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Call for Papers: 'Policy and Internet' special issue on "Online Collective Action and Policy Change"
by Calderaro, Andrea Oct. 25, 2011

Oct. 25, 2011

Ciao a tutti scusate per il cross-posting, ma ho pensato che la call potesse interessare a qualcuno della lista. Contattatemi pure per qualsiasi informazione. Andrea -------- Call for Papers Policy and Internet Special Issue on "Online Collective Action and Policy Change" Guest Editors Andrea Calderaro (PhD, European University Institute) Anastasia Kavada (PhD, University of Westminster) Policy and Internet, the first major peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal investigating the impact of the internet on public policy, is inviting submissions for a special issue on 'Online Collective Action and Policy Change', to be published in January 2013 (paper deadline: 31 March 2012). The journal is edited by the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) for the Policy Studies Organization (PSO). Please find more at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/?id=595 The Internet has created a new interface between collective action and policy making: it opens new channels for social coordination and mobilisation, and it offers multiple platforms from where to influence public opinion and policy makers. The recent wave of protests that has swept authoritarian regimes like Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, but also western liberal democracies like Greece, Spain, and the UK, offers new empirical evidence of the impact that online interactions and information exchange can have on policy making. In addition to these recent instances of contentious politics, advocacy and grassroots groups are increasingly using online technologies to empower local communities and direct change in the policies that most affect them. And issues at the heart of online governance, like Internet regulation, are motivating many collective efforts directed to shaping file-sharing policies, free software, or digital communication rights. This special issue calls for academic papers reporting novel empirical research on how online collective action drives policy change, in any of its ramifications. This includes topics such as: - The coordination of protests and mobilisations using online technologies, and their impact on public opinion and policy making. - The mechanisms through which online collective action grows and diffuses, and how or when they trigger a policy reaction. - The impact of online activity on issue salience, and the responsiveness of policy makers. - The interplay between online collective action and the offline policy cycle, or how policy makers deal with new sources of instability and disruption. This list of topics is not exhaustive, and other questions related to online collective action and its impact on policy making will be considered. Please contact the editors (policyandinternet(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:policyandinternet@oii.ox.ac.uk>) if you have any queries about how your paper might fit in the issue. Paper Submissions The online submission deadline for papers is 31 March 2012. Please indicate in the cover letter that the paper is intended for the special issue 'Online Collective Action and Policy Change'. Authors are advised to consult the journal's Guide for Authors before submitting their paper. Please feel free to contact the guest editors Andrea Calderaro (andrea.calderaro(a)eui.eu<mailto:andrea.calderaro@eui.eu>) and Anastasia Kavada (a.kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:a.kavada@westminster.ac.uk>) for any inquires about the special issue. _________________________________ Andrea Calderaro, PhD Department of Social and Political Sciences - European University Institute Visiting Researcher Department of Media and Communication - University of Oslo ----------------------------------------------- PERSONAL PAGE: www.eui.eu/Personal/Researchers/calderaro/<http://www.eui.eu/Personal/Researchers/calderaro/> The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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CGUE: Illeciti via internet: competente per la totalità del danno il giudice del luogo della residenza della vittima (C-509/09 e C-161/10)
by Marco Ciurcina Oct. 25, 2011

Oct. 25, 2011

Credo interessi molti sapere che la CGUE ha pronunciato sentenza nelle cause riunite C‑509/09 e C‑161/10, eDate advertising GmbH/X, Olivier Martinez e Robert Martinez/MGN Limited ai sensi della quale: - la vittima di lesioni dei diritti della personalità via Internet può adire i giudici dello Stato membro in cui risiede per la totalità del danno subito - tuttavia, il gestore di un sito Internet rientrante nell’ambito di applicazione della direttiva sul commercio elettronico non può essere assoggettato, in tale Stato, a prescrizioni più rigorose di quelle previste dal diritto dello Stato membro in cui è stabilito. Le immagini della pronuncia della sentenza sono disponibili su «Europe by Satellite <http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/index.cfm?sitelang=en> » ( (+32) 2 2964106 Allego il comunicato stampa della Corte. m.c.

