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Powles & Floridi : "A manifesto for the future of the 'right to be forgotten' debate"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 1, 2014

Aug. 1, 2014

*A manifesto for the future of the 'right to be forgotten' debate** * /The landmark ruling against Google Spain presents the opportunity for a proper debate. Here are five strategies for reframing the ethics of our online lives / Julia Powles and Luciano Floridi theguardian.com, Tuesday 22 July 2014 13.59 BST For more than two months now, the inaptly-named "right to be forgotten" has remained buoyant in the news cycle. The reasons are as complex as the distortions, but distinctly missing from the discourse is critical engagement with the foundations and implications of the European data protection regime that gave flight to the discussion. Also missing is an exploration of the proposed course of action by Google and other players engaged in implementation, and an assessment of how those responses could be strengthened and improved. The Article 29 Working Party -- the advisory association of European data protection authorities that ought to be at the helm of navigating solutions -- has called Google and other search engines to a meeting in Brussels on 24 July to discuss the ruling and its concerns. This is a welcome though belated move, but what is required is a thorough discussion of what is possible: proactive, not reactive. [...] Continua qui: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/22/a-manifesto-for-the-futur…

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"The best argument yet for net neutrality comes from Major League Baseball"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 1, 2014

Aug. 1, 2014

*The best argument yet for net neutrality comes from Major League Baseball** * By John McDuling @jmcduling July 28, 2014 Among the more than one million comments about net neutrality received by the US government this year was a submission by... Major League Baseball (MLB). The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently reviewing new rules that could allow internet providers to charge content companies for a more direct connection to customers. Some big content distributors (most notably, Netflix) have come out hard against these so-called "fast lanes," arguing that they effectively amount to an internet tax or toll. But MLB has become an important player in streaming video. As I wrote last month, an offshoot of the league, MLB Advanced Media (or BAM as it's known in the industry) is now America's largest distributor of live video on broadband networks. Earlier this month, BAM quietly submitted its own letter to the FCC, where it was equally scathing about internet fast lanes (hat tip to Multichannel's John Eggerton). It's a shame that BAM's comments have been overlooked, because they amount to one of the most coherent arguments in favor of net neutrality we have come across. For example: Fast lanes would serve only one purpose: for Broadband ISPs to receive an economic windfall. American consumers would be worse off as the costs of fast lanes are passed along to them in new fees or charges where there were none, or higher fees or charges where they existed. And later: [...] Continua qui: http://qz.com/241250/the-best-argument-yet-for-net-neutrality-comes-from-ma…

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open sentenze della Corte di Cassazione
by Marco Ciurcina July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

Interessantissima iniziativa http://www.italgiure.giustizia.it/sncass/ m.c.

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Virginia Woolf’s Idea of Privacy_The New Yorker
by Alessandro Mantelero July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

Un'interessante prospettiva sulla privacy muovendo dalla letteratura: Joshua Rothman Virginia Woolf’s Idea of Privacy The New Yorker, July 9, 2014 http://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/virginia-woolfs-idea-of-priva… -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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"Sulla riproduzione dei beni culturali"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

Sulla riproduzione dei beni culturali <http://www.roars.it/online/sulla-riproduzione-dei-beni-culturali/> Posted by Andrea Brugnoli <http://www.roars.it/online/author/andrea-brugnoli/> on 21 luglio 2014 at 12:36 *Poco meno di un anno fa, un appello al ministro per i Beni culturali chiedeva una liberalizzazione nelle riproduzioni di beni culturali a fini di ricerca e studio. Tale appello è stato pienamente recepito nel cosiddetto decreto Art Bonus voluto dal ministro Franceschini (d.l. 83/2014). Una piccola "rivoluzione" che faceva dunque ben sperare. Ora si deve però, con tutta probabilità, passare a parlarne al tempo passato, a causa di un emendamento approvato alla Camera al momento della conversione in legge. È troppo sperare che nei prossimi giorni, nel passaggio al Senato, qualcuno si renda conto dell'errore commesso e abroghi questo emendamento?* Poco meno di un anno fa si erano esposte in questa <http://www.roars.it/online/riproduzione-di-beni-culturali-appello-al-minist…> e in altre sedi <http://www.claudiogiunta.it/2013/07/accesso-aperto-anche-per-il-materiale-f…> le ragioni di un appello al ministro per i Beni culturali per favorire una liberalizzazione nelle riproduzioni di beni culturali a fini di ricerca e studio, rielaborato e fatto proprio anche dalle maggiori associazioni nazionali di storici e archeologi <http://www.rm.unina.it/index.php?action=viewnews&news=1379082134>. Grazie al fattivo supporto dei presidenti del Consiglio superiore dei Beni culturali, prima Salvatore Settis e poi Giuliano Volpe, tale appello è stato pienamente recepito e trasformato in un comma del cosiddetto decreto Art Bonus voluto dal ministro Franceschini (d.l. 83/2014), come modifica al codice dei Beni culturali. Così recita il testo (art. 12, comma 3): Al fine di semplificare e razionalizzare le norme sulla riproduzione di beni culturali, al Codice dei beni culturali e del paesaggio, di cui al decreto legislativo n. 42 del 2004 e successive modificazioni, sono apportate le seguenti modifiche: a) al comma 3 dell'articolo 108 dopo la parola «pubblici» sono inserite le seguenti: «o privati» e dopo la parola «valorizzazione» sono inserite le seguenti: «, purché attuate senza scopo di lucro, neanche indiretto.»; b) all'articolo 108, dopo il comma 3, è aggiunto il seguente: «3-bis. Sono in ogni caso libere, al fine dell'esecuzione dei dovuti controlli, le seguenti attività, purché attuate senza scopo di lucro, neanche indiretto, per finalità di studio, ricerca, libera manifestazione del pensiero o espressione creativa, promozione della conoscenza del patrimonio culturale: 1) la riproduzione di beni culturali attuata con modalità che non comportino alcun contatto fisico con il bene, ne' l'esposizione dello stesso a sorgenti luminose, ne' l'uso di stativi o treppiedi; 2) la divulgazione con qualsiasi mezzo delle immagini di beni culturali, legittimamente acquisite, in modo da non poter essere ulteriormente riprodotte dall'utente se non, eventualmente, a bassa risoluzione digitale.». [...] Continua qui: http://www.roars.it/online/sulla-riproduzione-dei-beni-culturali/

