December 2018 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

"Legacy Copyright Industries Lobbying Hard For EU Copyright Directive... While Pretending That Only Google Is Lobbying"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 14, 2018

Dec. 14, 2018

Legacy Copyright Industries Lobbying Hard For EU Copyright Directive... While Pretending That Only Google Is Lobbying Have you heard that all of the opposition to the EU Copyright Directive and its hugely problematic Articles 11 and 13 is really being driven by Google lobbying? Most of you probably realized this was nonsense, but it now turns out that not only was the lobbying almost entirely dominated by the legacy copyright players, but *a key plank of their lobbying campaign was to falsely allege that all opposition was just Google*. If you've been paying attention at all to the crazy fights over the EU Copyright Directive <https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=eu+copyright+directive>, you may have heard some claims being passed around that it's somehow "Google" lobbying heavily against the bill. Indeed, all over Twitter, that's the talking point from tons of EU Copyright Directive supporters. After the EU Parliament put the brakes on the bill back in July, I even saw a former RIAA exec (who has since blocked me on Twitter, so I can't show it to you) tweet that this was a clear perversion of the "will of the people" by Google's corporate lobbying. Of course, it's *hilarious* for that to come from an ex-RIAA exec, who was heavily involved over the past 3 decades in pushing through all sorts of protectionist, anti-public, anti-musician legislation and trade agreements. continua qui: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181212/07074641205/legacy-copyright-ind…

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Fwd: Corte Ue: per l'Avvocato generale, non si può inserire in una composizione musicale un breve brano (sampling) di una precedente composizione senza l'autorizzazione dell'autore di quest'ultima (CONCL C-476/17)
by Marco Ciurcina Dec. 12, 2018

Dec. 12, 2018

FYI m.c. <snip> L’avvocato generale Szpunar propone alla Corte di dichiarare che il sampling costituisce una lesione dei diritti del produttore di un fonogramma qualora esso venga realizzato senza la sua autorizzazione (Conclusioni dell’avvocato generale nella causa C‑476/17, Pelham GmbH, Moses Pelham, Martin Haas / Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben) Immagini della lettura delle conclusioni sono disponibili su « Europe by Satellite<http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/ebs/schedule.cfm?page=1>» ( (+32) 2 2964106 In allegato il comunicato stampa in italiano. </snip>

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Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search ‘idiot’ do I get pictures of Trump? - The Washington Post
by Alberto Cammozzo Dec. 12, 2018

Dec. 12, 2018

<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/11/congresswoman-google-ceo…> In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company’s chief executive a simple question: “If you Google the word ‘idiot' under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up. How would that happen? How does search work so that that would occur?” In the middle of a congressional hearing ostensibly about privacy and data collection, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) seemed to perform that search from the dais. As it turns out, the image results for “idiot” does reveal a page of mostly Trump photos. [...]

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Universal income vs. the robots: Meet the presidential candidate fighting automation
by Enrico Nardelli Dec. 11, 2018

Dec. 11, 2018

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612558/universal-income-vs-the-robots-me… -- EN ===================================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli(a)mat.uniroma2.it home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ http://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ ===================================================================== --

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Report on the state of the art on algorithmic decision making
by Luigi Scorca Dec. 11, 2018

Dec. 11, 2018

Here you find the preliminary report of the EC consultants on the state of the art on algorithmic decision making: https://www.algoaware.eu/state-of-the-art-report/

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Jurix 2018 (proceedings)
by Ugo Pagallo Dec. 11, 2018

Dec. 11, 2018

Per chi fosse interessato, trova qui http://ebooks.iospress.nl/ISBN/978-1-61499-935-5 il link al PDF di Jurix 2018 http://jurix2018.ai.rug.nl/index.html#home Nel volume, insieme a Eleonora Bassi, Massimo Durante e Marco Crepaldi, mi sono occupato di uno dei temi discussi in lista ultimamente, ossia blockchain e il diritto alla cancellazione dei dati ex Art. 17 GDPR. Cheers, u.p.

