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ArsTechnica: "File-sharing has weakened copyright—and helped society"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 27, 2010

Oct. 27, 2010

Di 4 mesi fa, mi era sfuggito. juan carlos File-sharing has weakened copyright—and helped society By Nate Anderson <http://arstechnica.com/author/nate-anderson/> | Last updated 4 months ago Has file-sharing helped society? Looked at from the narrow perspective of existing record labels, the question must seem absurd; profits have dropped sharply in the years since tools like Napster first appeared. But a pair of well-known academics argue peer-to-peer file sharing has weakened copyright in the US... and managed to benefit all of us at the same time. "Consumer welfare increased substantially due to new technology," write Felix Oberholzer-Gee of Harvard and Koleman Strumpf of the University of Kansas. "Weaker copyright protection, it seems, has benefited society." Weaker is stronger? Peer-to-peer file-sharing on the Internet has certainly weakened copyright, but that's not necessarily a bad thing unless one equates "stronger copyright" with "better copyright." According to the US Constitution, copyright is about promoting "the Progress of Science and useful Arts"; it's not about enriching authors, except as a means of promoting said "Progress." When we think about copyright, the most pertinent question to ask is not whether some change would produce less money for rightsholders, but whether some change would /remove incentives to create/. Has file-sharing reduced creators' incentives? Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf presented a recent paper at a music business conference in Vienna <http://musicbusinessresearch.wordpress.com/vienna-music-business-research-d…> that tried to answer this question empirically. By charting the production of new books, new music albums, and new feature films over the last decade, the authors tried to see whether creative output went up or down in correlation with file-sharing. “Data on the supply of new works are consistent with our argument that file sharing did not discourage authors and publishers,” they write in their paper, “File-sharing and Copyright <http://musicbusinessresearch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/paper-felix-oberho…>" (PDF). [...] Continua qui: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/06/file-sharing-has-weakened-c…

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Wired in Creative Commons
by Simone Aliprandi Oct. 26, 2010

Oct. 26, 2010

Segnalo questo mio articolo sull'imminente passaggio della rivista Wired in Creative Commons. Mi sembra un bel passo, che può aprire la strada anche ad altre riviste di livello nazionale. http://aliprandi.blogspot.com/2010/10/la-rivista-wired-va-in-creative-commo… Un caro saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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Richard Stallman firma la Carta di Barcellona per l’Innovazione, la Creatività e l’Accesso alla Conoscenza.
by Paolo Brini Oct. 26, 2010

Oct. 26, 2010

Richard Stallman firma la Carta di Barcellona per l’Innovazione, la Creatività e l’Accesso alla Conoscenza. http://blog.tntvillage.scambioetico.org/?p=7030 <http://blog.tntvillage.scambioetico.org/?p=7030> Ciao, Paolo

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Torino, 28.10: AID (Autori In Digitale)
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 26, 2010

Oct. 26, 2010

*Autori in Digitale* -- 28 ottobre 2010 -Centro Congressi Torino Incontra, Via Nino Costa, 8- Torino A tre anni di distanza dalla prima edizione torna *Autori In Digitale**-- AID* la conferenza voluta dal *Consorzio TOP-IX <http://www.top-ix.org>*, dal progetto *dmin.it* <http://www.dmin.it/> (Digital Media in Italia) e da *Film Commission Torino Piemonte* <http://www.fctp.it/>, per fare il punto sul mondo dei media digitali e sul loro rapporto con l'innovazione tecnologia. Saliranno sul palco autori, produttori, imprenditori e ricercatori per discutere del futuro dei media digitali, delle *opportunità,* e minacce, legate all'*evoluzione tecnologica* e per analizzare il ruolo del nostro paese in questo *processo di sviluppo*. Ampio spazio sarà dato alle soluzioni che, in questi anni, sono state sviluppate da giovani aziende per favorire un rapporto virtuoso tra media e tecnologie e reti digitali. Questa edizione entra a far parte del calendario ufficiale di *View Conference 2010* <http://www.viewconference.it/> l'evento internazionale che si occupa di: computer grafica, tecniche interattive, cinema digitale, animazione 3D, videogiochi ed effetti visivi. La giornata sarà divisa in *quattro parti*. * *Media Digitali:* sezione dedicata ad analizzare l'evoluzione dei media digitali da vari punti di vista: tecnologico, economico, legale. * *Autori in Digitale:* si darà spazio alla voce degli autori che racconteranno le loro storie di produzione digitale, i loro dubbi e le loro speranze. * *Start-up & Media:* sezione dedicata a modelli innovativi, start-up e giovani aziende che propongono soluzioni concrete per la gestione dei media digitali. * *Industria Digitale:* sezione dedicata al punto di vista degli operatori del settore dei media, alle opportunità, alle paure e alle speranze di un'industria in evoluzione.

