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EGAIS - final event
by Norberto Patrignani Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

Carissim* vi allego l'annuncio della conferenza finale del progetto EU Ethical Governance of Emerging Technologies Bruxelles, 23 Gennaio 2012 partecipazione libera ma bisogna registrarsi perche' e' all'interno del Parlamento EU Ciao, Norberto

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Islamic Republic of Iran: Computer Crimes Law
by fabio chiusi Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/2921/en/islamic-republic-of… f.

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Re: [nexa] R: Fwd: [IP] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions
by Stefano Quintarelli Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

si, difficile. imho dal punto di vista di linee guida io le seguenti cose le caldeggerei - ridurre le freq TV e darle agli MNO (il prezzo lo fa l'asta) - mettere scadenze brevi delle assegnazioni - aumentare lo spettro disponibile unlicensed nella parte alta - aumentare le potenze per tutti (il limite era stato fissato ad 1/3 degli USA come decisione di un funzionario "quanto fanno in USA ? noi facciamo meno della meta" (cosi' si vendevano piu' apparati , costava di piu' fare la rete...) - riservare una parte bassa per sperimentazioni e uso privato (per consentire sperimentazioni radio cognitive e beamforming) - assegnare una nuova categoria di licenze per stesse frequenze da MNO ma low power (SRD indoor) ciao, s. On 13/01/2012 09:49, Giorgio Ventre wrote: > Ammetto che la questione è davvero interessante ma mi riesce difficile > capire se esiste una soluzione al problema, in termini di linee guida per > definire una strategia politica sul tema Frequenze. > > I Telco si lamentano di essere lasciati fuori dalla fetta più interessante > del Mercato e di essere costretti a pagare somme enormi per lo spettro. > Somme che peraltro garantiscono loro una posizione forte nei confronti dei > service provider o comunque consente loro di avere revenue diretti. > > Dall’altro i service provider dicono che non vogliono essere più sottoposti > a questo “balzello” e chiedono spettro gratis (o quasi) giustificando questa > richiesta con la loro enorme capacità di innovazione sui servizi. > > Cosa peraltro vera, in fin dei conti. > > Se a questo aggiungiamo poi che in Europa non esiste nessun service provider > degno di nota, la questione da noi si complica ancora di più. > > > > Saluti > > > > Giorgio > > > > > > Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it > [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per conto di J.C. DE MARTIN > Inviato: venerdì 13 gennaio 2012 2.44 > A: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Oggetto: [nexa] Fwd: [IP] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead > of more auctions > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > Subject: > > [IP] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions > > > Date: > > Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:20:42 -0500 > > > From: > > Dave Farber<mailto:dave@farber.net> <dave(a)farber.net> > > > Reply-To: > > dave(a)farber.net > > > To: > > ip<mailto:ip@listbox.com> <ip(a)listbox.com> > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dewayne Hendricks<dewayne(a)warpspeed.com> > Date: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of > more auctions > To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net<dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com> > > > Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions > Cites inability to compete with big carriers in auctions > By Brad Reed, Network World > January 12, 2012 > <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011212-google-spectrum-254842.html> > > LAS VEGAS - Google would really, really like to see the Federal > Communications Commission open up a huge swath of unlicensed spectrum for > mobile broadband. > However, it doesn't look like the company will get its wish. During a panel > discussion at the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday, Google senior policy > counsel Rick Whitt outlined his company's case for making more unlicensed > spectrum available instead of simply auctioning off spectrum to the highest > bidders. In particular, Whitt cited Google's inability to compete with > Verizon when bidding on the so-called "C Block" of spectrum on the 700MHz > band that the FCC auctioned off in 2008 that now forms the backbone of > Verizon's nationwide LTE network. > > "We thought, 'What would it take for us to outbid Verizon?' And every one of > the game theorists we talked to across the spectrum said the same thing: > 'You'll never outbid Verizon,' " he said. "They are the incumbents and they > will do everything they can to foreclose your entry into the market." > > Whitt also cited concerns about the proposed spectrum auction legislation > that recently passed in the House of Representatives. In particular, Whitt > said that an all-licensed approach to spectrum wouldn't give carriers the > spectrum they need to build out common infrastructure. > > "The concern that many of us have ... is that [the proposed House > legislation] seems to say, 'Everything that's cleared must be auctioned and > everything that's auctioned must be licensed,' which in our mind would rule > out unlicensed," said Whitt. "If nothing else, if you are an advocate of > licensed usage there are things like guard bands or things like duplex gaps > that are going to be really necessary to have the next generation of LTE > networks built... This is beachfront spectrum. How about a couple public > beaches?" > > But Neil Fried, the chief telecommunications counsel for the House Energy > and Commerce Committee, said that the spectrum in question would be wasted > if it was used for short-field communications and said that it needed a > national telecom carrier to properly build out and manage a nationwide > mobile broadband network. > > "There is a need for unlicensed spectrum and that will remain," said Fried. > "The type of things we're talking about, the offloading? That's short haul, > that's not long haul. If we're talking about beach-front property, are we > talking about a place to go surfing or are we talking about a shipping lane? > ... What we've done is we've set the right balance. The 700MHz and below, > that's the prime stuff for the long-haul licensed wireless broadband use ... > creating an oasis for unlicensed use would be essentially preventing the use > for licensed." > > [snip] > > Dewayne-Net RSS Feed:<http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> > > > > > > > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/14798382-eb93fc78> | > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-58a8a > c4b> Modify Your Subscription | > <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382- > d392ffd3&post_id=20120112202047:D1040E7C-3D84-11E1-A979-F67A02A212EC> > Unsubscribe Now > > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa -- blog.quintarelli.it www.ilsole24ore.com