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decreto sviluppo
by avv. Monica Alessia Senor Oct. 25, 2011

Oct. 25, 2011

Leggo al punto 13 della bozza del decreto sviluppo (http://download.repubblica.it/pdf/2011/dl_sviluppo_24102011.pdf?ref=HREA-1) : Dopo l��art. 6, comma 2 della legge 31 luglio 2005, n. 155 (decreto Pisanu, n.d.r.), �� aggiunto il seguente comma: "2bis. Anche in deroga a quanto previsto dal comma 2, gli utenti che attivano schede elettroniche (S.I.M.) abilitate al solo traffico telematico ovvero che utilizzano postazioni pubbliche non vigilate per comunicazioni telematiche o punti di accesso ad Internet utilizzando tecnologia senza fili possono essere identificati e registrati anche in via indiretta, attraverso sistemi di riconoscimento via SMS e carte di pagamento nominative. Con decreto del Ministro dell'interno di concerto con il Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico, sentito il Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, possono essere previste misure di maggior dettaglio e ulteriori procedure semplificate anche negli altri casi previsti dal comma 2.�� Motivazione: Con la recente abrogazione di alcune delle previsioni dell�� art. 7 del c.d. decreto Pisanu (D.L. 27 luglio 2005, n. 144, convertito nella legge n. 155/2005) sono venuti meno una serie di obblighi posti in capo ai gestori di punti di accesso internet e di hot spot wifi. Ci�� ha rappresentato senza dubbio una facilitazione per l��utilizzo di internet, a beneficio della collettivit��. D��altra parte, tale innovazione ha generato, da un lato, una rilevante asimmetria regolamentare a sfavore dei gestori che, utilizzando una diversa tecnologia (e segnatamente quella mobile) sono tutt��ora obbligati a identificare ed acquisire informazioni dell��utenza prima di attivare il servizio, a fronte di elevati oneri economici necessari per la registrazione e l��archiviazione di tali informazioni; dall��altro, tale asimmetria si riverbera anche in termini di sicurezza e prevenzione dei reati, poich�� chi oggi utilizza postazioni pubbliche non vigilate o punti di accesso ad Internet tramite wi �\fi potrebbe farlo senza essere identificato, e dunque in completo anonimato. Cari saluti Monica

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Arriva Wikitalia, piattaforma per la democrazia
by Giuseppe Futia Oct. 25, 2011

Oct. 25, 2011

*Arriva Wikitalia, piattaforma per la democrazia* http://www.wikitalia.it/ Facciamo volentieri da cassa di risonanza all'annuncio di Wikitalia: "Wikitalia è l'iniziativa di un gruppo di appassionati di web e democrazia, per realizzare una piattaforma da mettere gratuitamente a disposizione delle città italiane dove sviluppare degli strumenti in open source che garantiscano la trasparenza della politica, consentano il riutilizzo dei dati pubblici e favoriscano la partecipazione dei cittadini. I modelli a cui ci ispiriamo sono MySociety <http://www.mysociety.org/> in Gran Bretagna e CodeforAmerica <http://codeforamerica.org/> negli Stati Uniti. Wikitalia si rivolge a tutti. In prima battuta ai sindaci e alle loro amministrazioni, affinché decidano di far propri la filosofia e gli strumenti dell'Open Government: Firenze, Torino e Matera sono i primi comuni dove sperimenteremo alcuni applicativi. Poi ci rivolgiamo agli sviluppatori che sono invitati a contribuire al successo della iniziativa: ad ogni città che aderisce vorremmo assegnare due 'civic hackers' per un anno con una borsa". *Ufficio Stampa* * Centro NEXA su Internet & Società:* Giuseppe Futia NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Tel. +39 333 1103017

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[Fwd: [Creis _Terminal] Facebook : la mémoire cachée]
by mariella.berra＠unito.it Oct. 24, 2011

Oct. 24, 2011

Molto interessante Ciao Mariella ------------------ Messaggio originale ------------------- Oggetto: [Creis_Terminal] Facebook : la mémoire cachée Da: "Chantal ENGUEHARD" <chantal.enguehard(a)univ-nantes.fr> Data: Lun, 24 Ottobre 2011, 1:29 pm A: creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ecrans.fr/Facebook-la-memoire-cachee,13424.html Chantal Enguehard LINA - UMR CNRS 6241 2, rue de la Houssinière BP 92208 44322 Nantes Cedex 03 France téléphone : 02 51 12 58 55 télécopie : 02 51 12 58 12 http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/info/perso/permanents/enguehard/ _______________________________________________ Creis_terminal mailing list Creis_terminal(a)lecreis.org https://listes.globenet.org/listinfo/creis_terminal

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[NEXA]Diritto d’autore, tutti contro tutti : Dalla Rete
by vale.it.newsletters＠gmail.com Oct. 24, 2011

Oct. 24, 2011

http://dallarete.blog.rainews24.it/2011/10/22/diritto-dautore-tutti-contro-…

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Fwd: Digital Public Library of America Announces $5 Million in Funding and Collaboration with Europeana
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 21, 2011