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Fwd: CI News: "Open consultation on WSIS Forum 2011: Call for participation"
by Andrea Cairola Oct. 25, 2010

Oct. 25, 2010

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: CI News <cinewsletter(a)unesco.org> Date: 2010/10/22 Subject: CI News: "Open consultation on WSIS Forum 2011: Call for participation" To: Andrea Cairola <andrea.cairola(a)gmail.com> Having trouble reading this newsletter? Click Here<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…>to see it in your browser. Contacts Mika Yamanaka, UNESCO, Information Society Division<m.yamanaka(a)unesco.org> Source UNESCO Related links WSIS Community<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> WSIS Forum 2011<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> Related news 12-08-2010 Call for comments on next venue for WSIS Forum 2011<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> 01-04-2010 WSIS Forum 2010: Turning targets into action<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> 18-01-2010 WSIS Forum 2010 open consultation: Call for participation<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> 25-05-2009 UNESCO and Sun Microsystems announce joint education and community development effort powered by open technologies<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> 15-05-2009 New WSIS Forum 09 format offers remote web-participation<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> Open consultation on WSIS Forum 2011: Call for participation © ITU 22-10-2010 (Paris) *The next edition of the WSIS Forum will take place from 16 to 20 May in 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland. The preparatory process has just started with the launching of an open consultation to elaborate the agenda and to shape the format of the WSIS Forum 2011.* What are the key issues that need to be addressed at the WSIS Forum? Is there any room for improvement in terms of efficiency and effectiveness of the Forum? The debate is now open on the WSIS Community<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…>, UNESCO’s online collaborative tool. In line with the participatory and inclusive spirit of the WSIS Forum, the open consultation will discuss the format and thematic focus of the Forum. The preparation process will be carried out in three steps: Online debate on the WSIS Community<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…>platform until *15 November 2010* Stakeholders are invited to express and exchange their ideas in order to generate possible themes and identify potential speakers for the 2011 Forum. To join this discussion, please click here<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> . Submission of a written contribution using the online form<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…>(PDF) until *15 December 2010* The stakeholders are invited to submit their written contributions, based on debates conducted on the WSIS Community. All submitted comments will be examined during the Final Review Meeting, which will take place at ITU Headquarters in Geneva in *February 2011*. The details of the Meeting will be announced shortly. The WSIS Community is an online collaborative platform, based on open software, and developed by UNESCO with the purpose of facilitating interactions among stakeholders, in addition to physical annual consultation meetings. A debate will shortly be launched on the platform and UNESCO. Please submit any of your suggestions and ideas about topics to be discussed to: wsis(a)unesco.org. This email was sent to [andrea.cairola(a)gmail.com] *Click Here<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/box.php?funcml=unsub2&nl=3&mi=2854&emai…> * to *instantly* unsubscribe. *Click Here<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/p_m.php?mi=2854&nl=3&ei=YW5kcmVhLmNhaXJ…> * to change your preferences. *Communication and Information Sector<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=2854&e=MTQ0Mzk0&l=-http--…> * 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France + 33.1.4568 4243

