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REMINDER: Conferenza NEXA su Internet & Società 2011 - I posti disponibili sono ormai pochi
by Giuseppe Futia Dec. 12, 2011

Dec. 12, 2011

Vi ricordiamo che il *17 dicembre 2011* si svolgerà la Conferenza NEXA su Internet & Società sul tema "Dati aperti su una Rete aperta". http://nexa.polito.it/conf2011 *I posti disponibili sono ormai pochi, iscrivetevi al più presto su*: http://nexa2011.eventbrite.com/.

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Fwd: [A2k] 16 December 2011: KEI side event @ 8th WTO Ministerial Conference: The TRIPS Agreement and Copyright
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 12, 2011

Dec. 12, 2011

In merito al 3-step test. juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] 16 December 2011: KEI side event @ 8th WTO Ministerial Conference: The TRIPS Agreement and Copyright Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:00:09 +0100 From: Thirukumaran Balasubramaniam <thiru(a)keionline.org> To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org This side event is open to those credentialed to attend the 8th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. http://keionline.org/node/1338 16 December 2011: KEI side event @ 8th WTO Ministerial Conference: The TRIPS Agreement and Copyright Friday, 16 December 2011 Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) side event @ 8th WTO Ministerial Conference Geneva Room B, Centre William Rappard, World Trade Organization Rue de Lausanne 154 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM The TRIPS Agreement and Copyright Knowledge Ecology International Introduction TRIPS, the copyright 3-step test, and exceptions to rights Hannu Wager, World Trade Organization: What does the 3-Step test for copyright mean, in the context of the WTO TRIPS Agreement, and how does it differ from the 3-Step tests for trademark or patent rights. James Love, Knowledge Ecology International: Is there a need to redefine the TRIPS 3-Step test for copyright TRIPS and remedies for copyright infringement James Love: What is the flexibility in Article 44 of the TRIPS for implementing liability rules for access to copyright, outside of the 3-Step test? TRIPS and the Appendix the Berne Convention Viviana Munoz, South Centre Are the copyright flexibilities under TRIPS referenced Appendix to the Berne Convention sufficient to address concerns about access and development in an era of enhanced enforcement of copyright? -- Thiru Balasubramaniam Geneva Representative Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) thiru at keionline.org Tel: +41 22 791 6727 Mobile: +41 76 508 0997 _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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EC: "Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 12, 2011

