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Fwd: Premio Nazionale per l'innovoazione nell'ICT - Ancora pochi giorni per partecipare.
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 13, 2014

Jan. 13, 2014

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Premio Nazionale per l'innovoazione nell'ICT - Ancora pochi giorni per partecipare. Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:09:57 +0100 From: AICA-COMUNICAZIONI <aica-newsletter(a)cu.mi.it> Reply-To: comunicazioni(a)aicanet.it To: ml-aicanewsletter <newsletter(a)aicanet.it> *Premio Nazionale per l’Innovazione nell’ICT “Perotto-Zucca 2013”* */Scade il 31 gennaio il bando per le migliori idee presentate dai giovani under 30/* AICA, CDI Torino (Club Dirigenti di Informatica dell’Unione Industriale di Torino) e CTI Liguria (Club per Tecnologie dell'Informazione), da sempre attivi nella promozione dell’ICT attraverso l’innovazione e la valorizzazione dei migliori giovani talenti, hanno promosso l’edizione 2013 del /Premio Nazionale per l’Innovazione nell’ICT/ rivolto *ai giovani /under 30/ e destinato a premiare le migliori idee, presentate nei settori delle tecnologie dell’informatica e delle comunicazioni, che concretizzino un utilizzo innovativo dell’ICT*. *Il termine per la presentazione delle domande è il _31 gennaio 2014 alle ore 12._* ** Sono previsti 4 premi: ** ·*1° premio di € 10.000* ·*2° premio di € 5.000* ·*3° premio di € 3.000* ·*premio speciale ASPHI di € 4.000,*che andrà a premiare il lavoro più aderente alla missione della Fondazione ASPHI (www.asphi.it) di promozione della partecipazione delle persone con disabilità in tutti i contesti di vita, attraverso l’uso dell’Information Communication Technology. La competizione è aperta a giovani con età non superiore a 30 anni (al 31 dicembre 2012) residenti o stabilmente dimoranti/operanti in Italia, che operino singolarmente o in gruppi. Il concorso è in memoria di due padri dell’informatica italiana, l’Ingegner Pier Giorgio Perotto, ingegnere riconosciuto in ambiente internazionale come l'inventore nel 1964 del primo personal computer, la “Programma 101”, denominata anche la “Perottina” e l’Ingegner Tarcisio Zucca Alessandrelli che fin dagli anni ’70 fu il propulsore della nascita di molte società di servizi e il promotore della sperimentazione di metodi e strumenti nell’informatica gestionale e dell’inclusione a pieno titolo nel mondo lavorativo di persone con disabilità. Per ogni informazione di dettaglio si rimanda al bando pubblicato online al seguente indirizzo: http://www.premioperottozucca.it <http://www.premioperottozucca.it/> Cordiali saluti Daniela Rovina ____________________________________ *AICA* *Comunicazione* Piazzale Rodolfo Morandi, 2 - 20121 Milano Tel. +39 02 7645501 comunicazioni(a)aicanet.it <mailto:comunicazioni@aicanet.it> - www.aicanet.it <http://www.aicanet.it>

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digitalizzazione della conoscenza e "lost memories"
by Federico Guerrini Jan. 13, 2014

Jan. 13, 2014

Cosa comporta il passaggio da analogico a digitale, in termini di preservazione - o perdita - della conoscenza. Per chi fosse interessato a questi temi, ne ho parlato con Jeffrey Schnapp e Nicholas Carr in questo pezzo per l'inserto settimanale culturale del Corriere... http://lettura.corriere.it/i-bit-non-bastano-il-sapere-svanisce/ Ciao, Fed. -- https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships/journalist-fellows/j… www.federicoguerrini.com Il mio ultimo libro: Vivere Social http://www.bol.it/libri/Vivere-social.-Manuale/Federico-Guerrini/ea97888971…

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ebook ricordo di aaron swartz
by bernardo parrella Jan. 11, 2014

Jan. 11, 2014

oggi in ricordo di aaron e' pronto un ebook in pdf a partire da qui: http://aaronswartztributo.tumblr.com e' stato un lavoro assai collaborativo, dove abbiamo scelto e tradotto alcuni suoi post e interventi sul web a partire dal 2006, poi c'e' una serie di testimonianze e ricordi dopo la sua morte da parte di amici, attivisti, ed esperti, e l'ultima sezione è dedicata a materiali di base su open access e cultura libera, e' chiaramente in versione beta, necessita rifiniture e l'epub arriva a breve, ma ci siamo sbrigati per uscire oggi --b.

