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TechDirt: "Another Day, Another Study That Says 'Pirates' Are The Best Customers... This Time From HADOPI"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

Another Day, Another Study That Says 'Pirates' Are The Best Customers... This Time From HADOPI from the /damn-that-data/ dept We've pointed out that a whole series of studies <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110721/04092915191/industry-suppressed-r…> have all suggested that the biggest infringers of content online also tend to be the best customers of content, rather than just "freeloaders" who refuse to pay for content. Critics of these studies brush them off (without any evidence) by simply saying if that were true, then sales of content wouldn't have dropped so much in the music industry (other industries, it should be noted, have not seen such a drop-off). But that's misunderstanding (or misapplying) basic statistics. No one is saying that this means that file sharing automatically leads to more sales. But it does suggest that treating those people as just "freeloaders who just want stuff for free" is absolutely the wrong response. It shows that these people are /willing/ to pay money if they're given a good /reason to buy/. The problem is that they're /not/. [...] Continua qui: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110727/16233815292/another-day-another-s…

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Future of life talks
by Philippe Aigrain July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

The videos of my talk on the Future of Democracy and Adam Greenfield’s talk on public objects and information in the city are now on-line (with the other talks of the Futurs en Seine conference of last June) http://paigrain.debatpublic.net/?p=3419&lang=en

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PI: "P2P, chi scarica compra"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

P2P, chi scarica compra I vertici di EMI avrebbero scoperto che gli utenti di LimeWire sono assidui acquirenti legali su iTunes. A rivelarlo è l'ex-COO Douglas Merrill: le agguerrite strategie dell'industria sarebbero del tutto sbagliate Roma - Dichiarazioni <http://boingboing.net/2011/07/26/ousted-emi-boss-pirates-are-our-best-custo…> sorprendenti, probabilmente irritanti per le sensibili orecchie dei signori dell'industria discografica. Alla /Recording Industry Association of America/ (RIAA) non importerebbe affatto dell'attuale livello qualitativo nel panorama musicale mondiale: l'unico e solo grande problema per il business in sette note sarebbe infatti rappresentato da quei "luridi individui del file sharing". Parole <http://www.tuaw.com/2011/07/26/former-emi-boss-says-limewire-users-were-maj…> e musica di Douglas Merrill, già /Chief Operating Officer/ (COO) - nonché presidente alla divisione mercato digitale - della grande major del disco EMI. Recentemente intervenuto nel corso di una conferenza tenutasi a Sydney, Merrill non ha risparmiato i commenti più impietosi, ad un anno di distanza dal suo licenziamento. Le grandi aziende che si ostinano a rimanere ancorate al passato rischierebbero un destino poco glorioso. [...] Continua qui: http://punto-informatico.it/3229918/PI/News/p2p-chi-scarica-compra.aspx

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Quesito
by Paolo Brini July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

Salve! Se si scaricassero i dati diffusi da Gregory Maxwell (quelli per il cui download Swartz rischia 35 anni di carcere), che sono di pubblico dominio a quanto ho capito, si rielaborassero per farne un wiki, si potrebbe andare incontro a qualche conseguenza sul piano legale? Grazie in anticipo per eventuali pareri. Ciao, Paolo

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Fwd: [A2k] When Patents Attack (NPR)
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 27, 2011

July 27, 2011

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] When Patents Attack (NPR) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:12:23 -0400 From: Manon Ress <manon.ress(a)keionline.org> To: a2k discuss list <a2k(a)lists.keionline.org> FYI: Great NPR radio show on Saturday re patent trolls and patents and innovation in general When Patents Attack http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/25/138576167/when-patents-attack Planet Money's Alex Blumberg and NPR's Laura Sydell co-reported this week's episode of This American Life. Check out TAL's "Ways to Listen" page to find out when the show airs on your local station, and how you can download the podcast. Here's the story. Nathan Myhrvold is a genius and a polymath. He made hundreds of millions of dollars as Microsoft's chief technology officer, he's discovered dinosaur fossils, and he recently co-authored a six-volume cookbook that "reveals science-inspired techniques for preparing food." Myhrvold has more than 100 patents to his name, and he's cast himself as a man determined to give his fellow inventors their due. In 2000, he founded a company called Intellectual Ventures, which he calls "a company that invests in invention." But Myhrvold's company has a different image among many Silicon Valley insiders. The influential blog Techdirt regularly refers to Intellectual Ventures as a patent troll. IPWatchdog, an intellectual property site, called IV "patent troll public enemy #1." These blogs write about how Intellectual Ventures has amassed one of the largest patent portfolios in existence and is going around to technology companies demanding money to license these patents. [...] Continua qui: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/25/138576167/when-patents-attack -- Manon Anne Ress Knowledge Ecology International 1621 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20009 USA http://www.keionline.org manon.ress(a)keionline.org _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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In: Berkman Center Opportunity: Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it July 27, 2011