Dec. 12, 2011

Non mi piace un granché la metafora alchemica, ma si vede che anche la pubblicità vuole la sua parte. Comunque, ottimo annuncio! juan carlos *Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold * Brussels, 12 December 2011 -- The Commission has launched an Open Data Strategy for Europe, which is expected to deliver a EUR40 billion boost to the EU's economy each year. Europe's public administrations are sitting on a goldmine of unrealised economic potential: the large volumes of information collected by numerous public authorities and services. Member States such as the United Kingdom <http://data.gov.uk/> and France <http://www.data.gouv.fr/> are already demonstrating this value. The strategy to lift performance EU-wide is three-fold: firstly the Commission will lead by example, opening its vaults of information to the public for free through a new data portal. Secondly, a level playing field for open data across the EU will be established. Finally, these new measures are backed by the EUR100 million which will be granted in 2011-2013 to fund research into improved data-handling technologies. These actions position the EU as the global leader in the re-use of public sector information. They will boost the thriving industry that turns raw data into the material that hundreds of millions of ICT users depend on, for example smart phone apps, such as maps, real-time traffic and weather information, price comparison tools and more. Other leading beneficiaries will include journalists and academics. Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said: "We are sending a strong signal to administrations today. Your data is worth more if you give it away. So start releasing it now: use this framework to join the other smart leaders who are already gaining from embracing open data. Taxpayers have already paid for this information, the least we can do is give it back to those who want to use it in new ways that help people and create jobs and growth." See Mrs Kroes video quote here <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlcFKPyiRuw>. The Commission proposes to update the 2003 Directive on the re-use of public sector information by: * Making it a general rule that all documents made accessible by public sector bodies can be re-used for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, unless protected by third party copyright; * Establishing the principle that public bodies should not be allowed to charge more than costs triggered by the individual request for data (marginal costs); in practice this means most data will be offered for free or virtually for free, unless duly justified. * Making it compulsory to provide data in commonly-used, machine-readable formats, to ensure data can be effectively re-used. * Introducing regulatory oversight to enforce these principles; * Massively expanding the reach of the Directive to include libraries, museums and archives for the first time; the existing 2003 rules will apply to data from such institutions. In addition, the Commission will make its own data public through a new "data portal", for which the Commission has already agreed the contract. This portal is currently in 'beta version' (development and testing phase) with an expected launch in spring 2012. In time this will serve as a single-access point for re-usable data from all EU institutions, bodies and agencies and national authorities. *Background* Open Data is general information that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - either free or at marginal cost. The Commission's proposal today would operate in full respect of rules on the treatment of personal data. Studies conducted on behalf of the European Commission show that industry and citizens still face difficulties in finding and re-using public sector information. That is to say, open data is largely undeveloped in Europe. In the important sector of geographical information, almost 80% of the respondents to Commission surveys say that they are prevented from making full use of information held by public bodies. Reasons include high fees, non-transparent rules and practices regarding re-use, a lack of transparency on what type of data is held and by whom, and exclusive licensing agreements which may have the effect of undermining competition. In its 'Digital Agenda for Europe <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/index_en.htm>' the Commission identified the re-use of public sector information, alongside fast and ultra fast internet access, as key to delivering a Digital Single Market. Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information <http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:345:0090:00…> introduced a first set of measures to make it easier for businesses to obtain access and permission to re-use government-held information. It also brought about a process whereby governmental agencies lowered the fees charged for obtaining the information. Today's proposal extends access and widens the coverage of the Directive. More information: See MEMO/11/891 <http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/891&format=…> European Commission Open Data website <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm> Digital Agenda website <http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda> Neelie Kroes' website <http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/> Follow Neelie Kroes on Twitter <http://twitter.com/neeliekroeseu> http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1524&format=H…

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EC: "Digital Agenda: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg invited by Kroes to promote internet freedom globally"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 12, 2011

Dec. 12, 2011

*Digital Agenda: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg invited by Kroes to promote internet freedom globally * Brussels, 12 December 2011 -- European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes has invited Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, a former Federal Minister of Defence, and of Economics and Technology, in Germany, to advise on how to provide ongoing support to Internet users, bloggers and cyber-activists living under authoritarian regimes. This appointment forms a key element of a new "No Disconnect Strategy" to uphold the EU's commitment to ensure human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected both online and off-line, and that internet and other information and communication technology (ICT) can remain a driver of political freedom, democratic development and economic growth. VP/HR Catherine Ashton and Vice President Neelie Kroes want to ensure that the European Union and its Member States cooperate closely towards these goals, supporting bottom-up approaches to building and strengthening Internet freedom and democracy in countries where Europe perceives that a vibrant and open Internet is not the norm or where grave human rights abuses take place. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg will liaise with Member States, third countries and NGOs which are committed to work in this area and advise on how to advance the strategy in a co-ordinated and effective manner. The "No Disconnect strategy" will assist people in four ways: * Developing and providing technological tools to enhance privacy and security of people living in non-democratic regimes when using ICT. * Educating and raising awareness of activists about the opportunities and risks of ICT. In particular assisting activists to make best use of tools such as social networks and blogs while raising awareness of surveillance risks when communicating via ICT. * Gathering high quality intelligence about what is happening "on the ground" in order to monitor the level of surveillance and censorship at a given time, in a given place. * Cooperation. Developing a practical way to ensure that all stakeholders can share information on their activity and promote multilateral action and building cross-regional cooperation to protect human rights. Catherine Ashton said: "Human rights policy is not just an add-on. It is a silver thread which runs through everything we do. The right to communicate freely is a key part of basic human rights. The Internet and social media have become an important way of promoting freedom of expression. That's why the EU is determined to resist any unjustified restrictions on the Internet and other new media. And that is why I am so pleased to support the 'No Disconnect' strategy." Neelie Kroes said "Technology can support human rights, but we must also ensure it is not used against those struggling for freedom. I want Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to champion this cause with governments and NGOs and ensure it gets the attention, focus and support it deserves." *Background* The Joint Communication, "A Partnership for Democracy and Shared Prosperity with the Southern Mediterranean" (COM(2011) 200 <http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0200:FIN:EN:…>) committed the Commission to develop tools to allow the EU, in appropriate cases, to assist civil society organisations or individual citizens to circumvent arbitrary disruptions to access to electronic communications technologies, including the internet. This followed evidence of such disruption or attempted disruption by authoritarian governments during the Arab Spring uprising, for example in Egypt. Enabling citizens of authoritarian countries to bypass such surveillance and censorship measures depends on two basic conditions: availability of appropriate technologies (in particular software programs that can be installed on one's desktop computer, laptop, smart-phone or other device) and awareness / knowledge, both of the techniques used by authoritarian regimes to spy on citizens and censor their communications, and of the appropriate counter-measures to use. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1525&format=H…

