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CGUE: Escluso il filtro generale sulle opere scambiate dagli utenti del social network (sentenza C-360/10)
by Marco Ciurcina Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

Il gestore di una rete sociale in linea non può essere costretto a predisporre un sistema di filtraggio generale, riguardante tutti i suoi utenti, per prevenire l’utilizzo illecito di opere musicali e audiovisive Un simile obbligo non rispetterebbe il divieto di imporre a detto gestore un obbligo generale di sorveglianza, né l’esigenza di garantire il giusto equilibrio tra la tutela del diritto d’autore, da un lato, e la libertà d’impresa, il diritto alla protezione dei dati personali e la libertà di ricevere o comunicare informazioni, dall’altro (Sentenza nella causa C‑360/10, Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers (SABAM) / Netlog NV)

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[Nexa] EU Court of Justice issues positive ruling the SABAM vs. Netlog case
by Marco Pancini Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

The owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system, covering all its users, in order to prevent the unlawful use of musical and audio-visual work Such an obligation would not be respecting the prohibition to impose on that provider a general obligation to monitor nor the requirement that a fair balance be struck between the protection of copyright, on the one hand, and the freedom to conduct business, the right to protection of personal data and the freedom to receive or impart information, on the other http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-02/cp120011en.… -- Marco Pancini | Senior Policy Counsel | pancini(a)google.com | +32.28948492 +32.473531203 This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

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Re: [nexa] nexa Digest, Vol 34, Issue 12
by m.bellezza＠oppic.it Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

Salve a tutti, segnalo la pubblicazione di uno studio della CMCS della Central European University sulle proposte di riforma della legislazione ungherese sui media. Si tratta, in particolare, di un'analisi delle proposte formulate dal governo ungherese negli scorsi mesi alla luce delle discipline nazionali dei principali Stati membri dell'UE. Di seguito il link per il download dello studio: https://cmcs.ceu.hu/news/2012-01-05/new-study-hungarian-media-laws-in-europ… Buona giornata, Marco Bellezza Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it A: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Cc: Data: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:02 +0100 Oggetto: nexa Digest, Vol 34, Issue 12 > Send nexa mailing list submissions to > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nexa-owner(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of nexa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. A future leading case? (a_danni(a)libero.it) > 2. La procura di Roma vuole vederci chiaro nella faccenda del > fondo Pensioni SIAE... (a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it) > 3. Op-ed sul NYT e relativa analisi by TechDirt (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 4. Report: "The Sky is Rising" (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 5. Infografica sul Digital Divide (J.C. DE MARTIN) > 6. Re: Infografica sul Digital Divide (Stefano Quintarelli) > 7. Seminario sul cloud, interviene il Garante (MANTELERO ALESSANDRO) > 8. off topic, ma giusto di scenario (Stefano Quintarelli) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:07:58 +0100 (CET) > From: "a_danni(a)libero.it" > Subject: [nexa] A future leading case? > To: Nexa > Message-ID: > <22214236.18599081328724478705.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8" > > Buonasera a tutti, sono un novellino della vostra mailing list, ma vi seguo con > molto interesse. (merito del prof. Ricolfi). > Sono incappato in questa notizia. Secondo voi esperti, il caso ha qualche > prospettiva di sviluppo? > Ammetto che ne sono divertito. > > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/can-porn-be-copyrighted-one- > file-sharing-defendant-says-no.ars > > Andrea > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:13:51 +0100 > From: a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it > Subject: [nexa] La procura di Roma vuole vederci chiaro nella faccenda > del fondo Pensioni SIAE... > To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:11 -0500 > From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" > Subject: [nexa] Op-ed sul NYT e relativa analisi by TechDirt > To: "nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it" > Message-ID: <4F33113B.8020908(a)polito.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > > Op-Ed Contributor > > > What Wikipedia Won't Tell You > > > By CARY H. SHERMAN > > > Published: February 7, 2012 > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.html > > THE digital tsunami that swept over the Capitol last month, forcing > Congress to set aside legislation to combat the online piracy of > American music, movies, books and other creative works, raised questions > about how the democratic process functions in the digital age. > > > RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And > Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA > > > from the /new-tone?/ dept > > Remember all that talk of how the supporters of SOPA/PIPA were "humbled" > > by the protests of January 18th, and how they had learned their lessons > > about trying to push through a bill without actually involving the > stakeholders? Remember the talk of how they hoped a new tone > > could be found in the debate? Yeah. > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/01453517694/riaa-totally-out-touc… > > >