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Fwd: [IP] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IP] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:20:42 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave(a)farber.net> Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Dewayne Hendricks* <dewayne(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne@warpspeed.com>> Date: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net(a)warpspeed.com <mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>> Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions Cites inability to compete with big carriers in auctions By Brad Reed, Network World January 12, 2012 <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011212-google-spectrum-254842.html> LAS VEGAS - Google would really, really like to see the Federal Communications Commission open up a huge swath of unlicensed spectrum for mobile broadband. However, it doesn't look like the company will get its wish. During a panel discussion at the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday, Google senior policy counsel Rick Whitt outlined his company's case for making more unlicensed spectrum available instead of simply auctioning off spectrum to the highest bidders. In particular, Whitt cited Google's inability to compete with Verizon when bidding on the so-called "C Block" of spectrum on the 700MHz band that the FCC auctioned off in 2008 that now forms the backbone of Verizon's nationwide LTE network. "We thought, 'What would it take for us to outbid Verizon?' And every one of the game theorists we talked to across the spectrum said the same thing: 'You'll never outbid Verizon,' " he said. "They are the incumbents and they will do everything they can to foreclose your entry into the market." Whitt also cited concerns about the proposed spectrum auction legislation that recently passed in the House of Representatives. In particular, Whitt said that an all-licensed approach to spectrum wouldn't give carriers the spectrum they need to build out common infrastructure. "The concern that many of us have ... is that [the proposed House legislation] seems to say, 'Everything that's cleared must be auctioned and everything that's auctioned must be licensed,' which in our mind would rule out unlicensed," said Whitt. "If nothing else, if you are an advocate of licensed usage there are things like guard bands or things like duplex gaps that are going to be really necessary to have the next generation of LTE networks built... This is beachfront spectrum. How about a couple public beaches?" But Neil Fried, the chief telecommunications counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said that the spectrum in question would be wasted if it was used for short-field communications and said that it needed a national telecom carrier to properly build out and manage a nationwide mobile broadband network. "There is a need for unlicensed spectrum and that will remain," said Fried. "The type of things we're talking about, the offloading? That's short haul, that's not long haul. If we're talking about beach-front property, are we talking about a place to go surfing or are we talking about a shipping lane? ... What we've done is we've set the right balance. The 700MHz and below, that's the prime stuff for the long-haul licensed wireless broadband use ... creating an oasis for unlicensed use would be essentially preventing the use for licensed." [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/14798382-eb93fc78> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-58a8a…> Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-…> [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com>

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Doctorow: "Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 13, 2012

Jan. 13, 2012

Notevole discorso di Cory Doctorow. juan carlos Lockdown The coming war on general-purpose computing By Cory Doctorow - /This article is based on a keynote speech to the Chaos Computer Congress <http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-purp.html> in Berlin, Dec. 2011. / General-purpose computers are astounding. They're so astounding that our society still struggles to come to grips with them, what they're for, how to accommodate them, and how to cope with them. This brings us back to something you might be sick of reading about: /copyright/. But bear with me, because this is about something more important. The shape of the copyright wars clues us into an upcoming fight over the destiny of the general-purpose computer itself. [...] Continua qui: http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html