July 27, 2011

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Equo compenso: una “graziosa” esenzione.
by Emanuele Lerro July 26, 2011

July 26, 2011

Segnalo questo interessante articolo di Guido Scorza.Equo compenso: una “graziosa” esenzione.In attesa del TAR Lazio, la SIAE inventa un “protocollo d’intesa” Mentre *in tutta Europa* – Italia inclusa – continua a discutersi della legittimità della disciplina sull’equo compenso per copia privata ed i Giudici della Corte di Giustizia<http://punto-informatico.it/3018123/PI/Commenti/equo-compenso-riscossa.aspx> e del Consiglio di Stato <http://www.guidoscorza.it/?p=2688> francese iniziano a fissare in modo inequivocabile il principio secondo il quale *nessun compenso* – equo o meno equo che sia – è dovuto per supporti e dispositivi venduti ed acquistati in ambito professionale, la SIAE, concede – quasi si trattasse di una “grazia” del Sovrano ai suoi sudditi – una nuova esenzione. In attesa che il *TAR Lazio*, nelle prossime settimane, dichiari, come ci si augura, l’illegittimità dell’intera disciplina italiana voluta dalla SIAE e concessale, come regalo di Natale, dall’allora Ministro Bondi, conviene, quindi, dar conto di questa novità annunciata – come sempre in sordina – dalla nostrana Società Italiana autori ed editori attraverso un aggiornamento, non segnalato neppure in home page, sul proprio sito internet<http://www.siae.it/CopiaPrivata.asp?click_level=3700.1100.0102&link_page=Mu…> . Continua qui: http://www.leggioggi.it/2011/07/26/equo-compenso-una-graziosa-esenzione/ Saluti e.

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La nostra sfida per il futuro
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it July 25, 2011

July 25, 2011

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Fwd: [A2k] FreedomBox in EP on 7 September (warning: HTML mail...)
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 25, 2011