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Last Reminder - ISHTIP Workshop 2014: The Instability of Intellectual Property
by Maurizio Borghi Jan. 8, 2014

Jan. 8, 2014

The Sixth Annual ISHTIP Workshop 2014 The Instability of Intellectual Property Uppsala, Sweden JULY 2-4, 2014 http://www.ishtip.org/uppsala2014 Hosted by the Department of Archival Science, Library & Information Science and Museology & Heritage Studies (ALM), Uppsala University in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University. The International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP: http://www.ishtip.org/) invites to its sixth annual workshop. This time it will be held at Uppsala University and focus on the ways in which intellectual property moves and travels across disciplinary, legal, linguistic, and geopolitical borders. Instability can refer to the way intellectual property law seeks to pin down a legal regime for increasingly unstable works. Instability can refer to the interdisciplinarity of intellectual property scholarship, as it tries to navigate and expand across and beyond disciplinary traditions. Instability can refer to the many processes of cultural and legal translation and transculturation involved in flows of culture. We encourage a broad variety of historical and/or contemporary topics that explore interdisciplinary and international aspects of intellectual property, engaging with the diversity and plurality of legal and linguistic traditions. We are particularly interested in receiving contributions that deploy a self-reflexive epistemological outlook on the study of intellectual property. Possible topics include but are not limited to: * translation and appropriation * perceptions of instability in different times and places and strategies deployed for dealing with that instability * transnationalism * legal borrowing * comparative legal and cultural studies * hybridity (in both cultural and legal terms, for instance scientific property) * processes of commodification and conversion * the interplay between international, regional and local law/culture * IP from below * ”centre-periphery” relations * interchanges, translations and borrowings between various intellectual properties and jurisdictions * Submissions of paper proposals should be made to ishtip2014(a)gmail.com<mailto:ishtip2014@gmail.com> and include a 300 word abstract, a one paragraph author bio and two page CV. Deadline for submission of proposals is Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Please note that after the workshop, presenters will be invited to submit revised papers for publication in a special issue of the peer-reviewed, open access journal Culture Unbound http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se Thanks to the generous support of The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) http://www.rj.se/english/about_rj the workshop is free of charge. For more information, please visit http://www.ishtip.org/uppsala2014 Organizers Marianne Dahlén marianne.dahlen(a)jur.uu.se<mailto:marianne.dahlen@jur.uu.se> Eva Hemmungs Wirtén ehw(a)abm.uu.se<mailto:ehw@abm.uu.se> Martin Fredriksson martin.fredriksson(a)liu.se<mailto:martin.fredriksson@liu.se>

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GNI Report Finds Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo Compliant with Free Expression and Privacy Principles
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 8, 2014

Jan. 8, 2014

GNI Report Finds Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo Compliant with Free Expression and Privacy Principles Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 09:00 WASHINGTON, DC---The Global Network Initiative today released a public report <http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/sites/default/files/GNI%20Assessments%20…>on the independent assessments of founding companies Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. The assessments looked at cases of government requests implicating the rights of Internet users, and found that each company is making a good faith effort to implement GNI's Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy, and to improve over time. "These independent assessments---the first of their kind---present a major step forward on human rights accountability in the technology sector," said GNI Board Chair Jermyn Brooks. "They demonstrated in the many specific cases examined how companies, applying the GNI Principles, have in fact been able to limit the removal of content and the release of personal data as a result of government requests," he continued. The assessments focused on products and services that in the company's view posed the most salient risks to freedom of expression and privacy---search, email, and photo and video sharing services---with cases identified through a process that included consultation with GNI's non-company members. The report presents information in aggregate or anonymized form in order to allow public disclosure of how the companies review and respond to government requests without disclosing confidential information. The report also details examples of the recommendations made by the assessors to one or more companies. The process did not and cannot determine whether the companies have acted appropriately with respect to each of the many thousands of requests received each year from governments. [...] Continua qui: http://globalnetworkinitiative.org/news/gni-report-finds-google-microsoft-a…

