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I: [opennetcoalition] Gallo pro-ACTA Opinion Must Be Rejected
by G.Battista Frontera April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

> -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: opennetcoalition-bounces(a)laquadrature.net > [mailto:opennetcoalition-bounces@laquadrature.net] Per conto > di La Quadrature du Net > Inviato: martedì 24 aprile 2012 16.25 > A: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net > Oggetto: [opennetcoalition] Gallo pro-ACTA Opinion Must Be Rejected > > Themes: ACTA, MARIELLE GALLO, EU PARLIAMENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADE > > La Quadrature du Net For immediate release > > Permanent link: > https://www.laquadrature.net/en/gallo-pro-acta-opinion-must-be > -rejected > > > Gallo pro-ACTA Opinion Must Be Rejected > > > > *** Brussels, April 24th, 2012 - Marielle Gallo's draft > opinion report, urging for the adoption of ACTA may be about > to be adopted by the Legal Affairs committee of the EU > Parliament. This opinion, full of approximations and > analytical mistakes, will be put to vote on Thursday. It must > be opposed by her colleagues. Citizens can help. *** > > The rapporteur of ACTA in the Legal Affairs (JURI) > committee Marielle Gallo (France, EPP), famous for her > extreme positions [1] on online copyright enforcement, issued > her draft opinion report [2]. > > Unsurprisingly, the latter is a fierceful defence of ACTA > relying on gross misinterpretations of the agreement. It > concludes by calling on the International Affairs (INTA) > committee to approve ACTA. > > Many of Mrs. Gallo's claims do not resist scrutiny, as La > Quadrature points out in a memo [3] sent to JURI members. In > trying to present ACTA as a legitimate agreement, she makes > several analytical errors and concludes that ACTA respects EU > law. This is contradicted by several independant analysis [4] > carried on by scholars, NGOs and public institutions. > > Mrs. Gallo bases her draft report on two opinions of the > European Parliament legal services, which she says are > publicly available. But these two opinions are actually > heavily redacted and many pages had been left blank. The EU > Parliament refused to publish them in full, not redacted > form, saying that such release would seriously interfere > with the complex ratification process [5]. So much for transparency! > > The draft opinion's flaws are all the more a source of > concern considering that the JURI committee declined to open > this draft report for amendments. In the face of Mrs. Gallo's > draft, the JURI committee has no choice but to re-open her > opinion report to amendments or reject it altogether. > Citizens and MEPs must remain watchful of the correctness of > voting conditions [6]. > > Marielle Gallo is known for her extreme positions on > copyright enforcement, and she persists in denying the > dangers of privatised censorship for fundamental rights. Her > stubborn defence of ACTA should come as no surprise, but her > colleagues in the JURI committee must absolutely oppose her > dogmatism by rejecting her report.", says Jérémie Zimmermann, > spokesperson for the citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. > > Until Thursday, you can get in touch with your MEPs in the > JURI committee and make sure they take your views into > account when voting on their report on ACTA, by using the Pi > Phone [7]. > > > > > * References * > > 1. > http://www.laquadrature.net/en/gallo-report-adopted-a-stab-in- > the-back-of-citizens-freedoms > > 2. > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NO > NSGML+COMPARL+PE-487.684+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN > > 3. > http://www.laquadrature.net/files/LQDN_20120424_Memo_on_Gallo_ > ACTA_Report.pdf > > 4. http://www.iri.uni-hannover.de/acta-1668.html > > 5. See : http://acta.ffii.org/?p=904 More recently, the EU > Parliament's Vice President has said the Parliament was under > "certain obligation concerning due and successful > ratification of ACTA": http://acta.ffii.org/?p=1216 > > 6. http://tacd-ip.org/archives/602 > > 7. https://piphone.lqdn.fr/ > > > > > > > ** About la Quadrature du Net ** > > > La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends the > rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More > specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and > European legislations to respect the founding principles of > the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. > > In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to > foster a better understanding of legislative processes among > citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and > tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' > participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in > the digital age. > > La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and > international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier > Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. > > List of supporting organisations: > https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net > > > ** Press contact and press room ** > > Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 > > http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opennetcoalition mailing list > Opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net > https://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opennetcoalition > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous > content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >

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Fwd: [opennetcoalition] EU Privacy Watchdog Slams ACTA. Again.
by Paolo Brini April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

