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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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56° Mercoledì di Nexa - 11 settembre 2013
by Giuseppe Futia Sept. 10, 2013

Sept. 10, 2013

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-56> NEXA 56° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledi 11 settembre 2013, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-56 Verso un terzo paradigma dell'innovazione e della creatività? Speaker Marco Ricolfi Ingresso libero This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Per più di tre secoli nella nostre società la tecnica giuridica dell'esclusiva ha fornito l'incentivo all'*innovazione* e alla *creatività*. Questa tecnica ha sorretto il paradigma, basato sui contributi provenienti dalle organizzazioni di impresa e di ricerca pubbliche e private, che si è affermata in tutti i settori della proprietà intellettuale: nel campo delle invenzioni, delle opere dell'ingegno, dei segni distintivi. Da venti anni circa ci si chiede però se, in un'epoca nella quale gran parte delle creazioni ed innovazioni assume formato digitale e le piattaforme digitali aprono inedite possibilità di collaborazione nella creazione, condivisione e disseminazione delle innovazioni, il *paradigma "esclusivo-centrico"* non debba essere rivisto, corretto ed integrato. In occasione del 56° Mercoledì di Nexa questo tema verrà approfondito e discusso da *Marco Ricolfi*, co-direttore del Centro Nexa su Internet & Società e professore di Diritto della Proprietà Intellettuale all'Università di Torino. L'idea che si stesse affacciando un paradigma nuovo si è in un primo momento affermata nel campo del copyright: il software libero <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software> prima e Creative Commons <http://creativecommons.org/> dopo hanno aperto la strada ad un *profondo ripensamento dell'idea che non si dia creazione senza l'incentivo fornito dall'esclusiva*. Allargando lo sguardo agli altri settori, ci si accorge che a ben vedere la trasformazione può essere ancor più radicale di quanto non fosse in un primo momento parso ai teorici del Copyright 2.0 <http://www.communia-project.eu/node/110>: non solo l'esclusiva può non essere indispensabile, ma sempre più spesso risulta controproducente, e questo anche nel campo dell'innovazione tecnologica, come esemplificato dagli studi sulla tragedia degli anti-commons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_anticommons>, cui si assiste in settori che vanno dai farmaci, alle biotecnologie all'ICT. D'altro canto, gli economisti e i tecnologi ci hanno insegnato che le risorse digitali sono non rivali non solo nel consumo, ma anche nella produzione. Questi elementi sono sufficienti per lavorare all'ipotesi che *al paradigma tradizionale dell'innovazione si sia affiancato un altro paradigma*, che si regge non sulla regola dell'esclusività ma su regole che forniscono incentivi (non all'appropriazione solitaria dell'esclusivista) ma alla *collaborazione* in rete e che quindi sono finalizzate alla salvaguardia dell'interoperabilità, delle infrastrutture e delle risorse comuni. Speaker - e informazioni supplementari [ricolfi] Il Professor Marco Ricolfi si è laureato presso la Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Torino nel 1974. Master of Laws presso la Yale Law School nel 1976, attualmente è professore di Diritto della Proprietà Intellettuale all'Università di Torino. E' direttore del LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Proprietà Intellettuale, organizzato dalla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza di Torino insieme con il WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) e l'ILO (International Labour Organization). Letture Consigliate * Y.Benkler, /The Penguin and the Leviathan. The Triumph of Cooperation Over Self-Interest <http://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Leviathan-Cooperation-Triumphs-Self-Interest/…>/, Crown Business, New York, 2011 * Y. Benkler, /Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm <http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.html>/, in 112 Yale L.J., 2002, 369 ff. * Y. Benkler, /Sharing Nicely: On Shareable Goods and the Emergence of Sharing as a Modality of Economic Production <http://benkler.org/SharingNicely.html>/, 114 Yale L.J. 2004, 272 ss. * B. M. Frischmann, /An Economic Theory of Infrastructure and Commons Management <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=588424>/, in Minn. L.R. 2005, 917 ff. Ulteriori letture consigliate sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-56 Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società e il ciclo di incontri "i Mercoledì di Nexa" Il Centro Nexa su Internet e 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" secondo il Premio Nobel Rita Levi Montalcini. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it. Durante "i Mercoledì di Nexa <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi>", che si tengono ogni 2° mercoledì del mese alle ore 18, 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 al web e al suo sempre più ricco mondo: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing e molto altro. Ogni 4° mercoledì del mese dalle ore 13 alle ore 14, si svolgono "i Nexa Lunch Seminar <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars>", un ciclo di incontri proposto dal Centro Nexa a partire da maggio 2012. 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. 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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The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire Internet
by gianluca Sept. 9, 2013