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Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret - The New York Times
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 11, 2018

Dec. 11, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-priva… Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is. (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Re: [nexa] Australia passes new law to thwart strong encryption
by Giacomo Tesio Dec. 10, 2018

Dec. 10, 2018

Ulteriore effetto interessante: Atlassian ha sede a Syndey e BitBucket (maggior competitor di GitHub recentemente acquistato da Microsoft) è un prodotto di Atlassian. Diventa ancora più importante, per chiunque utilizzi BitBucket, firmare crittograficamente le commit per evitare che vengano manomesse. E probabilmente dovremmo pensare nuovi metodi per garantire che il primo scaricamento dei sorgenti non sia vulnerabile a manomissioni. Giacomo On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 13:38, Giacomo <giacomo(a)tesio.it> wrote: > > Il December 7, 2018 12:10:01 PM UTC, Alberto Cammozzo <ac+nexa(a)zeromx.net> ha scritto: > ><https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/australia-passes-new-law-to-thw…> > > > >On Thursday, the Australian parliament approved a measure that critics > >say will weaken encryption in favor of law enforcement and the demands > >of government. > > > >The new law, which has been pushed for since at least 2017, requires > >that companies provide a way to get at encrypted communications and > >data > >via a warrant process. It also imposes fines of up to A$10 million for > >companies that do not comply and A$50,000 for individuals who do not > >comply. In short, the law thwarts (or at least tries to thwart) strong > >encryption. > > > >Companies who receive one of these warrants have the option of either > >complying with the government or waiting for a court order. However, by > >default, the orders are secret, so companies would not be able to tell > >the public that they had received one. > > > >"It's a big deal," Adam Molnar, a lecturer in criminology at Deakin > >University in Australia, told Ars. > > > >However, the law as currently written seems to contain what some view > >as > >a loophole. The statute says that companies cannot be compelled to > >introduce a "systemic weakness" or a "systemic vulnerability" into > >their > >software or hardware to satisfy government demands. > > > >Those terms are not fully defined in the current law but are set to be > >added in the forthcoming amendments. > > > >Molnar pointed out that the new law not only implicates his home > >country > >but also the other four members of the so-called "Five Eyes" of > >English-speaking nations, which include New Zealand, Canada, the United > >Kingdom, and the United States. > > > >The US government (particularly the FBI and Department of Justice) has > >long complained of the "going dark" problem, but it has not managed to > >get any adequate federal legislation to address the issue since the > >failed "Clipper Chip" of the 1990s. > > > >Australian authorities are already known to cooperate with American law > >enforcement, notably as part of the investigations into the "Love Zone" > >child-porn website. > > > >"The Government is responding to the impediment that the increasing > >prevalence of encrypted data and communications represents to available > >investigative and interception capabilities," the Australian parliament > >wrote in its Bill Digest. > > > >"The Bill contains measures aimed at facilitating lawful access to > >communications and data through two avenues—decryption of encrypted > >technologies and access to communications and data at points where they > >are not encrypted." > > > >[...] > >_______________________________________________ > >nexa mailing list > >nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > >https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > Questa legge potrebbe avere interessanti effetti collaterali sul software libero. > > Anzitutto la possibilità di ispezionare il sorgente e compilarlo diventa più importante. > > D'altro canto sarà necessario porre maggiore attenzione al software libero guidato da team australiani, che potrebbero essere costretti ad introdurre vulnerabilità. > > Quanto ai contributi australiani a software libero internazionale, sarà necessario porre maggiore attenzione durante la revisione delle patch. Tale attenzione potrebbe però rendere i contributi australiani più sicuri degli altri. > > > Giacomo

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans | Pew Research Center
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 10, 2018

Dec. 10, 2018

http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/12/10/artificial-intelligence-and-the-futur… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data
by Luigi Scorca Dec. 10, 2018

Dec. 10, 2018

A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that a popular gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. *(Update: Late on Monday Grindr said it would stop sharing this information.)* https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/grindr-hiv-status-priva…

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