July 25, 2011

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] FreedomBox in EP on 7 September (warning: HTML mail...) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:11:34 +0200 From: Erik Hjalmar Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson(a)gmail.com> To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org png banner with EPFSUG and FreedomBox Dear friends and colleagues, I am very happy to invite you to a presentation of FreedomBox, a new generation of software-powered devices to enable freedom of expression and private communications for citizens around the world, as well as a hands on session for learning how to protect our privacy with free software both on our personal computers and office laptops. *Time:* 10h00-12h00 Wednesday 7 September 2011 (download to your agenda <http://www.erikjosefsson.eu/sites/default/files/epfsug-freedombox-event-201…>) *Location:* Room PHS 4 B001 (Building Paul-Henri Spaak, 4th floor, room B001) *Regi- stration:* If you don't have a badge, please mail that you are coming to epfsug(a)epfsug.eu <mailto:epfsug@epfsug.eu?subject=Attending%20EPFSUG%20meeting%20with%20FreedomBox%20on%207%20September&body=Dear%20friends,%0A%0AI%20am%20aware%20that%20when%20I%20send%20this%20mail,%20it%20will%20become%20public%20and%20archived%20on%20the%20following%20web%20address:%20%20http://epfsug.eu/wws/arc/epfsug%0A%0AI%20would%20like%20to%20come%20to%20the%20EPFSUG%20meeting%20with%20FreedomBox%20on%207%20September.%0A%0APlease%20send%20instructions%20on%20when%20and%20how%20to%20enter%20the%20Parliament%20to%20the%20following%20email%20address:%0A%0A%0AThank%20you%20and%20best%20regards,> (open registration), otherwise no registration necessary. There is an interesting link between these presentations and the movie "Disco and Atomic War <http://www.tarand.ee/2010/11/%E2%80%9Cdisco-and-atomic-war%E2%80%9D/?lang=en>" which was screened in the EP last year. While its title and poster could lead your thoughts elsewhere, the key theme in the film is actually about technology - the film shows how access to information transformed Estonia and Estonians, contributing to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Back then we had to hack the antennas to receive Finnish TV signals, today we see new technologies being hacked, and sometimes with the same aim as then, to get access to information enabling change. It is therefore a pleasure to invite you to the next meeting of EPFSUG to reach through history and see the link between my old friends the Estonian antenna hackers and the hackers who make new technology available with the FreedomBox. You are warmly welcome. Best regards, Indrek Tarand Agenda for EPFSUG meeting 7 September 2011 WELCOME by EPFSUG Patron MEP Indrek Tarand *About EPFSUG* The European Parliament Free Software User Group is an open community of staff, assistants and Members of the European Parliament, and of supporters from the free software community. Its goals are to: * Assist people interested in using free software in the European Parliament * Drive adoption of free software in the European Parliament's information infrastructure * Push for use of open standards, to ensure equal access for citizens using free software * Work in cooperation with like-minded groups in Europe and around the world A BOX OF FREEDOM *A FreedomBox in every home* Jonas Smedegaard The FreedomBox<http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/> is a project to help you to stay in control of your own privacy on the internet. Why is this needed? Because you often loose or have to give up privacy rights in whole or in part when you participate in centralised social network platforms. Privacy concerned computer enthusiasts have practised protection of personal digital freedoms for quite some time now, using a range of well known technical tools. FreedomBox is a tiny low-power box containing these same reliable tools, improved to be dead-easy to use also by ordinary citizens. Jonas will explain, explore and expose what is fundamentally at stake and show how each of you can turn the internet around to serve yourself and thereby all of us. EXPLO- RING THE OFFICE LAPTOP *Ubuntu and boot option three* Johannes Woelfing Legend has it that MEP offices may acquire a laptop from LSUMEP with Ubuntu<http://www.ubuntu-be.org> as one (of three) boot options. Johannes will give a short field report on what it's like to get your hands on the office laptop and try out Evolution, LibreOffice and Firefox in the EP environment. We'll also get a report on tmail and how it works with EP servers in general and with the Exchange servers in particular. Bring your own office laptop and compare! PRIVACY POWER TO THE PEOPLE! *You can never get too much privacy can you?* Joris Vanhove By summing up why securing your email communications and spoof-proofing your identity is essential, Joris will walk us through the basics of email privacy, and tutor signing, verifying and encrypting in three quick steps. It's easy and fun! Bring your laptop and try it out! /Become a supporter!/<http://epfsug.eu/become-a-member-or-a-supporter> /Can't wait to learn more about free software?/ <http://www.fsf.org/working-together> _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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impegni per la crescita: dibattito sulla trasparenza/Freedon of Information Act, articoli del Sole 24 ore - lettera del Ministro Brunetta
by Mauro Alovisio July 25, 2011

July 25, 2011

- Gent.mi segnalo interessanti articoli del Sole 24 ore in materia di trasparenza ("Freedom of Information Act) Il dibattito in materia è stato originato dal seguente articolo: I Nove impegni per la crescita Sole 24 ore il cui punto Punto 8 è intitolato Trasparenza: Trasparenza della pubblica amministrazione:una forte iniziativa con l'adozione di una legge per la libertà d'informazione ("Freedom of Information Act", secondo le migliori esperienze straniere). Questo consentirebbe di monitorare l'operato dei funzionari pubblici e li renderebbe più responsabili di inutili ritardi, evitando il rimpallo delle pratiche tra un ufficio e l'altro. http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-07-16/nove<http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-07-16/nove-impegni-crescita-081…> -impegni-crescita-081016.shtml?uuid=AaNvVcoD&fromSearch<http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-07-16/nove> Trasparenza Motore di sviluppo articolo di Galimberti, Sole 24 ore del 17 luglio 2011 con approfondimenti in materia di Freedon of Information Act http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-07-17/trasparenza-motore-svilup… Sulla trasparenza la riforma c’è, Lettera di Renato Brunetta al Sole 24 ore 20 luglio 2011 http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-07-19/sulla-trasparenza-riforma… Tali articoli (specie l'ultimo) suscitano una domanda ma è davvero questa > la buona trasparenza o è una trasparenza "opaca"? > > Cordiali saluti > Mauro Alovisio > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

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