Sept. 9, 2013

Google runs its web empire on computers the size of warehouses. by cade metz Inside themassive data centers <http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/a…>that drive things like Google Search and Gmail and Google Maps, you'll find tens of thousands of machines --- each small enough to hold in your arms --- but thanks to anew breed of software <http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/03/google-borg-twitter-mesos/all/>that spans this sea of servers, the entire data center operateslike a single system <http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/01/google-man/>, one giant computer that runs any application the company throws at it. A Google application like Gmail doesn't run on a particular server or even a select group of servers. It runs on the data center, grabbing computing power from any machine than can spare it. Google calls this "warehouse-scale computing," and for some, it's an idea so large, they have trouble wrapping their heads around it. Solomon Hykes isn't one of them. He aims for something even bigger. With a newopen-source software project known as Docker <https://www.docker.io/>, he wants to build a computer the size of the internet. continua qui http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/docker/?mbid=social11685754

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Economist: "Clever cities - The multiplexed metropolis"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 9, 2013

Sept. 9, 2013

Clever cities The multiplexed metropolis Enthusiasts think that data services can change cities in this century as much as electricity did in the last one. They are a long way from proving their case Sep 7th 2013|AMSTERDAM AND BARCELONA|From the print edition <http://www.economist.com/printedition/2013-09-07> EVEN thieves, it seems, now have a smartphone app. Makkie Klauwe (it means something like "easy pickings" in Amsterdam slang) reveals the city's best places for pilfering---for instance Reestraat and Tuinstraat, where bicycles appear to be a good target. The app depends for its dark arts on pulling together publicly available data on disposable income, crime levels and other problems reported in a district. A good place to steal might, for instance, have high income, low reported crime and broken streetlights. Luckily for Amsterdam's citizens and tourists, Makkie Klauwe does not exist. Bram Fritz, a graphic-design student, thought it up for an app contest the city held in 2011 (it won first prize in the "safety" category). Although he says he might write the app one day, the main aim was to kindle a debate over the ever greater amount of easily available data that can change urban life. "I wanted to confront citizens with what could become a threat to their property," explains Mr Fritz. As they go about their business of producing most of the world's wealth, novelty and human interaction, cities also produce a vast amount of data. The people who run cities are ever more keen on putting those data to work. Hardly a week passes without a mayor somewhere in the world unveiling a "smart-city" project---often at one of the many conferences hailing the concept. In August China announced such a programme, this one spread around nine pilot sites across the country. Earlier this year Kenya's then president, Mwai Kibaki, broke ground on Konza Techno City outside Nairobi. [...] Continua qui: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21585002-enthusiasts-think-data-serv…

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FW: Call For Papers - Network Neutrality
by Luca Belli Sept. 9, 2013

Sept. 9, 2013

Buongiorno a tutti, Mi permetto di diffondere questo reminder, per chi fosse interessato: Dear all, Please note that until 15 September it will be possible to submit a proposal for the 1sr Report of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality (see: Call for Papers, below). Also, please note that the meeting of the DC has been scheduled on 25 October 2013, from 9:00 to 10:30, in room #7. The Report will be published online and distribited at the DC meeting. Please, do not hesitate to contact me (privately) should you have any questions.Best regards, Luca Luca BelliDoctorant en Droit PublicCERSA,Université Panthéon-AssasSorbonne University Background“Network Neutrality” is an appealing and multifaceted expression which encompasses several areas and may give rise to misinterpretations. At its core, the notion of network-neutrality determines the extent to which Internet trafﬁc management practices (TMP) may be regarded as legitimate, insofar as they do not qualify as discriminatory practices and they are consistent with the full enjoyment of human-rights. Yet, throughout the last decade, this polysemous formula has acquired different meanings, invading the province of telecommunications, content and security regulation. The Network Neutrality debate is gaining great political momentum. Indeed, many legislators are currently scrutinizing the opportunity of elaborating and adopting legislation on network neutrality. While everyone agrees that the fundamental rights of Internet users have to be safeguarded, the question remains as to how this end could be achieved, and what are the most effective means to achieve such an objective. CallThe Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality, created under the auspices of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, invites researchers and practitioners to submit a position paper on the issue of net neutrality and human rights. Position papers should provide relevant background information together with one or more propositions on how to preserve fundamental human rights (such as the right to privacy or freedom of expression) on the Internet of tomorrow. Suggested topics include, inter alia:Implementation of the Network Neutrality principle:• How to approach network neutrality? Regulation or co-regulation? • Is fair competition a sufﬁcient safeguard for fundamental rights?• Can current examples of network-neutrality legislation be deemed as efﬁcient?• Is there a difference between “open Internet” and “neutral Internet”? Impact of Network Neutrality on human rights:• Analysis of network neutrality case-law: Current violations of the Net Neutrality principle and their impact on human rights• How to reconcile anti-network neutrality arguments with the protection of human rights ?• From gateways to gatekeepers: assessing the role of ISPs with regard to access to information.• Net Neutrality and global access to the Internet: a “digital divide” issue• Digital democracy: the impact of network neutrality regulation on civic participation • Beneﬁts and risks of Deep Packet Inspection as an Internet trafﬁc management technique 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 3000 and 6000 words. To facilitate the reviewing process, papers should not include author names or other information that would help identify the authors.All paper should be in English language, and formatted according to the HWPiL style template.Submissions are due on September 15th, 2013. 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.infoAuthors 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 2013 in Bali.

