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White House Advisors Demand Internet Bill Of Rights
by Anna Masera May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014

qualcuno in lista l'aveva visto questo? che cosa ne pensate? grazie, anna ----------------------- Three months ago President Obama put together a group to study internet privacy, the use of collected data, and other concerns to the public spawned in the light of recent spying concerns risen from the NSA. As the report neared completion, the White House posted a public consultation that the citizens of the US could go to voice their opinions on a variety of internet issues. White House counselor John Podesta has finally released that report, though many consider it inconsistent and lacking many of the major issues surrounding the problem today. For example, there is no mention of the NSA or the spying they did on Americans, nor the foreign political figures that have scorned the White House over the intrusion. That aside, advocacy groups have embraced the report, known as “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values,” for its declaration that more needs to be done to protect people’s civil rights when it comes to large data collection in government and private sectors, using Google and Apple as some of the bigger examples. The report also pointed to the Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 and how its current obsolete state needs major amendment changes to bring in into the 21st century’s digital realm. One of the calling points on the ECPA was a statute that allows authorities to openly read and assess emails more than six months old that the document considers an “archaic distinction.” The White House report did offer policies that help prevent data breaches and show what to do should a system become compromised. However reviewers claim that a policy change by Google appears to mirror the document’s privacy to non-US citizens and to students, appearing to have been all but copied and pasted from their model. Regardless of where they pulled it from, consumer groups such as the ACLU who unsuccessfully tried to sue the NSA for data breaching, praised every suggestion made. They did, however, send a warning to Washington — and the White House specifically — that “now Congress and the administration need to make this vision a reality by enacting ECPA reform without any loopholes.” The Big Data document is part of a larger whole in the investigation into the NSA’s antagonistic data collection procedures that encompasses both governmental and private concerns. Among particular offense was the “notice and consent” standard used by many large corporations such as Google which only gives a user a single chance to give permission to share data, something the panel feels gives people far too restrictive control over where their personal data goes and how it could be re-used in the future. For this reason, the panel suggest that both Congress and the White House get together and form an Internet Bill of Rights. Their voice joins with President Obama who encouraged the same two years previously. The White House panel isn’t the only group out there seeking to find out what to do with the miracle we call the internet. Firefox has launched a site called “The Web We Want” that asks the people of the world what they want most out of the internet in the future and tallies the results. According to their interactive map, privacy ranks above other such things as freedom, accessibility and user control. At present, nearly 75 million people across the globe have taken part in the survey, with the numbers rising at the top of the screen in real-time. The White House encourages the citizens of America to contact their representatives in Congress to express their feelings and concerns by offering an easy way to reach the once difficult to contact civil servant Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1235671/white-house-advisors-demand-internet-bill-… AVVISO: Questo messaggio ed i suoi eventuali allegati sono rivolti esclusivamente ai destinatari e possono contenere informazioni riservate. Qualsiasi utilizzo, diffusione o riproduzione senza autorizzazione è proibita. Qualora vi fosse pervenuto questo messaggio per errore, esso va cancellato immediatamente con preghiera di avvisare il mittente. Grazie.

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Fwd: [IP] evel 3 accuses five unnamed US ISPs of abusing their market power in peering
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

(Sent from my tiny-screen wireless device; excuse brevity or typos) Begin forwarded message: > From: Dave Farber <dave(a)farber.net> > Date: 05 maggio 2014 21:10:56 CEST > To: "ip" <ip(a)listbox.com> > Subject: [IP] evel 3 accuses five unnamed US ISPs of abusing their market power in peering > Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne(a)warpspeed.com> > Date: May 5, 2014 2:02 PM > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Level 3 accuses five unnamed US ISPs of abusing their market power in peering > To: "Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net" <dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com> > Cc: > > Level 3 accuses five unnamed US ISPs of abusing their market power in peering > By Stacey Higginbotham > May 5 2014 > <http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/level-3-accuses-five-unnamed-us-isps-of-abusin…> > > SUMMARY: > Level 3 is accusing 5 U.S. ISPs of using their market power to limit the amount of traffic that can get on their networks, thus degrading the consumer broadband experience in hopes of charging content providers money. > > Level 3 Communications, a company that provides bandwidth for a wide variety of customers trying to get content from point A to point B on the internet, just accused five U.S. ISPs and one European ISP of using their market power to interfere with how traffic flows from Level 3 onto the ISPs’ last-mile network. The result is that customers of those ISPs experience degraded quality for services going over Level 3′s network. > > This is a so-called peering problem. The topic has been in the news since early this year, when consumers began complaining about the quality of their Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Instant Video streams on networks like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner Cable. The issue is that at the interconnection points where Netflix traffic attempts to enter the last-mile ISP’s network, there isn’t enough capacity. Usually, when that happens, the transit provider or the content provider negotiate to add more capacity by opening up more ports. (I explain the process in this story.) > > However, in recent months Level 3, Netflix and Cogent have all gone publicaccusing some ISPs of keeping those ports congested while trying to charge above-market rates for direct interconnection. Netflix has signed such a direct interconnection agreement with both Comcast and Verizon. But it isn’t happy about it and accuses the ISPs of abusing their market power to extract payments from content companies trying to serve the last mile. > > In covering this issue, I’ve argued that the FCC needs to get data on these peering agreements and practices before we can prove that there’s a problem. It’s clear there is consumer harm, but what’s unclear is whether ISPs are actively blocking traffic, or hurting specific providers. It’s also unclear if ISPs are charging abusive rates to get direct interconnection agreements. > > These peering agreements are deeply held secrets, which means the FCC will have to force providers to disclose the terms of their agreements and what traffic looks like on their networks. By sharing some of its network details, Level 3 is offering us a transparency strip tease, giving us (and the FCC) a glimpse of the data it has without naming names. > > [snip] > > Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://dewaynenet.wordpress.com/feed/> > > > Archives | Modify Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now