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MSC non riesce a recuperare il dominio
by Diego Giorio July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014

http://www.altalex.com/index.php?idnot=68261 Saluti ( e spero di poter dire "buone vacanze") a tutti Diego

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Varie interruzioni dei servizi IT nel periodo 6 - 17 agosto
by Luca Leschiutta July 30, 2014

July 30, 2014

Buongiorno, nel periodo compreso tra il 6 e il 17 agosto il Politecnico ha programmato varie attività di manutenzione elettrica e di rete. In particolare: - Mercoledì 6 agosto tra le 14:00 e le 19:00 potrebbero verificarsi delle brevi interruzioni dei servizi IT del Centro Nexa (siti Web e mailing list). Gli stessi servizi non saranno inoltre disponibili nei seguenti giorni: - Domenica 10 agosto dalle 7:00 alle 17:00 - Mercoledì 13 agosto dalle 7:00 alle 17:00. Più in generale, nel periodo 10 - 17 agosto, a causa di interruzioni della fornitura elettrica a varie zone del Politecnico potrebbero verificarsi altri malfunzionamenti non previsti. Cordiali saluti Luca Leschiutta ====================================== Dr. Luca Leschiutta, Ph.D. IT manager @ NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy Tel. +39 011 090 7216 Fax +39 011 090 7216 web: http://nexa.polito.it/people/lleschiutta =======================================

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Request for Proposals: Exploring the Implications of Government Release of Large Datasets
by Eleonora Panto July 29, 2014

July 29, 2014

Sicuramente gia' saprete di questa Request for Proposal per finanziare ricerche sul tema Open data/Diritti civili/Sicurezza/Privacy/Bigdata http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bcltopendata.htm ma vale la pena di leggere comunque le domande presenti su questa pagina. saluti Eleonora

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Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18.30 - Democratizing Ideologies and Inequality Regimes in Digital Domains
by Giuseppe Futia July 29, 2014

July 29, 2014

Democratizing Ideologies and Inequality Regimes in Digital Domains http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/07/cottom <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> *Tressie (McMillan) Cottom, Microsoft Research & PhD Student, Sociology, Emory University* Today, 6.30 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live Internet studies tends to conceptualize groups as collectivities anchored by shared ideas, interests, and information. Sociologists understand groups as also anchored by identity, social location, and power relationships. It's a tension between groups of /affiliation/ versus /ascription/. The difference is meaningful for how we understand inequality across digital domains. How can we theoretically and methodologically understand both concepts of group in social media generally and specifically in a case study of informal learning spaces on Facebook and Twitter? About Tressie Tressie McMillan Cottom is completing her PhD in the Sociology Department at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. As a stratification scholar, Tressie considers what inequality means both experientially and empirically when corporations are people, supranational corporations like Facebook and Twitter shape the public square, and education is increasingly privatized. Her research primarily mines organizational arrangements and structural processes to better understand inequality across rapidly changing social domains. Her current work examines for-profit college credentials and inequality. She also has a developing research agenda that examines the political economy of emerging "new" media organizations.

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Senate Intelligence Committee Approves Cybersecurity Bill
by gianluca July 28, 2014

July 28, 2014

Jul 08 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee Approves Cybersecurity Bill Washington—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) today announced committee approval of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, a bill to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. The vote was 12-3. The legislation, authored by Feinstein and Chambliss, expands information shared about cybersecurity threats and defensive mechanisms between the government and companies and within the private sector in order to combat the rapid increase in attacks on computer systems that have resulted in the theft of millions of Americans’ personal information and hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for businesses large and small. “Cyber attacks present the greatest threat to our national and economic security today, and the magnitude of the threat is growing,” Senator Feinstein said. “Every week we hear about the theft of personal information from retailers and trade secrets from innovative businesses, as well as ongoing efforts by foreign nations to hack government networks. This bill is an important step toward curbing these dangerous cyber attacks.” Feinstein continued: “To strengthen our networks, the government and private sector need to share information about attacks they are facing and how best to defend against them. This bill provides for that sharing through a purely voluntary process and with significant measures to protect private information.” [...] continua qui http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=4c0ee3f0… qui il pdf della normativa approvata dal Senato http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=7aa01…

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