Oct. 21, 2011

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Digital Public Library of America Announces $5 Million in Funding and Collaboration with Europeana Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:58:04 -0400 From: Amar Ashar <ashar(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> Reply-To: press-report-list(a)eon.law.harvard.edu,Amar Ashar <ashar(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> To: press-report-list(a)eon.law.harvard.edu Good morning, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce two exciting news items about the Digital Public Library of America: *[1] Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund Announce Funding for the Digital Public Library of America* The Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund today announced a major contribution for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in the form of combined $5 million in funding. The DPLA Steering Committee is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all. Announcement: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7158 *[2] Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Announce Collaboration* Two major digital library networks have reached an agreement to collaborate in ways that will make a large part of the world's cultural heritage available to a large part of the world's population. The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), which will provide access to digital collections from libraries, museums, and archives in the United States, announced today that it will design its technical structure in a way to promote interoperability with that of Europeana, which has developed a similar system to link the major libraries, museums, and archives of Europe. Announcement: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7159 The full announcements and more information can be found below and on the Digital Public Library of America's website: http://dp.la/ And, as always, we welcome your feedback. Amar Ashar Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard University = = = *Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund Announce Funding for the Digital Public Library of America* <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7158> *Washington, DC*---The Sloan Foundation and Arcadia Fund today announced a major contribution for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in the form of combined $5 million in funding. The DPLA Steering Committee is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all. Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Peter Baldwin, Chair of the Donor Board at the Arcadia Fund, made the announcement at the DPLA plenary meeting today in Washington, DC. The funding---split equally between Sloan and Arcadia---will support an intense two-year grassroots process to build a realistic and detailed workplan for a national digital library, the development of a functional technical prototype, and targeted content digitization efforts. Sloan has previously committed one million dollars towards the establishment of a DPLA Secretariat at the Berkman Center and to support the legal workstream of the DPLA initiative by developing solutions to copyright law obstacles facing public digital library initiatives. "We are delighted to join with the Arcadia Fund in giving the DPLA a major boost towards its intensive, two year effort to create an open, distributed digital public library system," said Weber. "This is a grand vision for a network of comprehensive online resources, tools, and services that will inform, educate, and empower everyone in the United States and eventually link us with the rest of the world. But we cannot do it alone and invite other funders to join us in this historic undertaking." "What Carnegie did for public libraries a century ago, the DPLA could---if successful---accomplish for our era," said Baldwin. "We are delighted to be part of launching that effort." "We are excited to begin work on the DPLA as a full-blown, hard-driving initiative that promises to transform the world of libraries and the way that we meet the information needs of communities in America," said John Palfrey, Chair of the DPLA Steering Committee. "We are deeply grateful to the Sloan Foundation and the Arcadia Fund for their support." The DPLA is a collaborative effort that relies on inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders and community members. Those interested in getting involved can learn more about the project at http://dp.la. ### *About the Digital Public Library of America* The DPLA Steering Committee is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all. This impact-oriented research effort unites leaders from all types of libraries, museums, and archives with educators, industry, and government to define the vision for a digital library in service of the American public. The DPLA Secretariat is located at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; the Steering Committee comprises library and foundation leaders across the nation. More information can be found at http://dp.la. *About the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation* The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, founded in 1934, makes grants for research and education in science, technology and economic performance. A major goal of Sloan's program in digital information technology and the dissemination of knowledge is to foster public access to information and knowledge for the benefit of all. To this end, Sloan has previously supported the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, LYRASIS, Wikipedia, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the Boston Library Consortium, and the Espresso Book Machine. More information can be found at http://sloan.org. *About the Arcadia Fund* Arcadia's mission is to protect endangered culture and nature. It works to document near extinct languages, protect rare historical archives, and to preserve ecosystems and environments threatened with extinction. Arcadia has been heavily involved with digitization projects as well, in conjunction with Harvard, UCLA, the Israel National Library and the Hill Foundation. More information can be found at http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/. *Contact:* Rebekah Heacock Project Coordinator Berkman Center for Internet & Society rheacock(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu <mailto:rheacock@cyber.law.harvard.edu> = = = * Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Announce Collaboration* <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7159> *Washington, DC*---Two major digital library networks have reached an agreement to collaborate in ways that will make a large part of the world's cultural heritage available to a large part of the world's population. The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), which will provide access to digital collections from libraries, museums, and archives in the United States, announced today that it will design its technical structure in a way to promote interoperability with that of Europeana, which has developed a similar system to link the major libraries, museums, and archives of Europe. Robert Darnton, a DPLA Steering Committee member and University Librarian at Harvard, said, "The association between the DPLA and Europeana means that users everywhere will eventually have access to the combined riches of the two systems at a single click. The aggregated databases will include many millions of books, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, images, recordings, videos, and other materials in many formats." Jill Cousins, Executive Director of Europeana, welcomed the agreement, saying that "Europeana was designed to be open and interoperable, and to be able to collaborate with the DPLA is a validation of that aim. By this combined effort on two continents, Europeana and the DPLA hope to promote the creation of a global network with partners from around the world." Another outcome of this collaboration will be a virtual exhibition about the migration of Europeans to America. The DPLA and Europeana will demonstrate the potential of their combined collections by digitizing and making freely available material about the journey from the Old World to the New. This pilot project will include text and images about the experience of the uprooted as they abandoned their homes to seek a new life thousands of miles across a treacherous ocean. Letters, photographs, and official records open up unfamiliar views into the harsh world inhabited by Europeans from the shtetl communities of Russia to the peasant villages of Ireland. And equally vivid testimonies illustrate the culture shock and hard lot of the immigrants after their arrival. Everyone in the United States, including Amerindians, descends from immigrants, and nearly everyone in Europe has some connection with migration, either within Europe itself or across the ocean. All will be invited to stroll digitally through this rich exhibition. *A Statement of Common Principles: DPLA-Europeana* The Digital Public Library of America and Europeana share a common goal: to make the riches of libraries, museums, and archives available, free of charge, to everyone in the world. They will be guided in this mission by the following principles. 1. They will make their systems and data interoperable to the greatest possible extent. 2. They will promote open access to the greatest possible extent through joint existing and new policies concerning content, data, and metadata. 3. They will collaborate regularly in developing specific aspects of their systems, beginning with: * an interoperable data model * a shared source code * cooperative collection building. *About the Digital Public Library of America* The DPLA Steering Committee is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all. This impact-oriented research effort unites leaders from all types of libraries, museums, and archives with educators, industry, and government to define the vision for a digital library in service of the American public. The DPLA Secretariat is located at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; the Steering Committee comprises library and foundation leaders across the nation. More information can be found at http://dp.la. *About Europeana* Europeana brings together the digitized content of Europe's galleries, libraries, museums, archives and audiovisual collections. Currently Europeana gives integrated access to 20 million books, films, paintings, museum objects and archival documents from some 1500 content providers. The content is drawn from every European member state and the interface is in 27 European languages. Europeana receives its main funding from the European Commission. More information can be found at http://www.europeana.eu/portal/. *Contact:* Rebekah Heacock Project Coordinator Berkman Center for Internet & Society rheacock(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu <mailto:rheacock@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Jonathan Purday Senior Communications Advisor Europeana jonathan.purday(a)bl.uk <mailto:jonathan.purday@bl.uk>