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asta ferquenze
by Mariella Berra Dec. 10, 2011

Dec. 10, 2011

Un provvedimeno urgente è la messa all'asta delle frequenze per la televisione digitale terrestre. Molti lo hanno chiesto. Secondo alcune stime di gionalisti ci sarebbe un risparmio, per me forse sopravalutato, di circa 15 miliardi di euro. Come Nexa pensiamo di fare qualcosa? Un caro saluto Mariella

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Discorso di Neelie Kroes su Internet e democrazia
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 10, 2011

Dec. 10, 2011

Dopo il notevole discorso di Avignone dedicato al copyright, la Commissaria Europea Neelie Kroes oggi ha tenuto un discorso su Internet & democrazia: http://commentneelie.eu/speech.php?sp=SPEECH/11/866 Trovo che siano principi in generale ampiamente condivisibili: la parte difficile, e interessante, sarà passare a iniziative concrete! juan carlos

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Guardian: "Results of publicly funded research will be open access – science minister"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 10, 2011

Dec. 10, 2011

Results of publicly funded research will be open access – science minister New policy announced by David Willetts to make research freely available challenges business models of academic publishers * Alok Jha <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alokjha>, science correspondent * guardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>, Thursday 8 December 2011 11.41 EST * Article history <http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/08/publicly-funded-research-open…> The government has signalled a revolution in scientific publishing by throwing its weight behind the idea that all publicly funded scientific research must be published in open-access journals <http://www.doaj.org/>. The policy is in the government document Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth <http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/innovation/docs/i/11-1387-innovation-a…> published on Monday, which also includes plans for a series of cash prizes for teams to solve specific scientific challenges and a new £75m fund for small businesses to develop their ideas into commercial products. The commitment to making publicly funded research free to access is a direct challenge to the business models of the big academic publishing companies, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-mur…> which are the gatekeepers for the majority of high-quality scientific research. Previous attempts by open access publishers to break this stranglehold over the dissemination of scientific results have largely failed. [...] Continua qui: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/08/publicly-funded-research-open…

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Fwd: [ NNSquad ] Well known Internet technologist [NOT!] and MPAA head Dodd slams Google
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 10, 2011

Dec. 10, 2011

E' a suo modo affascinante (non nel senso positivo della parola) constatare come certe tattiche retoriche siano usate quasi verbatim sia in Italia (per, per esempio, il provvedimento AgCom) sia negli USA. juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ NNSquad ] Well known Internet technologist [NOT!] and MPAA head Dodd slams Google Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:29:43 -0800 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren(a)vortex.com> To: nnsquad(a)nnsquad.org Well known Internet technologist [NOT!] and MPAA head Dodd slams Google http://j.mp/rsRIMQ (Variety) Vint Cerf, recognized as one of the fathers of the Internet and Google's chief Internet evangelist, warned of "likely harm" to the Internet itself from the effort. The worry is that by trying to create a wall between foreign rogue sites and users in the U.S., efforts to block domain names will interfere with the Internet's core architecture. But Dodd calls such alarms "exaggerated hyperbole." - - - As far as I'm concerned, Dodd's own hyperbole borders on fascism. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com

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Creative Commons: "Version 4.0 – Public Discussion Launches"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 10, 2011

