferenza “The Media World after WikiLeaks": http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/wikileaks_agend… http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-… Buona giornata Andrea

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Fwd: [Scuola] E-book nelle scuole della Liguria
by meo Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

è quanto auspicavamo da tempo. Sarebbe opportuno estendere l'iniziativa a livello nazionale. Raf -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Scuola] E-book nelle scuole della Liguria Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:38:28 +0100 From: Cristian Consonni <kikkocristian(a)gmail.com> To: Software Libero nella Scuola <scuola(a)lists.linux.it> Reply-To: Software Libero nella Scuola <scuola(a)lists.linux.it> http://www.ligurianotizie.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7… Enjoy. Cristian _______________________________________________ scuola mailing list scuola(a)lists.linux.it http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/scuola

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Twitter sued over Hardy tweet
by fabio chiusi Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

TWITTER is being sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law. Joshua Meggitt, the Melbourne man wrongly named by writer and TV identity Marieke Hardy as the author of a hate blog dedicated to her, is now suing Twitter Inc itself. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/twitter-sued-over-hardy… f.

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ACTA: Comm. Reding supports asking ECJ opinion on EU law compatibility
by Paolo Brini Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

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La Repubblica: L'Unesco non invita Wikileaks al convegno sui media dopo i cablo
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

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CGUE: Escluso il filtro generale sulle opere scambiate dagli utenti del social network (sentenza C-360/10)
by Marco Ciurcina Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

Il gestore di una rete sociale in linea non può essere costretto a predisporre un sistema di filtraggio generale, riguardante tutti i suoi utenti, per prevenire l’utilizzo illecito di opere musicali e audiovisive Un simile obbligo non rispetterebbe il divieto di imporre a detto gestore un obbligo generale di sorveglianza, né l’esigenza di garantire il giusto equilibrio tra la tutela del diritto d’autore, da un lato, e la libertà d’impresa, il diritto alla protezione dei dati personali e la libertà di ricevere o comunicare informazioni, dall’altro (Sentenza nella causa C‑360/10, Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers (SABAM) / Netlog NV)

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[Nexa] EU Court of Justice issues positive ruling the SABAM vs. Netlog case
by Marco Pancini Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

The owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system, covering all its users, in order to prevent the unlawful use of musical and audio-visual work Such an obligation would not be respecting the prohibition to impose on that provider a general obligation to monitor nor the requirement that a fair balance be struck between the protection of copyright, on the one hand, and the freedom to conduct business, the right to protection of personal data and the freedom to receive or impart information, on the other http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-02/cp120011en.… -- Marco Pancini | Senior Policy Counsel | pancini(a)google.com | +32.28948492 +32.473531203 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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Re: [nexa] nexa Digest, Vol 34, Issue 12
by m.bellezza＠oppic.it Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

Salve a tutti, segnalo la pubblicazione di uno studio della CMCS della Central European University sulle proposte di riforma della legislazione ungherese sui media. Si tratta, in particolare, di un'analisi delle proposte formulate dal governo ungherese negli scorsi mesi alla luce delle discipline nazionali dei principali Stati membri dell'UE. Di seguito il link per il download dello studio: https://cmcs.ceu.hu/news/2012-01-05/new-study-hungarian-media-laws-in-europ… Buona giornata, Marco Bellezza Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it A: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Cc: Data: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:02 +0100 Oggetto: nexa Digest, Vol 34, Issue 12 > Send nexa mailing list submissions to > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nexa-owner(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of nexa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. A future leading case? (a_danni(a)libero.it) > 2. La procura di Roma vuole vederci chiaro nella faccenda del > fondo Pensioni SIAE... (a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it) > 3. Op-ed sul NYT e relativa analisi by TechDirt (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 4. Report: "The Sky is Rising" (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 5. Infografica sul Digital Divide (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 6. Re: Infografica sul Digital Divide (Stefano Quintarelli) > 7. Seminario sul cloud, interviene il Garante (MANTELERO ALESSANDRO) > 8. off topic, ma giusto di scenario (Stefano Quintarelli) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:07:58 +0100 (CET) > From: "a_danni(a)libero.it" > Subject: [nexa] A future leading case? > To: Nexa > Message-ID: > <22214236.18599081328724478705.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8" > > Buonasera a tutti, sono un novellino della vostra mailing list, ma vi seguo con > molto interesse. (merito del prof. Ricolfi). > Sono incappato in questa notizia. Secondo voi esperti, il caso ha qualche > prospettiva di sviluppo? > Ammetto che ne sono divertito. > > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/can-porn-be-copyrighted-one- > file-sharing-defendant-says-no.ars > > Andrea > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:13:51 +0100 > From: a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it > Subject: [nexa] La procura di Roma vuole vederci chiaro nella faccenda > del fondo Pensioni SIAE... > To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:11 -0500 > From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" > Subject: [nexa] Op-ed sul NYT e relativa analisi by TechDirt > To: "nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it" > Message-ID: <4F33113B.8020908(a)polito.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > > Op-Ed Contributor > > > What Wikipedia Won't Tell You > > > By CARY H. SHERMAN > > > Published: February 7, 2012 > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.html > > THE digital tsunami that swept over the Capitol last month, forcing > Congress to set aside legislation to combat the online piracy of > American music, movies, books and other creative works, raised questions > about how the democratic process functions in the digital age. > > > RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And > Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA > > > from the /new-tone?/ dept > > Remember all that talk of how the supporters of SOPA/PIPA were "humbled" > > by the protests of January 18th, and how they had learned their lessons > > about trying to push through a bill without actually involving the > stakeholders? Remember the talk of how they hoped a new tone > > could be found in the debate? Yeah. > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/01453517694/riaa-totally-out-touc… > > >

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"La pecorina" va su Nature
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

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