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"La pecorina" va su Nature
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

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data mining in politica, ovvero, Obama 2012
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/victory_lab/2012/02/project… Obama's White Whale How the campaign's top-secret project Narwhal could change this race, and many to come. By Sasha Issenberg <http://www.slate.com/authors.sasha_issenberg.html>|Posted Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at 11:28 AM ET

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Un cloud "autarchico" per l'Italia??
by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

forse seguendo l'idea francese alcuni anche nel nostro Paese paventano un cloud "tutto italiano", da qui qualche perplessità: http://goo.gl/aXyNa (Medialaws) AM -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Confirmed Assistant Professor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Department of Production Systems and Business Economics Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy

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Un cloud "autarchico" per l'Italia?
by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

forse seguendo l'idea francese alcuni anche nel nostro Paese paventano un cloud "tutto italiano", da qui qualche perplessità: http://goo.gl/aXyNa (Medialaws) AM -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Confirmed Assistant Professor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Department of Production Systems and Business Economics Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy

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"The Next Web and its Impact on Government Communication", Bruxelles, 16 febbraio 2012
by Daria Santucci Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

Gentilissime/i, qualora possa interessarvi, vi segnalo il convegno "The Next Web and its Impact on Government Communication", domani a Bruxelles. Porterò un contributo nel panel del primo pomeriggio. Previsto live coverage (http://consilium.europa.eu/web4gov) e live tweeting (#web4gov). Buona giornata, Daria -- Daria Santucci, Ph.D. Professor of Web Communication Semiotics Communications Professional Journalist +39 347 2512926 www.vitaminapubblica.org www.progetto-rena.it/author/daria_santucci

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Fwd: [A2k] Facebook France helping Sarkozy... ? O_o
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