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Un caso interessante sul tema Network Neutrality
by Giorgio Ventre May 3, 2014

May 3, 2014

Una notizia interessante: il NYSE ha accettato di pagare una multa di 4.5 milioni di dollari alla SEC per una serie di irregolarità. La più interessante di queste è di avere consentito ad alcune società di trading di usufruire a prezzi di favore di nuovi servizi di co-location, che consiste nell'avere i propri server ospitati nei data center della Borsa di New York. Questo ovviamente consente di ridurre i tempi di comunicazione tra le piattaforme di trading, con notevoli vantaggi per l'High Frequency Trading. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/578b5124-d14b-11e3-81e0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz30f… In effetti, la multa sembre essere stata inflitta per la mancanza di una specifica regolamentazione da parte di NYSE, mentre sembra ovvio che soluzioni di questo genere dovrebbero essere oggetto di massima trasparenza nelle offerte di servizi di questo tipo o con problematiche simili. Un cordiale saluto a tutti Giorgio -- ======================================================================== Prof. Ing. Giorgio Ventre Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Tecnologie dell'Informazione Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Via Claudio 21 80125, Napoli, Italy Tel: +39 081 7683908 Fax: +39 081 7683816 Mob: +39 3807679372 E-mail: giorgio(a)unina.it http://www.comics.unina.it http://www.docenti.unina.it/giorgio.ventre ======================================================================== --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Linus Torvalds Named Recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 2, 2014

May 2, 2014

*Linus Torvalds Named Recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award* *LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 23 April 2014 --*Linus Torvalds, the principal force behind development of the Linux kernel and overseer of open source development for the Linux operating system, has been named the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society's Computer Pioneer Award. Torvalds, a native of Helsinki, Finland, began working on the Linux kernel in 1991. An avid computer programmer, he authored many gaming applications in his early years. He did his early work on an Intel 386 CPU, using Minix, an Unix-inspired operating system created by Andrew Tanenbaum for use as a teaching tool. After Torvalds formed a team of volunteers to work on the Linux kernel, V1.0 was released in the spring of 1994. Torvalds in 1996 joined Transmeta, a California-based startup that was designing an energy-saving central processing unit (CPU). He continued to oversee kernel development for Linux, and in 2003 left Transmeta to focus exclusively on the Linux kernel as a Fellow at The Linux Foundation (known at the time as Open Source Development Labs). Torvalds remains the ultimate authority on what new code is incorporated into the standard Linux kernel. [...] Continua qui: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/pressroom/Linus-Torvalds-Named-Recipient…

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Pubblicato il rapporto Gov US sui Big Data
by Alessandro Mantelero May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

Pubblicato l'atteso rapporto Podesta sui Big Data: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/big_data_privacy_report_… -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute 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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Francia_open data e privacy
by Alessandro Mantelero April 29, 2014

April 29, 2014

Rapporto francese sugli open data e le implicazioni (e rischi) in termini di data protection http://www.senat.fr/notice-rapport/2013/r13-469-notice.html -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute 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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Call for Papers - DC Net Neutrality Report‏
by Luca Belli April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