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E' l'ora x per la storia dell'internet italiana. Controriformatori in rete.
by Fulvio Sarzana Sept. 8, 2013

Sept. 8, 2013

Quest’oggi, 8 settembre, l’inserto domenicale del sole 24 ore in edicola “Nova 24″, dedica la prima pagina al tema della neutralità della rete, e alle misure “draconiane” che l’Agcom intende introdurre sull’internet italiana,con due articoli dal titolo “controriformatori in rete” e “E’ l’ora X per la storia dell’internet italiana”. All’interno, interviste di Juan Carlos De Martin, Cristoforo Morandini, Innocenzo Genna, più il sottoscritto. http://www.fulviosarzana.it/blog/lora-x-per-la-storia-dellinternet-italiana- controriformatori-in-rete/

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Paper: "Internet Governance is Our Shared Responsibility"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 7, 2013

Sept. 7, 2013

Internet Governance is Our Shared Responsibility Vinton G. Cerf <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=579703> Google, Inc. Patrick S. Ryan <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=355448> Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Interdisciplinary Center for Law and Information Technology (ICRI); Google Inc.; University of Colorado at Boulder, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program Max Senges <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1681368> Google, Inc. August 13, 2013 /I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, 10 ISJLP ___ (2014), Forthcoming/ *Abstract: * This essay looks at the the different roles that multistakeholder institutions play in the Internet governance ecosystem. We propose a model for thinking of Internet governance within the context of the Internet's layered model. We use the example of the negotiations in Dubai in 2102 at the World Conference on International Telecommunications as an illustration for why it is important for different institutions within the governance system to focus on their respective areas of expertise (e.g., the ITU, ICANN, and IGF). Several areas of conflict (a "tussle") are reviewed, such as the desire to promote more broadband infrastructure, a topic that is in the remit of the International Telecommunications Union, but also the recurring desire of countries like Russia and China to use the ITU to regulate content and restrict free expression on the Internet through onerous cybersecurity and spam provisions. We conclude that it is folly to try and regulate all these areas through an international treaty, and encourage further development of mechanisms for global debate like the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). *Number of Pages in PDF File:* 34 *Keywords:* Internet governance, ITU, ICANN, IGF, layered model *JEL Classification:* K1, K23, L5, R50, G18, I96, O00, 03, 033, 038 Accepted Paper Series Date posted: August 14, 2013 URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2309772

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Guardian: "Microsoft and Yahoo voice alarm over NSA's assault on internet encryption"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 7, 2013

Sept. 7, 2013

*Microsoft and Yahoo voice alarm over NSA's assault on internet encryption* /Tech companies say they were unaware of top secret programs but warn they present 'substantial potential for abuse'/ # Dominic Rushe <http://www.theguardian.com/profile/dominic-rushe> in New York # The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian>, Friday 6 September 2013 Two of the world's biggest technology companies, Microsoft and Yahoo, expressed deep concern on Friday about widespread attempts by the US and UK intelligence services to circumvent the online security systems that protect the privacy of millions of people online. Microsoft said it had "significant concerns" about reports that the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, had succeeded in cracking most of the codes that protect the privacy of internet users. Yahoo said it feared "substantial potential for abuse". Google said it was not aware of any covert attempts to compromise its systems. However, according to a report in the Washington Post on Saturday, the company said that it had accelerated the encryption of information in its data centres in a bid to prevent snooping by the NSA and the intelligence agencies of other governments. [...] Continua qui: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/yahoo-nsa-gchq-decryption-abuse

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NSA: This is not the internet the world needs
by Alessandro Mantelero Sept. 6, 2013

Sept. 6, 2013

The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back Bruce Schneier Government and industry have betrayed the internet, and us. By subverting the internet at every level to make it a vast, multi-layered and robust surveillance platform, the NSA has undermined a fundamental social contract. The companies that build and manage our internet infrastructure, the companies that create and sell us our hardware and software, or the companies that host our data: we can no longer trust them to be ethical internet stewards. This is not the internet the world needs, or the internet its creators envisioned. We need to take it back. And by we, I mean the engineering community. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/government-betrayed-in… v. anche http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surve…

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NSA and GCHQ unlock privacy and security on the internet
by gianluca Sept. 6, 2013

Sept. 6, 2013

Series: Glenn Greenwald on security and liberty NSA and GCHQ unlock privacy and security on the internet . NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records . $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products . Security experts say programs 'undermine the fabric of the internet' US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden. continua qui http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-secu…

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