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New Yorker (Hersh): "The Online Threat: Should we be worried about a cyber war?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 25, 2010

Oct. 25, 2010

Annals of National Security The Online Threat Should we be worried about a cyber war? by Seymour M. Hersh <http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/seymour_m_hersh/search?contributorNa…> November 1, 2010 On April 1, 2001, an American EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance plane on an eavesdropping mission collided with a Chinese interceptor jet over the South China Sea, triggering the first international crisis of George W. Bush's Administration. The Chinese jet crashed, and its pilot was killed, but the pilot of the American aircraft, Navy Lieutenant Shane Osborn, managed to make an emergency landing at a Chinese F-8 fighter base on Hainan Island, fifteen miles from the mainland. Osborn later published a memoir, in which he described the "incessant jackhammer vibration" as the plane fell eight thousand feet in thirty seconds, before he regained control. The plane carried twenty-four officers and enlisted men and women attached to the Naval Security Group Command, a field component of the National Security Agency. They were repatriated after eleven days; the plane stayed behind. The Pentagon told the press that the crew had followed its protocol, which called for the use of a fire axe, and even hot coffee, to disable the plane's equipment and software. These included an operating system created and controlled by the N.S.A., and the drivers needed to monitor encrypted Chinese radar, voice, and electronic communications. It was more than two years before the Navy acknowledged that things had not gone so well. "Compromise by the People's Republic of China of undestroyed classified material . . . is highly probable and cannot be ruled out," a Navy report issued in September, 2003, said. [...] Continua qui: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/01/101101fa_fact_hersh

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Giorno del Pubblico Dominio 2011
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 24, 2010

Oct. 24, 2010

Se tutto va' come speriamo, sabato 22 gennaio 2011 al mattino celebreremo a Torino il *giorno del pubblico dominio 2011* ("giorno" intenso in senso lato: sarebbe il 1 gennaio, infatti, che pero' e' una giornata piuttosto poco adatta per organizzare incontri pubblici). Ci sara' un'introduzione sul pubblico dominio e perche' e' importante a livello culturale, sociale ed economico, e poi passeremo a discutere l'italiano piu' prominente morto nel 1940 (ovvero, 70 anni fa), Vito Volterra. Volterra fu matematico di fama mondiale, senatore del Regno, nonche' grande organizzatore della ricerca: tra le altre cose e' stato il fondatore de facto del Politecnico di Torino nonche' il primo presidente del CNR. Fu inoltre uno dei 12 professori universitari (su circa mille) che nel 1931 rifiutarono di prestare il giuramento di fedelta' al fascimo: fu per questo licenziato in tronco. Passo' la maggior parte dei pochi anno che gli restavano da vivere all'estero, tornando a Roma poco prima di morire. Poi passeremo a parlare di un altro grande scrittore che entrera' nel pubblico dominio a inizio 2011 (salvo gabole legali), ovvero, Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Maggiori informazioni su questa iniziativa nonche' su analoghe in giro per il mondo presto su http://publicdomainday.org. Se qualcuno decide di fare qualcosa per celebrare il Pubblico Dominio nella propria citta' e ha piacere di farlo sapere, che mi scriva pure due righe. Vi ricordo anche, nel caso vi fosse sfuggito, il Manifesto del Pubblico Dominio, lanciato nel gennaio 2010 e finora firmato da migliaia di individui e da centinaia di associazioni: http://publicdomainmanifesto.org. juan carlos

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UNESCO (ma finanziato dalla Commissione :) - Professional Journalistic Standards and Code of Ethics
by Andrea Glorioso Oct. 24, 2010