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Wired: "How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 8, 2014

Jan. 8, 2014

*How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet* BY STEVEN LEVY 01.07.146:30 AM Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An exclusive look inside their year from hell---and why the Internet will never be the same. On June 6, 2013, Washington Post reporters called the communications departments of Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and other Internet companies. The day before, a report in the British newspaper The Guardian had shocked Americans with evidence that the telecommunications giant Verizon had voluntarily handed a database of every call made on its network to the National Security Agency. The piece was by reporter Glenn Greenwald, and the information came from Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old IT consultant who had left the US with hundreds of thousands of documents detailing the NSA's secret procedures. Greenwald was the first but not the only journalist that Snowden reached out to. The Post's Barton Gellman had also connected with him. Now, collaborating with documentary filmmaker and Snowden confidante Laura Poitras, he was going to extend the story to Silicon Valley. Gellman wanted to be the first to expose a top-secret NSA program called Prism. Snowden's files indicated that some of the biggest companies on the web had granted the NSA and FBI direct access to their servers, giving the agencies the ability to grab a person's audio, video, photos, emails, and documents. The government urged Gellman not to identify the firms involved, but Gellman thought it was important. "Naming those companies is what would make it real to Americans," he says. Now a team of Post reporters was reaching out to those companies for comment. [...] Continua qui: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/how-the-us-almost-killed-the-inter…

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60° Mercoledì di Nexa - 8 gennaio 2014
by Giuseppe Futia Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-60> NEXA 60° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledi 8 gennaio 2014, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-60 Partecipazione online e Governo: riflessioni sugli ultimi 24 mesi e un modello di analisi Speakers Donatella Solda e Damien Lanfrey Ingresso libero This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Negli ultimi 24 mesi, i Governi Monti e Letta sono stati promotori di un numero senza precedenti di *iniziative di partecipazione e consultazione pubblica online*, evidenziando in alcuni casi l'inefficiacia di queste pratiche all'interno di cicli di politiche pubbliche incerti e talvolta incoerenti, ma manifestando una *progressiva crescita nella curva di apprendimento delle politiche partecipate*. Se è evidente che tali pratiche sono sempre più necessarie per la legittimazione delle politiche e la creazione di consenso in democrazie dall'equilibrio sempre più precario, è altrettanto vero che resta fondamentale evitare che diventino finestre occasionali di promozione politica. Partendo da una ricca esperienza in prima persona su numerose delle iniziative promosse dal Governo, gli interventi di *Donatella Solda*, esperta di diritto dell'informazione, e *Damien Lanfrey*, esperto di /public engagement/, rifletteranno sullo stato dell'arte, esporranno diversi spunti di riflessioni a partire dalle diverse iniziative in questione e proporranno alcune chiavi di lettura per suggerire soluzioni ai dilemmi e le "spirali viziose" di cui spesso la democrazia online soffre. Collocando la partecipazione online all'interno di un percorso evolutivo, si tenterà inoltre di tracciare un *modello strutturato di analisi per la e-participation*, in grado di andare oltre la costruzione di software e spazi di partecipazione ineccepibili o patti partecipativi non sempre sostenibili, per includere variabili cruciali all'intersezione tra rigidità dell'azione di Governo e fluidità dell'agire sociale. La creazione di modelli strutturati per la verifica ex ante o in itinere delle posizioni di cittadini e /stakeholder/, per focalizzare attenzione pubblica e generare consapevolezza verso i temi centrali delle politiche e per informare i cittadini ed alzare la qualità del dibattito, qualificando una generale domanda per politiche pubbliche trasparenti, adeguatamente strutturate e partecipate, sono infatti obiettivi da difendere per evitare un impoverimento della partecipazione online. BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [Solda Lanfrey] DONATELLA SOLDA è esperta di diritto dell'informazione e delle politiche per la valorizzazione dell'informazione del settore pubblico. Ha insegnato Diritto delle nuove tecnologie, Diritto d'Autore all'Università di Bari, Diritto dell'Unione Europea a Oxford Brookes e Diritti Fondamentali all'Università di Varsavia. DAMIEN LANFREY è esperto di public engagement e forme organizzative emergenti all'intersezione tra tecnologie e cambiamento sociale. Ha conseguito un Dottorato al Dipartimento di Sociology della City University di Londra, dove ha insegnato diversi corsi tra New Media, Sociologia dell'Informazione, Internet Democracy e Online Research Methods. Letture consigliate: * Coleman, S., Shane, P. /Connecting Democracy, Online Consultation and the Flow of Political Communication/. MIT Press, 2012. * Evans, P., Wurster, T.S. /How the New Economy of Information Trasnforms Strategy. Harvard Business Press/, 2000. * Thaler, R.H., Sunstein, C.R. /Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness/. Penguin Books, 2009. Le biografie complete sono disponibili alla pagina: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-60 Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri "Mercoledì di Nexa" e "Nexa Lunch Seminar" Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente che studia da diversi punti di vista le varie componenti di Internet, la "più grande invenzione del secolo" (Rita Levi Montalcini), e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it. Durante i "*Mercoledì di Nexa*", che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro di ricerca Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare e confrontarsi sugli argomenti scelti per il dibattito, insieme con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i "Mercoledì" passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i "Lunch Seminar" passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter