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Amnesty "Is Internet Access A Human Right?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012

Is Internet Access A Human Right? Posted by: Scott Edwards <http://blog.amnestyusa.org/author/scott-edwards/>, January 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM *http://blog.amnestyusa.org/business/is-internet-access-a-human-right/* A curious op ed appeared in /The New York Times/ recently, titled "Internet Access is Not a Human Right." <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-ri…> In this piece---which I read as I do most news and media, via my computer---Vinton Cerf <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf>, a "father" of the Internet, makes an argument that despite the critical role of Information Communication Technologies (the internet) in the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa <http://blog.amnestyusa.org/tag/yearofrebellion/>, access to the Internet is not a human right. I should note that his right to express himself so is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights <http://www.amnestyusa.org/research/human-rights-basics/universal-declaratio…> (UDHR): Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to... seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. The curious bit of his piece though, isn't the claim that Internet Access is not a human right, but rather*the exceptionally narrow portrayal of human rights from a legal and philosophical perspective. * *[...] * The simplified answer is: We have them because the original guarantees as elaborated weren't enough. We have them because our evolving understanding of the rights enshrined in the UDHR required new instruments to guarantee those rights. We have them because someone, somewhere, refused to make the necessary changes to policy or practice to guarantee some segment of the human family the rights they were already guaranteed in the UDHR. Because someone, somewhere said "that's not a human right." **

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Fwd: [A2k] EU Commission Paves the Way for Privatized Net Censorship
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] EU Commission Paves the Way for Privatized Net Censorship Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:52:24 +0100 From: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org Themes: EU, COPYRIGHT, COOPERATION, CENSORSHIP La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/eu-commission-paves-the-way-for-privatized-… EU Commission Paves the Way for Privatized Net Censorship *** Paris, January 12th, 2012 – In a milestone strategy document on Internet policy, the EU Commission is getting ready to propose new repressive policies. With the upcoming consent vote on the anti-counterfeiting agreement ACTA and the revision of the “Intellectual Property Rights” Directive (IPRED), the controversial censorship schemes currently discussed in the United States will soon arrive in Europe. *** On Wednesday, the EU Commission released a communication on the digital single market covering most EU policies related to the Digital Agenda [1]. As this document suggests, the Commission is working on combating illegal gambling websites, which could take the form of censorship measures such as those implemented in France and other Member States [2]. Hypocritically, and probably to please the banking industry, the Commission does not even consider attacking illegal businesses' financial streams, which would be an effective way to tackle them. Instead, the Commission paves the way to censorship measures at the core of the network. In the area of Copyright, the EU Commission sticks to the dangerous notion of “illegal content”, which doesn't mean anything by itself, except that the network will be programmed for enforcement. It is also pushing for extra-judicial “cooperation” between Internet actors, payment providers and entertainment industries, mirroring the very controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), currently discussed in the US Congress [3]. “In line with ACTA and SOPA in the US, the Commission wants to impose privatized censorship schemes [4] where companies (ISPs, payment processors) would directly ‘cooperate’ with the entertainment industry to censor their services. The EU executive is ready to please a few industries by putting the Internet under control. Citizens must remain watchful and oppose any policy that pays no respect to the right to a fair trial or freedom of expression.”, said Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of the citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. * References * 1. See http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/e-commerce/communication_2012_en.htm 2. See the consultation on online gambling held last summer: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/respond-to-the-eu-commissions-consultatio... 3. See page 13 of the communication: “Cooperation between stakeholders, in particular internet providers, rights-holders and payment services, in the European Union and the US, may also help to combat illegal content”. 4. Upon notification by the entertainment industries, search engines as well as payment providers and advertisers would also be prevented from providing services or contracting with targeted websites, without any judicial decision. As pointed out by law scholar Yochai Benkler, SOPA and PIPA would amount to legalizing the type of censorship techniques used by the US against WikiLeaks, transposing into the civilian domain measures that used to be reserved to counter-terrorism. See: http://benkler.org/WikiLeaks_PROTECT-IP_Benkler.pdf ** About la Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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INTERNET E NUOVI PARADIGMI PRODUTTIVI - track alla conferenza italiana STS
by Stefano De Paoli Jan. 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012