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Demystifying social media
by gianluca quaglia April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

Demystifying social media https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Demystifying_social_media_2958 -- dott. Quaglia GianLuca tel/fax 011 3170574 cell 3332273543 www.gianlucaquaglia.it

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Fw: [Creis_Terminal] Logiciel libre
by Mariella Berra April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

----- Original Message ----- From: Chantal richard To: CREIS Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:06 AM Subject: [Creis_Terminal] Logiciel libre Les Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre 2012 se dérouleront à Genève du 9 au 12 juillet. chantal richard -- Cordialement Chantal Richard Vice-présidente de CREIS-Terminal (Centre de coordination pour la Recherche et l'Enseignement en Informatique et Société et Revue Terminal) sites web : http://www.lecreis.org/ http://www.revue-terminal.org contact(a)lecreis.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Creis_terminal mailing list Creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org https://listes.globenet.org/listinfo/creis_terminal

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Conclusioni dell'avvocato generale nella causa C-128/11
by Blengino April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012

L'avvocato generale Bot ritiene che i creatori di programmi per elaboratore possano opporsi alla rivendita delle loro licenze "usate" che consentono di scaricare (download) nuovamente i programmi medesimi su Internet http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19467207/CP120049IT_Rivendita%20licenze%20usate%20pe r%20scaricare%20programmi%20su%20Internet%20%282%29.doc

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Incontro "Etica e Proprietà intellettuale" - 26 aprile 2012 ore 15.30, Centro Congressi Torino Incontra
by Giuseppe Futia April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012

** *"Etica e Proprietà intellettuale"* http://www.to.camcom.it/Page/t17/view_html?idp=14449 *Giovedì 26 aprile 2012 **dalle 15.30 alle 17.30 **via Nino Costa 8 **Sala Giolitti **Centro Congressi Torino Incontra* In occasione della *Giornata mondiale della Proprietà intellettuale* il Centro PATLIB della Camera di Commercio di Torino propone una tavola rotonda fra consulenti in Proprietà industriale, economisti, avvocati, imprenditori ed istituzioni. I relatori si confronteranno interrogandosi sugli strumenti di tutela, intesi come "monopolio a tempo determinato" sull'innovazione, riconosciuto all'inventore, che talvolta si identifica in una multinazionale o in un grande centro di ricerca, e sul vantaggio sociale della libera circolazione delle innovazioni, tecniche e non, nel mercato mondiale, che, però, attualmente, non è a "concorrenza perfetta". Senza il monopolio intellettuale, l'innovazione sarebbe impossibile? E i mercati come reagirebbero? Ad oggi manca una comune e nuova visione di obiettivi e metodi per la regolamentazione dei risultati della ricerca e della conseguente innovazione tecnologica, quindi è sul piano degli strumenti giuridici esistenti che vanno ricercati dei rimedi di equilibrato compromesso tra le contrastanti esigenze. L'attenzione verrà focalizzata in particolare sulle innovazioni tecniche nei settori delle tecnologie emergenti, sulla gestione della Proprietà intellettuale nei progetti di ricerca e sviluppo condotti dal sistema universitario e sugli strumenti contrattuali (le licenze di software libero, le licenze Creative Commons e così via) che mirano ad un utilizzo "etico" dei diritti di Proprietà intellettuale, senza rinnegarli. *Programma:* 15.00 Registrazione dei partecipanti 15.30 Saluti istituzionali 15.45 Tavola rotonda 17.30 Chiusura dei lavori *Partecipano alla tavola rotonda*: Moderatore: *Luciano Bosotti*, Presidente dell'Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà industriale *Mario Aprà*, consulente in Proprietà industriale *Michele Boldrin*, docente e direttore del Dipartimento di Economia, Washington University in Saint Louis *Domenico Laforgia*, rettore dell'Università del Salento e consulente in Proprietà industriale *Massimo Travostino*, avvocato e fellow del Centro Nexa su Internet & Società La partecipazione al seminario è gratuita, fino ad esaurimento dei posti e previa iscrizione on line all'indirizzo www.promopoint.to.camcom.it/ <http://www.promopoint.to.camcom.it/>

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Internet e democrazia, domani a Roma
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012

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Internet e Democrazia il 20 aprile a Roma alla Fondazione Basso
by de petra giulio April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012