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Call for Chapter Proposals - tema Smart Cities
by Enrico Masala Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Segnalo questa call per capitoli di libro riguardante le smart cities, editors sono colleghi presso l'Istituto Boella. Cordialmente, Enrico Masala [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email.] *==================================================================* *CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS* *Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014* *Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smart Cities* * * *A book edited by* * * *Andrea Vesco, Ph.D. and Francesco Ferrero* *(Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy)* * * *To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1cGumux * *==================================================================* For release in the Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development (AEGDDRD) Book Series. The Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide & Regional Development (AEGDDRD) book series aims to publish authored, edited and case books encompassing the current and innovative research and practice discussing all aspects of electronic government development, implementation and adoption as well the effective use of the emerging technologies (including social media and mobile technologies) for a more effective electronic governance (or e-governance). Introduction The human population is becoming ever more concentrated in urban areas. Cities are thus becoming the key place to address the sustainability issues and improve the Quality-of-Life (QoL) of the citizens. The Smart City subject addresses the issues of urban development with particular emphasis on triple sustainability, e.g., social, economic and environmental sustainability at the same time. The process of developing smart and sustainable cities can succeed only by adopting a holistic and integrated approach to urban planning and management starting from the real needs of citizens. The collective intelligence of urban communities and the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be exploited to enable intelligent urban decision-making and to improve the QoL of citizens without affecting the opportunities of future generations. Objective of the Book This book wants to address the whole spectrum of subjects related to smart cities, while spreading the culture of economic, social and environmental sustainability. This objective will be pursued by providing: (i) the tools for the construction of territorial policies that meet the needs of urban communities, (ii) an overview of the main technologies in support of integrated planning, smarter management and development of new sustainable infrastructure and services and (iii) addressing the new funding opportunities to accelerate the development of smart cities around the globe. Target Audience The book is mainly intended to be a guidance reference for researchers (academies and public-private research centers), investors, practitioners and businesses in different fields willing to play a key role in the smart city game. Moreover the book can be potentially used in to train managing authorities and staff working at different levels within local and regional institutions. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: . Definition of smart city and the concept of triple sustainability. . Methods to define the real needs of citizens. . Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the smartness of cities. . The role of citizens and institutions in the development of smart cities. . Open-data and Big-data as an enabler of urban smartness. . ICT-based solutions in the smart city application domains (planning, government, mobility, energy, water, waste and pollution). . The use of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in city planning and management. . New funding models to accelerate the development of smart cities in time of economic crisis. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 15, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 28, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 15, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com>. This book is anticipated to be released in 2014. Important Dates Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014 (about 2-3 pages) Notification of Acceptance: April 25, 2014 Full Chapter Submission: June 15, 2014 Review Results Returned: August 15, 2014 Final Chapter Submission: September 15, 2014 Inquiries can be forwarded to Andrea Vesco, Ph.D. Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy vesco(a)ismb.it Francesco Ferrero Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy fferrero(a)ismb.it