Ciao a tutti, è la prima volta che scrivo anche se seguo da un po' la lista. Sono Stefano, ricercatore alla Fondazione <ahref di Trento (http://www.ahref.eu) Scrivo (scusate la lunga mail) per segnalarvi questo mini-track alla prossima conferenza sugli Studi di Scienza, Tecnologia e Società che si terrà a Rovigo, sal 21 al 23 giugno. Credo che il tema possa essere interessante per la lista e scrivo anche per invitare, chi fosse interessato , a mandare un abstract. TRACK: INTERNET E NUOVI PARADIGMI PRODUTTIVI: IL CONTRIBUTO DEGLI STUDI SU SCIENZATECNOLOGIA-SOCIETÀ Convenors: Stefano De Paoli (Fondazione <ahref, Trento, stefano(a)ahref.eu ) Cristiano Storni (University of Limerick , cristiano.storni(a)ul.ie) Maurizio Teli (Fondazione <ahref, Trento, maurizio(a)ahref.eu) L'esponenziale diffusione della rete Internet testimonia l'emergere di nuovi arrangiamenti sociotecnici che mettono in questione la tradizionale separazione tra produzione e consumo. Per molti, stiamo assistendo all'emergere ed al consolidarsi di un nuovo paradigma produttivo dove i processi di produzione sono decentralizzati, distribuiti tra una imprecisata massa di attori proattivi, a volte senza un percorso prevedibile. Gli esempi crescono quotidianamente: Wikipedia, software e hardware libero, folksonomie, piattaforme crowdsourcing, attivismo online, le comunità di Do-itYourself, il, etc. Nuovi concetti sono stati sviluppati nel tentativo di catturare questi inediti arrangiamenti sociotecnici: Toffler (1980) aveva teorizzato l'emergere del prosumer, contemporaneamente produttore e consumatore di beni. Tale convergenza produttore/consumatore ha spinto a generare nuove nozioni quali “wikinomics” (Tapscott e Williams, 2006), “commons-based peer production” (Benkler, 2006), “produsage” (Bruns, 2008), ed idee come lo Hack-tivism (Auty, 2004) o il Mash-up tecnologico (Hartmann et al 2006). Emergono però anche analisi critiche che sottolineano il perpetuarsi, più o meno evidente, di tradizionali logiche capitalistiche legate al controllo, allo sfruttamento, alla gestione delle proprietà intellettuali, al deskilling, etc. (Lash, 2002, Terranova, 2000, De Paoli e Storni, 2011) Invece di assumere l'emergere di un nuovo paradigma produttivo come un dato di fatto, l'obiettivo di questa track é quello di descrivere le pratiche e le dinamiche che caratterizzano i collettivi socio-tecnici che stanno dietro ai fenomeni menzionati, e di discutere come esse ci aiutino a ripensare non solo la tradizionale divisione del lavoro tra produzione e consumo, ma soprattutto cosa intendiamo per lavoro, produzione, consumo, proprietà e bene (comune) nella nostra società dell'informazione. Invitiamo a contributi e casi studi che discutano, seppur non siano limitati a: - il ruolo degli STS nello studio delle nuove pratiche emergenti nella società dell'informazione; - come ripensare e/o decostruire empiricamente i concetti di produzione, consumo, proprietà, lavoro e bene: dibattiti, controversie e nuove definizioni; - il farsi e disfarsi dei confini tra produzione/consumo o design/uso; - nuove concezioni di lavoro e modalità di sua distribuzione; - Do-it-Yourself e Do-it-with-Others: nuove pratiche? Riferimenti bibliografici Auty, C., 2004, “Political Hacktivism: tool of the underdog or scourge of cyberspace?” in Aslib proc: new information perspectives, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 212-22 Benkler, Y, 2006, The wealth of Networks. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Bruns, A., 2008, Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From production to produsage. New York: Peter Lang. De Paoli S. and Storni C, 2011, “Produsage in hybrid networks: sociotechnical skills in the case of Arduino”. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 17(1), 31-52. Hartmann, B. et al., 2006, Hacking, Mashing, Gluing, Technical Report, Stanford University Computer Science Department. Lash, S., 2002. Critique of Information. London: Sage Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. 2006, Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Portfolio. Toffler, A., 1980, The Third Wave. New York: Morrow. Gli abstract degli interventi (in lingua italiana o inglese), della lunghezza massima di 500 parole (completi di nome, affiliazione e mail dell'autore) vanno inviati in formato .doc o .rft via email entro il 1 Marzo 2012 ai coordinatori delle sessioni tematiche (e in cc a 4convegnosts(a)gmail.com) Ulteriori informazioni sul convegno su: www.stsitalia.org. Stefano De Paoli ricercatore presso la Fondazione <ahref di Trento. Per <ahref conduce ricerche sulla reputazione nei nuovi media, sulla gamification, sull'utilizzo dei nuovi media per le comunità locali e sui Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Cristiano Storni, lecturer e Direttore del Corso di Master in Interactive Media presso il dipartimento di Computer Science and Information System dell'Universita' di Limerick. Lavora all'intersezione tra Science and Technology Studies, New Media e Design disciplines in vari domini di applicazione tra cui e-health e web2.0. Maurizio Teli è ricercatore presso la Fondazione <ahref. I suoi interessi di ricerca coprono la governance delle relazioni sociali e politiche parte dei processi produttivi su internet e i metodi e le tecniche di ricerca che coinvolgono le tecnologie digitali. -- ---- Crimes and punishments in Virtual Worlds http://www.springerlink.com/content/n4m858m182677h44/ Produsage, ANT & Skills http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a935694592~frm=titl…

