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La Stampa (De Martin): Uomini e macchine, tutti nella stessa infosfera
by Giuseppe Futia Feb. 1, 2016

Feb. 1, 2016

11.09.2012 Uomini e macchine, tutti nella stessa infosfera JUAN CARLOS DE MARTIN Il 7 giugno 1954 moriva, in circostanze tragiche, Alan Turing, il matematico inglese considerato uno dei padri dell'informatica. Non aveva ancora compiuto quarantadue anni. A lui si devono, oltre al resto, la macchina ideale nota come «macchina di Turing», ovvero il modello concettuale alla base del computer moderno, e il «test di Turing», ovvero la riflessione che diede il via agli studi sull'intelligenza artificiale. Ma Alan Turing, secondo Luciano Floridi, filosofo a Oxford e recentissimo vincitore del premio Weizenbaum, non fu solo un grande scienziato, fu uno di quei rari pensatori capaci di rivoluzionare il modo in cui l'umanità concepisce sé stessa. [...] Continua qui: http://www3.lastampa.it/cultura/sezioni/articolo/lstp/468108/ /Vi ricordiamo che il prof. Luciano Floridi presenta il suo libro "La rivoluzione dell' informazione" (Codice edizioni) oggi a Torino, ore 18.00 presso la Feltrinelli di piazza Cln, con il prof. Juan Carlos De Martin e il prof. Ugo Pagallo./ /Vi ricordiamo inoltre che il prof. Floridi sarà ospite del 45° Mercoledì di Nexa (/http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-45/) domani a partire dalle ore 18.00 presso il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società./

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Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18.30 - Permission Taken
by Giuseppe Futia Dec. 10, 2013

Dec. 10, 2013

Permission Taken http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/03/gillmor *Dan Gillmor, founding director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship* Today, 6.30 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live Once, personal technology and the Internet meant that we didn't need permission to compute, communicate and innovate. Now, governments and tech companies are systematically restricting our liberties, and creating an online surveillance state. In many cases, however, we're letting it happen, by trading freedom for convenience and (often the illusion of) security. Yes, we need better laws and regulations. But what steps can we take as individuals to be more secure and free -- to take back the permissions we're losing? About Dan Dan Gillmor teaches digital media entrepreneurship and is a founding director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication <http://cronkite.asu.edu/>. The Center, originally funded by the Knight Foundation <http://knightfoundation.org/> and Kauffman Foundation <http://kauffman.org/>, is working to help create a culture of innovation and risk-taking in journalism education, and in the wider media world. Dan is currently working on a new book and web project, tentatively entitled Permission Taken, about the increasing control that companies and governments are exerting over the way we use technology and communicate, and how we can take back some of that control. He has posted an outline here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCAKdIPxgda5ZfjKZs-Hg0CAOmm3k_w90TDds1C…>.

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L'AGCOM sul diritto d'autore ci ha presi in giro
by A Dicorinto Oct. 5, 2013

Oct. 5, 2013

MI pare chiaro che con una oculata strategia di distribuzione di veline e di accordi con giornalisti amici, L'AGCOM sul diritto d'autore ci abbia presi in giro. IL nuovo regolamento diffuso - ma che non è stato consegnato nelle audizioni parlamentari di Cardani - è peggiore di quello dell'anno scorso. Al proposito vi invito a verificare quello che scrivono Scorza e Sarzana... http://www.linkiesta.it/agcom-copyright http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/07/25/agcom-il-copyright-e-le-leggi-ba… http://www.fulviosarzana.it/blog/10-cose-da-sapere-su-agcom-e-diritto-dauto… MI date un parere?

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Bruce Sterling on Why It Stopped Making Sense to Talk About 'The Internet' in 2012
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 20, 2013

Sept. 20, 2013

Bruce Sterling (neo-garante del Centro Nexa!) parla dei nuovi mega-silos che stanno frammentando Internet. juan carlos Bruce Sterling on Why It Stopped Making Sense to Talk About 'The Internet' in 2012 /Five simple reasons: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft./ Dec 27 2012, 2:56 PM ET Many people use, as a kind of shorthand, /The Internet/ to mean a wide variety of things related to this series of tubes. The Internet could mean the culture made and distributed on the Internet, the LOLCATZ, memes, etc. ("The Internet loves this kind of stuff.") The Internet could mean the infrastructure itself, its speed and distribution. ("The Internet is so sloooow right now.") The Internet could mean the industry that builds it, the consumer and B2B companies that effectively own all the quasi-public spaces through which we traipse. ("The Internet wants to disintermediate blahblahblah.") And there are a thousand other times when we find it easier to say, "The Internet does" or "It feels like the Internet is" or whatever rather than attempt to identify the specific actors of the play. And maybe that was helpful. Maybe in such a distributed system it makes sense to use "The Internet" as a stand-in for causal agents that seem to inhere /in the network/ without belonging to any individual node. Maybe it's like a mob or a gatheration of starlings; the dynamic relationships between the individuals turn out to be more important than the things themselves. But in 2012, that way of talking, if it was ever helpful, is no longer. And there are five reasons for that: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft. Now, when we say, "The Internet" or "smartphones" or "computers" we usually mean something shaped by one of these entities, or all of them. [...] Continua qui: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/bruce-sterling-on-why…