(in mobilità) Begin forwarded message: > From: soufron <soufron(a)gmail.com> > Date: 14 febbraio 2012 14:09:41 GMT-05:00 > To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org > Subject: [A2k] Facebook France helping Sarkozy... ? O_o > Reply-To: soufron(a)gmail.com > > Dear Guys, > > some of our French newspapers are reporting from France that Facebook > France has been informally assisting Nicolas Sarkozy's web campaign team so > as to give him some developer time, allow him to access advanced functions, > and create a Timeline on his Fan Page - a world premiere bringing tons of > good press to his campaign. > > Journalists and inside sources named a Facebook executive named Julien > Codorniou. For this purpose, he has been working directly with Nicolas > Princen, Sarkozy's official web advisor and Loic Le Meur, who is also very > close to the President. > > Their aim was to achieve a good media coverage for Nicolas Sarkozy, and > have him depicted as an advanced user of Internet communication - which you > and Marc Zuckerberg must know is far from the truth. > > This implication of Facebook within the French presidential campaign is > unacceptable. If they have really been working on such a feature for weeks > or months, they should have offered it equally to all the candidates, and > planned its release at the same time. > > I am aware that Facebook is no traditional media. However, I am surprised > that they would take sides in a presidential campaign by providing > technical and intellectual support which may give a competitive advantage > to one of the candidates. As a result, the staff of François Hollande - a > democrat and the current favorite - already decided to cancel a meeting > they had planned with the French representatives of Facebook. > > Who to forward it to at Facebook US...? > > I am sure they would be very surprised to learn that some of their people > are using their company's resources to support a republican candidate in a > local election... > > ... or maybe a story for you? Or any help you could think of? > > Here is an article about it in "L'Express": > http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/facebook-roule-t-il-pour-sarkozy… > > And it will be in "Le Canard Enchainé" tomorrow morning. > > Best regards, > > Jean-Baptiste Soufron > > blog : http://www.soufron.com > chroniques france culture : http://www.youtube.com/soufron > > phone: +33 (0) 970 466 928 > mobile: +33 (0) 648 741 510 > fax: +33 (0) 950 140 164 > skype: soufron > twitter: soufron > gtalk : soufron(a)gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > A2k mailing list > A2k(a)lists.keionline.org > http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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Fwd: BOAI Ten Years On
by J.C. DE MARTIN Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: BOAI Ten Years On Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:27:06 -0500 From: LIBLICENSE <liblicense(a)GMAIL.COM> Reply-To: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum <LIBLICENSE-L(a)LISTSERV.CRL.EDU> To: <LIBLICENSE-L(a)LISTSERV.CRL.EDU> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:25 +0200 From: Iryna Kuchma<iryna.kuchma(a)eifl.net> To mark the 10th anniversary of the BOAI -http://blog.soros.org/2012/02/ten-years-on-researchers-embrace-open-access/ Ten Years On, Researchers Embrace Open Access February 14, 2012 | by Melissa Hagemann How long does it take for an idea to turn into a movement for change? And how long before that movement achieves its goals? Today, the tenth anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, seems like a good time to ask these questions. The term “Open Access” (OA), the free online availability of research literature, was first coined at an Open Society sponsored meeting in Budapest in December 2001. The Information Program had supported the distribution of hard copies of scientific journals to universities in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and was interested in harnessing the power of the internet to more easily put academic research in the hands of those who could benefit. So we brought together leaders who were exploring alternative publishing models. The group hammered out a declaration that would provide the public with unrestricted, free access to scholarly research—much of which is publicly funded. The declaration, the Budapest Open Access Initiative, urged academics to place their research in institutional archives and it encouraged the creation of new open access journals. The result? Ten years on, troves of scholarly research and information—which had largely been the domain of elite universities and wealthy countries who could afford it—are freely available to the public. Today, Open Access is at the forefront of discussions about scholarly communications in the digital age. Open Access is taught in universities, debated in Parliaments, embraced and opposed by publishers, and most importantly, mandated by over 300 research funders and institutions, including the largest funder of research in the world, the U.S. National Institutes of Health. This rise to prominence is all the more remarkable when considering how ambitious the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) was, as it sought to change an $8 billion industry. Few beyond the initial BOAI participants shared the vision that change was possible. The release of the BOAI declaration, urging publishers and academics to make research freely available, was followed by two similar initiatives that strengthened the base of support for Open Access: the Bethesda Statement from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Berlin Declaration which originated from the Max Planck Society. While HHMI, Max Planck, and OSF provided the framework, it has been the library and research communities who have organized their members and driven the Open Access agenda. Today, scholarly content and research is freely available online to doctors, patients, professors, and students around the world. Nearly 7,500 academic journals are readily accessible in the Directory of Open Access Journals and more than 2,000 archives are included in the Directory of Open Access Repositories. While much has been achieved to make research freely available, it’s fair to say the BOAI was initially greeted with immense scepticism – even ridicule – by the traditional scholarly publishing sector. Many of my favorite milestones for the movement have to do with the gradual softening of that initial stance, as some traditional publishers have begun to see the value of Open Access to their business. The launch in 2006 of PLoS One, the Open Access “mega-journal,” has been much copied by traditional publishers, and has put its OA publisher, the Public Library of Science, firmly in the black. The purchase of the OA publisher BioMed Central in 2008 by one of the two market leaders in scholarly journal publishing, Springer, further vindicated the OA model. We are also encouraged by support from major donors for medical research and from academic institutions. The Wellcome Trust in the UK was the first funder in the world to mandate Open Access to the research it funds. Many of the schools of Harvard University have also adopted OA mandates. But the single most exciting development in this field has been the National Institutes of Health mandate, launched in 2008, that requires research they fund using taxpayer money be made publicly available. This mandate alone places $30 billion of research in the hands of the public every year. However the fight for open access to research has not been won. The U.S. Congress is considering reversing the NIH mandate in a bill – the Research Works Act – backed by traditional publishers. Discussions of Open Access policies will be just one item on the agenda of a gathering of OA leaders, taking place today and tomorrow in Budapest. We plan to develop a set of recommendations which will help guide the movement over the next ten years. We will be exploring issues of sustainability, what we can do to further support OA in developing and transition countries, and what implications OA has for measuring the impact of research, and encouraging its reuse. But just like the first meeting in Budapest, we will be keeping the agenda as open as possible. We want to encourage the creative thinking that led to the conception of Open Access in the first place, thinking that has inspired a global movement which cannot now be claimed by any single institution, but is a testament to the power of a good idea to spread across institutional boundaries and disciplines. ****

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