Buongiorno, Per chi fosse interessato: Dear all (apologies for cross-posting), Please find below (and in attachment) the Call for Papers for the annual Report of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality. Submission are due on 1st July 2014. Feel free to circulate this call. Best regards, Luca PS: FYI the 2013 Report on “The Value of Network Neutrality for the Internet of Tomorrow” is available here http://www.networkneutrality.info/sources.html Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality Call for Papers Network Neutrality: Regulatory Tendencies, Peering Agreements & Infrastructure Enhancement Background: The network neutrality debate is gaining great political momentum. Several countries have already implemented network neutrality laws, while many others are currently elaborating or scrutinising the opportunity to elaborate network neutrality legislation. Yet, we are witnessing today the emergence of a variety of divergent (and somewhat incompatible) approaches towards whether or not network neutrality is enshrined in law. In the U.S., the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeal invalidated the U.S. FCC Open Internet Order. On the other hand, the Brazilian National Congress has recently adopted the Marco Civil an Internet Bill of Rights containing network neutrality provisions, while at the European level net-neutrality is going to be enshrined into legislation but the outcome of this latter process seem currently difficult to predict. While the network neutrality debate continues, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) may enter into opaque interconnection-arrangements (peering agreements) that might include discriminatory provisions. In the U.S., for instance, Content and Applications Providers (CAPs) have been experimenting new typology of peering agreements that require CAPs to pay ISPs for a direct connection to their consumers (so called “sender-pays” model). The aforementioned issues seem difficult to solve without a serious reflection aimed at allowing the elaboration of evidence-based strategies. The 2014 Report of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality aims at fostering such a reflection in order to provide a valuable contribution to the crucial debate pertaining to the balance between network-neutrality implementation and infrastructure enhancement. Call: The Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality, established under the auspices of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, invites researchers and practitioners to submit a position paper pertaining to the issue of net neutrality and regulatory tendencies. Suggested topics include analyses of, inter alia: · DC Circuit Court of Appeal Decision on the FCC Open Internet Order · European Union’s draft, Connected Continent Regulation, as amended by the European Parliament · Brazilian Marco Civil · Venezuela’s Internet Crackdown · Turkey’s Social-Network Blocking · Peering Agreements · Comcast-Netflix Deal · National/Regional/Local Network Enhancement Policies · Availability and implementation of remedies by regulatory authorities, when access providers have implemented anti-competitive non-neutral policies. Submission Guidelines: Research papers, including analytical and theoretical papers, position papers, or case studies will be considered for inclusion in the report, even if they have been previously published. The length of the submissions should be between 2500 and 5000 words. To facilitate the reviewing process, papers should not include author names or other information that would help identify the authors. All paper shall be in English language, and formatted according to the HWPiL style template. Submissions are due on 1st July, 2014. They should include the following elements: · Title · Short abstract (250 words) · Original contribution · Author’s name, afﬁliation and short bibliographical note (in the body of the email). Submissions should be sent to contact(a)networkneutrality.info Authors will be notiﬁed within approximately two weeks from the deadline as to the status of their contributions. All submitted papers will be subject to a rigorous double-blind peer review, whereby each paper will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. Everyone who submitted a paper will be asked to peer review another submission, which will be judged according to the novelty of the contribution, the theoretical soundness and the quality of presentation. Authors will be given the opportunity to improve their contributions based on peer comments. Selected papers will be published into the Dynamic Coalition report, which will be published under Open Access conditions. All authors must ensure that their contribution can be licensed under one of the Creative Commons licenses of their choice. Some of the authors will also be invited (at their own expenses) to present their work at the ﬁrst DC meeting to be held at the United Nation Internet Governance Forum, from 2 to 5 September 2014, in Istanbul (Turkey). Luca Belli PhD Candidate in Public Law CERSA, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2 Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality

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Re: [nexa] Due articoli su ciò che sta accadendo con il Regolamento AGCOM. Il sole 24 ore e il Fatto quotidiano.
by A Dicorinto April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

Beh, oggi c'è anche un bell'articolo di Giovanna De Minico sullo stesso argomento nell'inserto economico di Repubblica a pag 10 di Affari e Finanza con sintesi e richiamo alla prima di copertina. Non dice cose molto nuove ma le dice bene da par suo: docente di diritto costituzionale alla Federico II. ciao Il giorno 27 aprile 2014 16:09, Fulvio Sarzana <fulvio.sarzana(a)lidis.it> ha scritto: > Cari Nexiani, > > > > so che avrete cose migliori ( e ben più divertenti) a cui pensare, però mi > sembra utile segnalarvi due articoli sul tema del Regolamento AGCOM sul > diritto d'autore. > > > > Il primo dal titolo "Per AGCOM cominciano i primi guai" sul sole 24 ore in > edicola ( e su internet) oggi contiene anche una illuminante intervista di > Carlo Blengino > http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2014-04-25/dopo-prime-denunce-agc… > > > > > > Il secondo lo trovate su Il Fatto Quotidiano e ha come titolo " > Regolamento AGCOM: da Repubblica.it al sito delle Marche. Le vere richieste > di rimozione" > http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/04/27/regolamento-agcom-da-repubblica-… > > > > Se avete qualche minuto di tempo sarei veramente lieto di conoscere il Vs > pensiero sul punto. > > Un caro saluto > > Fulvio Sarzana > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! > Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> . > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > > -- Arturo Di Corinto 393 9383040 ---------------------------------> AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003 Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003