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Rojadirecta, decisione Trib. Milano
by GC F Sept. 10, 2013

Sept. 10, 2013

Non so se sia gia' girata in lista, mi pare di no e in rete non riesco a trovarla, ma qualcuno potrebbe girarmi una copia della decisione rojadirecta del Tribunale di Milano. Vorrei scrivere della vicenda per il blog del CIS di Stanford Law, dove da pochi giorni ho cominciato una residential fellowship, occupandomi in particolare di intermediary liability. La questione suscita parecchio interesse qui anche perche', tra l'altro, proprio Mark Lemley di Stanford aveva difeso Rojadirecta nella causa statunitense. Ogni aiuto sarebbe apprezzatissimo. Penso soprattutto a Fulvio che si occupa direttamente della vicenda. Magari, potrei anche includere un commento dei diretti interessati sullo stato del riesame. Vorrei preparare il post entro la fine della settimana. Un saluto dalla California, Giancarlo

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Microsoft and Google may sue US government
by gianluca Aug. 31, 2013

Aug. 31, 2013

Microsoft and Google may sue US government Microsoft and Google may sue US government to allow them to publish user data request from the government after talks with the Justice Department stalled. The tech giants filed suits in a US federal court in June, arguing a right to make public more information about user data requests made under the auspices of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The technology giants agreed six times to extend the deadline for the government to respond to the lawsuits, the Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, wrote in a blog post. "With the failure of our recent negotiations, we will move forward with litigation in the hope that the courts will uphold our right to speak more freely," he posted on the blog. continua qui http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/08/20138315631540278.html

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I: [opennetcoalition] Neelie Kroes Pushing Telcos' Agenda to End NetNeutrality
by G.Battista Frontera Aug. 31, 2013

Aug. 31, 2013

Gravissimo! > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: opennetcoalition-bounces(a)laquadrature.net > [mailto:opennetcoalition-bounces@laquadrature.net] Per conto > di La Quadrature du Net > Inviato: venerdì 30 agosto 2013 17.26 > A: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net > Oggetto: [opennetcoalition] Neelie Kroes Pushing Telcos' > Agenda to End NetNeutrality > > Themes: NET NEUTRALITY, NEELIE KROES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, ANALYSE > > La Quadrature du Net For immediate release > > Permanent link: > https://www.laquadrature.net/en/neelie-kroes-pushing-telcos-agenda-to-end-n… > > > Neelie Kroes Pushing Telcos' Agenda to End Net Neutrality > > > > *** Paris, 30 August 2013 For the past 3 years, a > consortium led by Alcatel-Lucent has been working on > technical, business and legal aspects of a plan that would > effectively put an end to the free and open Internet we enjoy > today. As confirmed by a leaked EU Commission document, under > the guise of protecting Net neutrality, EU Commissioner > Neelie Kroes is about to give big telecom companies a EU-wide > legal shield to achieve a power-grab on the Internet economy. > Such a shocking instance of corporate policy capture would > have disastrous effects for freedom and innovation online. *** > > Last month, La Quadrature du Net and several advocacy groups > slammed the Commission's draft proposal on the reform of the > EU telecom market, showing how it aims at killing Net > neutrality under the guise of defending it, while the article > 20 of the draft would prevent telecom operators from blocking > and throttling Internet communications. The proposal would > also let operators establish data-caps, breaking away from > the unlimited access offers many European citizens enjoy today. > > > https://www.laquadrature.net/en/neelie-kroes-pushing-telcos-ag > enda-to-end-net-neutrality > > > > > > ** 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. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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versione 4.0 delle licenze CC
by Simone Aliprandi Aug. 30, 2013

Aug. 30, 2013

Le licenze Creative Commons in versione 4.0 sono finalmente state inaugurate in occasione del CC Global Summit di Buenos Aires. Approfitto intanto per segnalare questo mio articolo sul tema: http://www.apogeonline.com/webzine/2013/08/26/lestate-proficua-di-creative-…. Tuttavia nella schermata di scelta della licenza del sito ufficiale CC (http://creativecommons.org/choose/) si utilizzano ancora le 3.0. Forse mi sono perso io un pezzo... ma qualcuno sa dirmi quando entreranno effettivamente in uso le nuove licenze? Un caro saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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sull'identità digitale per decreto legge...
by Masera Anna Aug. 29, 2013

Aug. 29, 2013

...segnalo l'intervento di giovanni battista gallus che ho appena ospitato nel mio blog sul sito de La Stampa: http://www.lastampa.it/2013/08/29/blogs/web-notes/lidentit-digitale-per-dec… anna p.s. buon rientro a tutti! :) Anna Masera Capo Redattore e Social Media Editor LA STAMPA www.lastampa.it/masera<http://www.lastampa.it/maserat> Twitter@annamasera<blocked::mailto:Twitter@annamasera>

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La Nuova Zelanda vieta per legge i brevetti sul software
by Stefano Quintarelli Aug. 29, 2013

Aug. 29, 2013

La Nuova Zelanda vieta per legge i brevetti sul software http://is.gd/Fd0Qmq ciao, s. -- my calendar: http://doodle.com/quinta http://blog.quintarelli.it

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