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Fwd: LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE (Meo, Gomba e Luna il 23 gennaio a Torino)
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Ricevo e volentieri inoltro. juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 11:26:20 +0100 From: Associazione CentroScienza Onlus <newsletter(a)centroscienza.it> To: juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it immagine notizia LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE LA FABBRICA DELLE IDEE <http://www.centroscienza.it/modules/news/article.php?storyid=287> *QUANDO IL DRONE CONSEGNA LA PIZZA* *GIOVEDÌSCIENZA SPECIALE SCUOLE Scuola Secondaria di II grado* *GIOVEDÌ 23 GENNAIO 2014 ore 10,00* Teatro Colosseo Torino Prenotazione obbligatoria. Info e modulo d'iscrizione: www.giovediscienza.it <http://DAVIDE%20GOMBA%20Fablab%20Torino%20%20Torinese,%20video%20maker,+nasce+dalla+sperimentazione+audiovisiva+e+il+suo+primo+progetto+Arduino+%E8+stato+un+controller+audio/video%20open-source.%20Comunicatore,%20blogger%20su%20Arduino.cc,+tiene+workshop+in+giro+per+l%27Italia+e+promuove+la+cultura+dell%27open+design+e+della+fabbricazione+digitale.+Ha+partecipato+alla+realizzazione+del+primo+Fablab+in+Italia+presso+la+mostra+%3FStazione+futuro%3F,+poi+si+%E8+battuto+per+promuovere+e+prolungare+l%27esperienza+del+FabLab+a+Torino.+Nel+2012+ha+dato+vita+alle+Officine+Arduino,%20azienda%20che%20promuove%20Arduino%20in%20Italia%20e%20segue%20vari%20progetti%20legati%20allo%20sviluppo%20della%20scheda.%20Le%20Officine%20Arduino%20-%20ospitate%20presso%20il%20coworking%0Atorinese%20Toolbox%20-%20sono%20anche%20sede%20del%20FabLab,+e+rappresentano+una+vivace+realt%E0+di+condivisione+e+scambio+tra+diverse+identit%E0+lavorative,%20creative,%20produttive.%20Nel%20tempo%20libero%20stampa%20giocattoli%20e%20inventa%20storie%20con%20suo%20figlio%20Djibril%20%20%20RICCARDO%20LUNA%20Giornalista%20e%20scrittore%20%2048%20anni,+ne+ha+trascorsi+dieci+a+%3FLa+Repubblica%3F+%28il+quotidiano+per+il+quale+scrive+tuttora%29.+Ha+fondato+e+diretto+tre+giornali:+%3FCampus%3F,+%3FIl+Romanista%3F+e+%3FWired%3F.+Ha+scritto+per+primo+di+Calciopoli,+ha+candidato+Internet+al+premio+Nobel+per+la+Pace+ed+%E8+presidente+di+Wikitalia,%20associazione%20che%20si%20occupa%20di%20trasparenza%20e%20partecipazione%20politica%20attraverso%20la%20rete.%20Sul%20web%20ha%20diversi%20progetti%20in%20corso:+un+blog+su+%3FIl+Post%3F,+la+direzione+del+sito+%3FCheFuturo%21+Il+lunario+della+innovazione%3F+e+la+guida+di+%3FStartupItalia%21%3F.+Ha+curato+e+condotto+le+conferenze+internazionali+%3FHappy+Birthday+Web%3F,+%3FMakers%3F+e+%3FiSchool%3F.++++ANGELO+RAFFAELE+MEO+Politecnico+di+Torino,%20Presidente%20Centro%20Scienza%20Onlus%20%20Professore%20emerito%0Adel%20Politecnico%20di%20Torino,+gi%E0+Presidente+dell%3FAccademia+delle+Scienze+torinese,+%E8+un+pioniere+dell%27informatica+italiana,+noto+per+le+sue+posizioni+a+favore+del+software+libero+open+source.+Autore+di+alcuni+libri+divulgativi+sull%3Fopen+source,%20responsabile%20del%20Progetto%20Informatica%20del%20CNR,+si+%E8+occupato+di+applicazioni+informatiche+in+vari+settori+d%3Favanguardia,+a+cominciare+dalla+sintesi+vocale.+Fa+parte+del+centro+Nexa+su+Internet+e+societ%E0+per+il+dibattito+sulla+libert%E0+nell%27ambito+digitale,+in+particolare+in+rete.