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Re: [nexa] NY Times: "Amazon's Silk Browser Plays Another Role"
by Paolo Brini Oct. 21, 2011

Oct. 21, 2011

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[NEXA]Velocità.
by vale.it.newsletters＠gmail.com Oct. 20, 2011

Oct. 20, 2011

Tanto per renderci conto della velocità con cui i wikipediani aggiornano alcuni contenuti: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheddafi#Guerra_civile_del_2011.2C_la_cattura_… V

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Repubblica: ""Facebook rispetti la legge europea", La sfida di tre studenti per la privacy"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 20, 2011

Oct. 20, 2011

DIRITTI DIGITALI "Facebook rispetti la legge europea" La sfida di tre studenti per la privacy La commissione per la protezione dei dati in Irlanda ha iniziato un procedimento contro il social network. Sul tavolo alcuni comportamenti che sembrano violare le direttive Ue in materia di informazioni personali. Un processo che parte dalla segnalazione di un ragazzo di Vienna /di FRANCESCA SIRONI/ DAVIDE contro Golia. Un ventiquattrenne austriaco contro il più importante social network del mondo. E' la storia di "Europe versus Facebook" il progetto in difesa della privacy lanciato da Max Schrems, studente di legge a Vienna. La storia nasce, ancora una volta, un po' per caso un po' per talento e intuito. Mentre si trovava negli Stati Uniti per studio, Max entrò in contatto con un ragazzo che lavorava nella compagnia di Palo Alto. Parlando con lui scoprì che tutti gli utenti di Facebook che non sono residenti negli Usa o in Canada (circa il 70% del totale) fanno riferimento alla sede irlandese del colosso. Da bravo studente di legge, Schrems si rende conto che stando a Dublino, Facebook deve far riferimento alle leggi irlandesi in materia di privacy, ben più rigide e precise di quelle americane. Inizia così la sua piccola campagna a fronte di 22 violazioni che individua nel comportamento del social network, accolte, il 24 agosto 2011, dalla DPC (Data Protection Commissioner) irlandese. [...] Continua qui: http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2011/10/19/news/facebook_rispetti_la_le…

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