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Due articoli su ciò che sta accadendo con il Regolamento AGCOM. Il sole 24 ore e il Fatto quotidiano.
by Fulvio Sarzana April 27, 2014

April 27, 2014

Cari Nexiani, so che avrete cose migliori ( e ben più divertenti) a cui pensare, però mi sembra utile segnalarvi due articoli sul tema del Regolamento AGCOM sul diritto dautore. Il primo dal titolo Per AGCOM cominciano i primi guai sul sole 24 ore in edicola ( e su internet) oggi contiene anche una illuminante intervista di Carlo Blengino http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2014-04-25/dopo-prime-denunce-agco m-cominciano-primi-guai--100719.shtml?uuid=ABgggeDB Il secondo lo trovate su Il Fatto Quotidiano e ha come titolo Regolamento AGCOM: da Repubblica.it al sito delle Marche. Le vere richieste di rimozione http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/04/27/regolamento-agcom-da-repubblica-i t-al-sito-delle-marche-le-vere-richieste-di-rimozione/965468/ Se avete qualche minuto di tempo sarei veramente lieto di conoscere il Vs pensiero sul punto. Un caro saluto Fulvio Sarzana --- Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! Antivirus. http://www.avast.com

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Re: [nexa] AGCOM: Lo sceriffo del web non aspetta nemmeno i termini previsti dal suo stesso Regolamento e ordina ai provider il blocco dei siti.
by Marco Scialdone April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014

Scusate capisco male io o quello che é stato accertato da Agcom é che sul sito in questione ci sono 10 opere protette in violazione dei diritti dei relativi titolari? Questo é sufficiente per ordinare di inibire l'intero sito?!? Inviato da iPad > Il giorno 23/apr/2014, alle ore 19:05, "Fulvio Sarzana" <fulvio.sarzana(a)lidis.it> ha scritto: > > AGCOM ha fretta, molta fretta di inibire i siti web in base al nuovo regolamento sul diritto d’autore. > Lo "sceriffo" del web non aspetta nemmeno i termini temporali che essa stessa si è data e, dopo aver comunicato il 15 aprile sul proprio sito l'avvio del procedimento, pubblica sul proprio sito la delibera di inibizione del sito cineblog-01 per violazione della legge sul diritto d’autore. http://www.agcom.it/default.aspx?DocID=13073. > Questa volta Agcom pubblica sul proprio sito la vera e propria delibera di inibizione, che viene seguita dalle comunicazioni ufficiali ai provider. > Le ricerche effettuate da AGCOM, come appare immediatamente dal testo del provvedimento, sono a tutti gli effetti indagini di polizia giudiziaria che non vengono compiute però da nessuna forza di polizia, come la nostra Costituzione prescrive. > Il provvedimento si sovrappone in maniera speculare a quanto fa la Magistratura in sede penale e a quanto effettuato in tutte le indagini sinora svolte dalla polizia giudiziaria. > Viene quindi smentita al primo provvedimento adottato, una diversità delle due attività ( quelle di AGCOM e quelle del Magistrato penale). > Cosi come viene smentita qualsiasi prevalenza dell’attività della Magistratura. > AGCOM è ufficialmente organo di polizia giudiziaria e Giudice delle indagini preliminari, in presenza, fra l'altro, di un procedimento penale già in corso. > Sul sito cineblog01 ( che è lo stesso identico di cineblog-01, oggetto dell’ordine di inibizione, come riportato dal Corriere della Sera http://diariopernondimenticare.blogspot.it/2014/04/agcom-la-caccia-ai-pirat…) pende infatti già un procedimento ad opera della Procura della Repubblica di Roma di un mese e mezzo fa, e, sono dunque in corso indagini penali per le stesse identiche condotte e per lo stesso identico sito ( basta confrontare i due siti) inibito da AGCOM. > AGCOM non ha nemmeno aspettato il termine di dodici giorni previsto dal Regolamento per l’emissione dell’ordine, come previsto dal punto d dell’art 9 del Regolamento da essa stessa emanato. > L'ordine sta in queste ore notificando ai provider l’ordine di inibizione attraverso la posta certificata. > Continua su www.fulviosarzana.it > > ************************************* > > Avv. Fulvio Sarzana di Sant'Ippolito > > Studio Legale Sarzana e Associati > > Via Velletri, 10 - 00198 Roma > > Tel. +39 06 3211553 > > Tel. +39 06 97614489 > > Fax. +39 06 97256424 > > skype fulvio.sarzana > > http://www.lidis.it > > ************************************* > > > > This message and any file transmitted > > are confidential. If you are not the > > intended recipient of this message, > > please You should not copy or disclose > > the contents to any other person. > > For further information please visit our website at http://www.lidis.it . > > > > > > > <image001.png> > Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! Antivirus . > > > > > > Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! Antivirus . > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

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