> DAVIDE GOMBA, RICCARDO LUNA E ANGELO RAFFAELE MEO Il multicottero non è un giocattolo, anzi, non è solo un giocattolo. Negli Stati Uniti utilizzano questa sorta di drone per consegnare la pizza e noi lo vedremo volare dentro il Teatro Colosseo. Mentre disegnare un circuito con uno speciale inchiostro elettrosensibile o più semplicemente conduttore è un giochetto da nulla che può essere molto utile. E ancora, se siete davvero creativi, potete ideare un oggetto sul web, utilizzando piattaforme che facilitano la progettazione, per poi stamparlo in 3D in un Fablab o farlo produrre da una stampante laser 3D. Dal software libero all'open hardware, in pochi anni lo scenario dell'innovazione condivisa è diventato concreto ed è a disposizione di tutti, o meglio è condivisibile da tutti su Internet che non è solo una rete di computer ma anche un network di ragazze e ragazzi, di donne e uomini che mettono in comune le loro competenze e il loro saper fare per provare a migliorare le cose e le nostre relazioni. Non è che l'inizio, niente si farà più come prima. DAVIDE GOMBA Fablab Torino Torinese, video maker, nasce dalla sperimentazione audiovisiva e il suo primo progetto Arduino è stato un controller audio/video open-source. Comunicatore, blogger su Arduino.cc, tiene workshop in giro per l'Italia e promuove la cultura dell'open design e della fabbricazione digitale. Ha partecipato alla realizzazione del primo Fablab in Italia presso la mostra ?Stazione futuro?, poi si è battuto per promuovere e prolungare l'esperienza del FabLab a Torino. Nel 2012 ha dato vita alle Officine Arduino, azienda che promuove Arduino in Italia e segue vari progetti legati allo sviluppo della scheda. Le Officine Arduino - ospitate presso il coworking torinese Toolbox - sono anche sede del FabLab, e rappresentano una vivace realtà di condivisione e scambio tra diverse identità lavorative, creative, produttive. Nel tempo libero stampa giocattoli e inventa storie con suo figlio Djibril RICCARDO LUNA Giornalista e scrittore 48 anni, ne ha trascorsi dieci a ?La Repubblica? (il quotidiano per il quale scrive tuttora). Ha fondato e diretto tre giornali: ?Campus?, ?Il Romanista? e ?Wired?. Ha scritto per primo di Calciopoli, ha candidato Internet al premio Nobel per la Pace ed è presidente di Wikitalia, associazione che si occupa di trasparenza e partecipazione politica attraverso la rete. Sul web ha diversi progetti in corso: un blog su ?Il Post?, la direzione del sito ?CheFuturo! Il lunario della innovazione? e la guida di ?StartupItalia!?. Ha curato e condotto le conferenze internazionali ?Happy Birthday Web?, ?Makers? e ?iSchool?. ANGELO RAFFAELE MEO Politecnico di Torino, Presidente Centro Scienza Onlus Professore emerito del Politecnico di Torino, già Presidente dell?Accademia delle Scienze torinese, è un pioniere dell'informatica italiana, noto per le sue posizioni a favore del software libero open source. Autore di alcuni libri divulgativi sull?open source, responsabile del Progetto Informatica del CNR, si è occupato di applicazioni informatiche in vari settori d?avanguardia, a cominciare dalla sintesi vocale. Fa parte del centro Nexa su Internet e società per il dibattito sulla libertà nell'ambito digitale, in particolare in rete. www.centroscienza.it <http://www.centroscienza.it/index.php> Questo messaggio di posta elettronica è stato spedito all'indirizzo juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it in base alla recente normativa sulla privacy Per cancellare la propria iscrizione la invitiamo a cliccare qui <http://www.centroscienza.it/modules/newsletter/form_iscrizione.php?mail=jua…> e ad indicare il codice a4a72b7806