Il 20 aprile a Roma, dalle 15 alle 19, una occasione per discutere di Internet e Democrazia con Rodotà alla Fondazione Basso Di seguito la presentazione dell'incontro. Internet e democrazia Incontro seminariale Aprono la discussione Stefano Rodotà, Sara Bentivegna, Luca De Biase, Juan Carlos De Martin, Fiorella De Cindio, Giulio De Petra, Arturo Di Corinto, Carlo Formenti Internet è oggi al tempo stesso oggetto e strumento del conflitto politico. Oggetto, perché sul governo della rete e sulla proprietà dei contenuti che la percorrono operatori di telecomunicazioni, intermediari di contenuti e gestori di reti sociali confrontano duramente i loro diversi modelli di profitto, cercando di arruolare nelle proprie file i diversi interessi della moltitudine della rete. Strumento, perché è tramite Internet che si organizza l'azione politica di chi si ribella contro la dittatura e la partecipazione delle comunità che provano a governare i beni comuni, ma anche si sperimentano nuove e mirate forme di controllo politico e sociale. Con questo incontro la Fondazione Basso riapre il cantiere della ricerca sul cambiamento che Internet produce nella teoria e nella pratica della democrazia. Venerdì 20 aprile 2012, ore 15,00 – 19,00 Sala conferenze Fondazione Basso Via Dogana Vecchia 5 Roma Tel. 06-6879953; fax 06-68307516 basso(a)fondazionebasso.it - www.fondazionebasso.it

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Fw: [Creis_Terminal] Parution - The Digital Public Domain: Foundationsfor an Open Culture
by Mariella Berra April 22, 2012

April 22, 2012

with compliment ciao m ----- Original Message ----- From: melanie dulong To: creis Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:36 PM Subject: [Creis_Terminal] Parution - The Digital Public Domain: Foundationsfor an Open Culture The Digital Public Domain Foundations for an Open Culture Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, Juan Carlos De Martin (eds), Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK, 2012, 220 p. Alors que la technologie numérique rend la culture plus accessible que jamais, les droits relatifs à l'usage des biens culturels deviennent plus restrictifs. Face à cette évolution paradoxale, des chercheurs, universitaires, bibliothécaires, entrepreneurs, militants et décideurs politiques, réunis au sein du projet Communia, financé de 2007 à 2011 par l'Union Européenne et à l'origine de l'association internationale Communia sur le domaine public numérique, ouvrent la discussion et apportent des solutions concrètes à la difficile question de la régulation de la culture à l'ère numérique. Cet ouvrage, composé d'articles théoriques sur l'histoire du droit d'auteur et du domaine public, et d'études de cas de projets récents qui se sont engagés avec les principes d'accès ouvert et les licences Creative Commons, est une lecture essentielle pour quiconque s'intéresse au débat sur les droits d'auteur et Internet. Ouvrage sous licence Creative Commons, la version pdf est en libre accès (en anglais). Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use — copyright and related rights — have become increasingly restrictive. This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project which is at the origin of Communia International Association on the Public Domain. Together the authors argue that the Public Domain - that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information - is fundamental to a healthy society. The essays range from more theoretical papers on the history of copyright and the Public Domain, to practical examples and case studies of recent projects that have engaged with the principles of Open Access and Creative Commons licensing. Under a CC Attribution license, the PDF edition is free. [ Download free pdf ] [ Site web ISCC ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Creis_terminal mailing list Creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org https://listes.globenet.org/listinfo/creis_terminal

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Economist: "When research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge"
by J.C. DE MARTIN April 22, 2012

April 22, 2012

Academic publishing Open sesame When research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge Apr 14th 2012 | from the print edition PUBLISHING obscure academic journals is that rare thing in the media industry: a licence to print money. An annual subscription to /Tetrahedron/, a chemistry journal, will cost your university library $20,269; a year of the /Journal of Mathematical Sciences/ will set you back $20,100. In 2011 Elsevier, the biggest academic-journal publisher, made a profit of £768m ($1.2 billion) on revenues of £2.1 billion. Such margins (37%, up from 36% in 2010) are possible because the journals' content is largely provided free by researchers, and the academics who peer-review their papers are usually unpaid volunteers. The journals are then sold to the very universities that provide the free content and labour. For publicly funded research, the result is that the academics and taxpayers who were responsible for its creation have to pay to read it. This is not merely absurd and unjust; it also hampers education and research. [...] Continua qui: http://www.economist.com/node/21552574

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