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Lezioni di filosofia al liceo su opinione pubblica e web
by Leslie CameronCurry Jan. 11, 2012

Jan. 11, 2012

Mi chiamo Leslie Cameron Curry; abito a Torino. Sono un insegnante di filosofia nelle scuole secondarie; sono venuto a qualche incontro Nexa e a molti altri non sono potuto venire a causa di impegni di lavoro. Vi scrivo perche' desidero comunicarvi un'attività didattica che ho organizzato in una quinta di un liceo scientifico tecnologico. L'argomento è l'opinione pubblica e i ragazzi dovranno consegnare un documento - filmato, relazione, presentazione - che illustri il problema a partire dal testo di Kant "Risposta alla domanda: cos'è l'illuminismo?" arrivando all'opinione pubblica e il web. Per ora non ho toccato temi quali open data o diritto d'autore, ma credo che sia meglio procedere per passi. I link che ho messo a disposizione dei ragazzi sono ancora introduttivi, ma mi pare una classe che risponde bene e conto di far leggere loro anche altre cose più impegnative. Sto tenendo una sorta di diario dellì'esperienza su un blog: http://avventuredidee.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/blending-e-opinione-pubblica/ Buona giornata e buon lavoro. Leslie Cameron-Curry leslie.cameroncurry(a)gmail.com ========================

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nuovo paper di Benkler su Open Wireless
by Enrico Bertacchini Jan. 11, 2012

Jan. 11, 2012

Ecco l'ultimo lavoro di Benkler sull'adozione di reti chiuse e aperte: http://www.benkler.org/Open_Wireless_V_Licensed_Spectrum_Market_Adoption_cu… Dall'abstract... This paper addresses the long standing spectrum policy question surrounding how much of the future of wireless innovation will depend on exclusively-licensed spectrum, allocated by auction and traded in secondary markets, relative to how much will utilize bands in which open (unlicensed, dynamic frequency sharing, license-by-rule etc.) wireless systems are permitted. I review evidence from eight wireless markets: mobile broadband; wireless healthcare; smart grid communications; inventory management; access control; mobile payments; fleet management; and secondary markets in spectrum. I find that markets are adopting open wireless strategies in mission-critical applications, in many cases more so than they are building on licensed strategies. Eighty percent of wireless healthcare; seventy percent of smart grid communications; and forty to ninety percent of mobile broadband data to smartphones and tablets use open wireless strategies. Open technologies are dominant in inventory management and access control. For mobile payments, current major applications use open wireless, and early implementations of mobile phone payments suggest no particular benefit to exclusive-license strategies. ... e poi ancora The political economy of decision-making in this area (exhaustive auctioning) is skewed. Those who seek exclusive licensing internalize the full benefit of exhaustive auctioning. Those who support open spectrum cannot internalize more than a small portion of openness because the policy they lobby for excludes ownership by any one firm or alliance. The former will systematically out-lobby and out-bid the latter. Ciao Enrico P.S.: per i moderatori...spero questa volta il messaggio arrivi correttamente! Enrico Bertacchini - Researcher EBLA - International Center for Research on the Economics of Culture, Institutions and Creativity NEXA Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico of Torino Via Po 53, 10124 Torino, Italy TEL +390116704982 Skype: enricobertacchini

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