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Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality‏
by Luca Belli Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

Buongiorno, Per chi fosse interessato: Dear all, I would like to share with you the report on “Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality” that I drafted together with Matthijs van Bergen for the Council of Europe. One month ago, we presented this report to the CoE Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI), which agreed to use it as a basis for the work of the Committee of Experts on Cross-Border Flow of Internet Traffic and Internet Freedom (MSI-INT) with regard to the elaboration of a CoE Resolution on Network Neutrality. Below the executive summary of the Report. Comments are more than welcome! Best regards, Luca Executive summary 1. This report was drafted with the goals to (i) provide deeper insight into how net(work) neutrality relates to human rights and (ii) suggest a policy and legal approach aimed at granting the full enjoyment of Internet users’ fundamental rights and freedoms through an open and neutral Internet environment, while simultaneously promoting unrestrained innovation and economic growth in the digital economy.[1] Network neutrality is a key enabler of human rights 2. Network neutrality prescribes that Internet traffic shall be treated without undue discrimination, restriction or interference, so that end-users[2] enjoy the “greatest possible access to Internet-based content, applications and services of their choice, whether or not they are offered free of charge, using suitable devices of their choice”.[3] 3. On the one hand, network neutrality is instrumental to enable any Internet user to offer and enjoy online content, applications and services through any Internet-connected device of their choice, without having to conclude agreements with each Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) [4] of each intended recipient, and all ISPs in between. On the other hand, net neutrality ensures that Internet-users’ choices for certain online content, applications, services and devices are not unduly influenced by discriminatory delivery of Internet traffic. As such, net neutrality enables self-determination and facilitates the openness of the Internet, by deflating market and institutional barriers to enter into the ‘free market of ideas’ and to participate on equal footing in economic, social and political activities. 4. In our current information society, the ability to freely receive and impart ideas and information and to fully participate in democratic life is truly reliant on the nature of one’s Internet connection.[5] By ascribing to users the ability to choose freely how to utilise their Internet connection, without undue interferences from public or private entities, network neutrality directly contributes to the effective enjoyment of a range of fundamental rights, such as Internet users’ freedom of speech and right to privacy,[6] as well as the promotion of a diverse and pluralistic media-landscape, while unleashing a virtuous cycle of innovation without permission. 5. For such reasons the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the 2010 Declaration on network neutrality, underlining its commitment to this fundamental principle,[7] while in 2012 the Internet Governance Strategy of the Council of Europe urged the development of “human rights policy principles on “network neutrality” to ensure Internet users have the greatest possible access to content, applications and services of their choice as part of the public service value of the Internet and in full respect of fundamental rights”[8]. Network neutrality has come under threat 6. Certain Internet traffic management (“ITM”)[9] techniques currently allow ISPs to block, downgrade or prioritise specific data flows. Research has shown that ITM is frequently deployed in order to block or downgrade specific Internet traffic relating to online services which compete with other services offered by the ISPs.[10] Such practices compromise end-users’ capacity to freely receive and impart information online using applications, services and devices of their choice, and jeopardise the open and neutral character of Internet architecture. Furthermore, some large European ISPs have made clear through the media and other avenues, such as shareholders' meetings and industry associations, that they intend to depart from neutral Internet access provision, in order to discriminate and prioritise specific data-flows and monetise the value that specific online applications, services and content (conceived by Internet users) present to their subscribers.[11] 7. This illustrates that existing European approaches based purely on economic and competition-law principles have thus far failed to fully enforce the network neutrality principle, even though European telecommunications markets have generally been considered relatively competitive.[12] Indeed, just as the right to vote alone is not enough to ensure freedom in a constitutional democracy, the possibility to switch providers – which may be seen as the right to ‘vote (an ISP) with your feet’ – is not enough to adequately ensure the enjoyment of users’ freedoms on the Internet. 