Dec. 10, 2011

Version 4.0 – Public Discussion Launches Diane Peters, December 9th, 2011 *http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/30676 * We are pleased to announce the beginning of the public discussion process that we expect to result in version 4.0 of the Creative Commons license suite. Timeliness and Opportunity The 4.0 discussions held at the2011 Global Summit <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/29237>confirmed for CC the need to commence the 4.0 discussion process now if we wish to consider issues relevant to important would-be adopters in a timely manner. Asexplained following legal sessions at the Summit <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/29639>, version 3.0 is working (and will continue to work) really well for many adopters, but the reality is different for others. The treatment of sui generis database rights in the 3.0 licenses continues to be a show-stopper for many, including governments in Europe. This fosters an environment in which custom licenses proliferate, inevitably resulting in silos of incompatibly-licensed content that cannot be maximally shared and remixed. But there exist still other reasons for pursuing 4.0 at this time, including the desire to adjust the licenses to more fully support adoption by intergovernmental organizations and those looking for a more internationally-oriented license suite. CC BY, Version 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> The consequence of not addressing these challenges now is one of opportunity — bridging these differences sooner rather than later (where possible) is always advisable, especially if a more inclusive commons may result. For those fond of version 3.0, rest assured that CC will continue to support existing and future implementations and adopters that rely on those licenses. We will take pains not to create a 4.0 suite that undermines or otherwise presents challenges for those communities. Process – Discussion Forum – 4.0 Wiki Importantly, for the first time in CC’s history we begin the versioning process without publishing a draft of the new licenses for review. This is intentional, and it is designed to ensure we hear from the community first./*During this 2-3 month requirements gathering period, we urge everyone with a proposal, concern or other input to please put it forth, as our goal is to make the first draft as comprehensive as possible.*/We will alert the community when the requirements period draws to a close, expected to be mid-February 2012. As in the past, we will publish at least two drafts of the licenses before finalizing, which we anticipate will occur late 2012. As with past versioning efforts, the central discussion forum will be CC’s license discuss list(subscribe now) <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-licenses>. New to the 4.0 process, however, is a dedicated group of wiki pages (accessible through the main 4.0 wiki page <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0>) where topics and proposals under discussion on that email list will be documented, annotated, and evaluated. We have pre-populated the wiki pages with several of the issues we expect to address during this process, framing key topics to help shape the discussion and including known and anticipated proposals related to each. Among others, we expect healthy debates regarding the treatment ofmoral rights <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/Moral_rights>, the definition ofNonCommercial <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/NonCommercial>, scope ofShareAlike <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/ShareAlike>, treatment ofsui generis database rights <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/License_subject_matter>, and much more. The issues are organized by topic with cross-references to related issues throughout the wiki, but there is also an open forum (theSandbox page <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0/Sandbox>) where you should be encouraged to suggest other topics you feel are important to discuss for version 4.0 (a few placeholders already exist). For a fuller description of CC’s objectives, the process and expected schedule, visit the4.0 wiki homepage <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0>. We encourage everyone who is interested in the future of Creative Commons, and open licensing generally, to participate in this process. The more voices that chime in to raise issues and debate the merits of various proposals, the stronger version 4.0 will be, helping us achieve our goal of creating a set of robust licenses that will endure long into the future. If you have an opinion about how to simplify CC’s attribution requirements, for example, or any of the other important issues we plan to examine during the process, please post your suggestion to the CC license discuss list(subscribe today) <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-licenses>and add it to our4.0 wiki <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0>. We look forward to hearing from you. Support CC The Version 4.0 process andmany other activities <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Why_does_Creative_Commons_run_an_annual…>are supported by contributions from our community. As a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools, Creative Commons has always relied on the generosity of both individuals and organizations to fund its ongoing operations. Please considerdonating to our Annual Campaign <https://creativecommons.net/donate/>, going on now. Thank you.

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Data protection: le bozze del Regolamento e della Direttiva
by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO Dec. 9, 2011

Dec. 9, 2011

ecco i testi:http://ictlawandataprotectionit.wordpress.com/ Alessandro Mantelero

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