8. Therefore, it seems necessary to query what kind of policy and legal approach would be best suited to enforce the network neutrality principle and safeguard the public-service value of the Internet. A recommended policy and legal approach to network neutrality 9. In this report we propose a model framework on network neutrality which all Council of Europe member states can adopt in their legal systems. Importantly, the framework is directly inspired by article 10 ECHR, which ensures the right to receive and impart ideas and information without restriction or interference, unless such interference is strictly necessary for and proportionate to a legitimate aim. Since the goal is to ensure that Internet traffic shall be transmitted without undue discrimination, restriction or interference, whether by public or private actors, the format of article 10 ECHR lends itself very well to be transposed into a legal framework guaranteeing network neutrality. [1] With respect to the goals of this report, it should be noted that a number of participants to the Council of Europe Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights – a conference organised by the Council of Europe on 29-30 May 2013 – highlighted the interest of a policy framework aimed at safeguarding net neutrality. See: Belli L., Council of Europe Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights, Outcome Paper, June 2013. The concerns expressed during this conference led the Council of Europe to commission this report. [2] In this report we speak of Internet (or end-) users rather than consumers. This in order to reflect the idea that consumers are solely or primarily economic actors in a market setting, whereas ‘Internet users’ should be regarded as autonomous participants of an ‘information society’, connected through the Internet, with interests that range beyond the merely economical, including also social, political and other interests. [3] Council of Europe, 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Network Neutrality, para. 4. [4] The term “Internet service provider” (ISP) is used to denote a legal person providing Internet connectivity to its customers. The term ISP also encompasses Internet transit providers – i.e. those entities that provide connectivity to various ISP, allowing them to interconnect their networks – but in this report, it does not include hosting providers and providers of online services, applications and content. [5] See: Council of Europe, Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)16 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to promote the public service value of the Internet. [6] Some even suggest a notion of net neutrality as a human networking right sui generis. See: Berners Lee T., Long live the web, Scientific American 22 November 2010; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee. [7] See: Council of Europe, 2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Network Neutrality, para 9, which also suggests further exploring network neutrality “within a Council of Europe framework with a view to providing guidance to member states”. This suggestion has been reiterated by several participants to the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights. See: Belli L., Council of Europe Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Network Neutrality and Human Rights, Outcome Paper, op.cit. [8] See: Council of Europe Internet Governance, Council of Europe Strategy 2012-2015, CM(2011)175 final, 15 March 2012, paragraph I.8.e. [9] According to BEREC ITM is: “all technical means used to process through the network traffic sent or received by end users, including both application-specific and application-agnostic traffic management. BEREC, A view of traffic management and other practices resulting in restrictions to the open Internet in Europe, 29 May 2012, p. 4. [10] Relating to Europe, see: BEREC, op. cit. Relating to the USA, see: FCC 10-201, Report and order on the open Internet 2010, paragraph 14. [11] E.g. KPN Investor Day, London 10 May 2011; ETNO paper on Contribution to WCIT ITRs Proposal to Address New Internet Ecosystem. In response, see e.g.: BEREC, BEREC’s comments on the ETNO proposal for ITU/WCIT or similar initiatives along these lines, BoR (12) 120 rev.1, 14 November 2012. [12] It should be stressed that, at the EU level, the Universal Service Directive (i.e. directive 2002/22/EC) has strengthened consumer protection, fostering better consumer information pertaining to supply conditions and tariffs in order to allow them to more easily switch providers, thus promoting competition in the electronic communications markets. However, as pointed out by BEREC, several types of discriminatory practices are particularly widespread at the European level. See: BEREC, A view of traffic management and other practices resulting in restrictions to the open Internet, op. cit. Furthermore, it has been noted by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis that “one cannot be optimistic about the intensity of competition [in the telecoms sector]. Moreover, if providers make their networks “less neutral” by implementing network bias practices, the intensity of competition decreases further. ” See: CPB response of 23 September 2010 to the public consultation on Internet and net neutrality. Luca Belli PhD Candidate in Public Law CERSA, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2 Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality

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