Oct. 24, 2010

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/themes/professio… This UNESCO project intends to encourage, assist and accelerate media reforms in the EU candidate countries (Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey) and EU potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), consolidate European standards on media accountability and self-regulation. Project focuses on two main area of interest: 1. developing the self-regulation tools and mechanisms and increasing the awareness and the valorisation of self-regulation among media professionals and organizations and, on the other hand, 2. speed up the approximation of the EU and international standards and best-practices in the field of media accountability in the targeted countries, especially in the field of audiovisual services and media legislative frameworks. This project builds on, and consolidates, the expertise in the countries and in the region, as well as puts in a regional context the pre-existent initiatives at the national level. In some countries self-regulation bodies have been established but they are largely described by media associations and organizations as either ineffective or non credible. In some other countries, workshops and studies highlighted the need for self-regulation mechanisms to be developed, but little has been done and still a wide consensus around the most effective implementation is lacking. In addition to this reference tool, UNESCO will develop supporting documentation, assist newsrooms in the targeting countries to experiment self-regulatory mechanisms, and will produce a “how-to” guide for the newsrooms interested to build their own accountability systems. The program will also facilitate the organization of two international thematic brainstorming meetings and local events in each project countries to bring together the relevant stakeholders. The project is funded by the European Commission.

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La regola dei clienti schedati
by Blengino Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

Pensa te, la credevo cosa fatta, invece... http://www.corriere.it/economia/10_ottobre_23/sideri-wi-fi-internet_4513845…

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Fwd: [A2k] WIPO releases program for 'Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities'
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 22, 2010

Oct. 22, 2010

Oltre a quanto riportato sotto, aggiungo che il NEXA Fellow avv. Massimo Travostino, http://nexa.polito.it/fellows#travostino, fara' un intervento a nome Creative Commons nel panel "Licensing of Information and Content: the Role of Governments". juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] WIPO releases program for 'Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities' Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:53:45 -0400 From: thiru(a)keionline.org To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://keionline.org/node/989 WIPO releases program for 'Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities' By thiru Created 22 Oct 2010 - 11:51am In advance of the 21st session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR 21), WIPO is holding a Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities on 4-5 November 2010 in Geneva which endeavors to facilitate 'Access to Culture in the Digital Age'. The program [1] for this Global Meeting can be found here: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/wipo_cr_lic_ge_10/program.html [2]. Professor Lawrence Lessig (Harvard Law School, Edmond L. Safra Foundation Centre for Ethics, Cambridge) will give the keynote address. This symposium will address seven themes including 1) Licensing Content Online: New Trends, 2) Competition and Licensing of Music, 3) Software: Tailoring Licenses to Markets, 4) Research and Education: Emerging Licensing Platforms, 5) Making Orphan Works Available: a Licensing Solution?, 6) Licensing of Information and Content: the Role of Governments and 7) Theme VII: The International Outlook: the Role for WIPO. Speakers during the thematic sessions include Mr. Joe Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, Pandora, Oakland, Mr. Scott M. Martin, Executive Vice-President of IP and Associate General Counsel, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, Mr. Francis Keeling, Vice President, Digital for Universal Music International, London, Ms. Zahavah Levine, General Counsel& Vice-President, Business Affairs, YouTube, Inc., San Bruno, Mr. Brian Message, Chairman, The Music Managers Forum UK (The MMF)& Manager, Radiohead, London, Mr. Flavio Arosemena Burbano, Director, Ecuador National Directory of Copyrights and Related Rights, Quito, Mr. Tilman Lüder, Head, Copyright Unit, European Commission, Brussels, Mr. Jason Albert, Associate General Counsel& Chief of Staff, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Mr. Malcolm Bain, Socio/Partner, ID Law Partners& Free Open Source Software Foundation - Europe (FOSSFE), Barcelona, Mr. William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., Road Stamford, Ms. Marisella Ouma, Advocate, High Court of Kenya, Ms. Hala Essalmawi, Principal Attorney & IPR Officer, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library of Alexandria), Alexandria and Mr. Ben White, Head of Intellectual Property, British Library, London. In addition to the thematic sessions, a paper will be presented on 4 December 2010 by Dr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Senoir Economic Officer, Economics and Statistics Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva and Professor Helenara Braga Avancini, Faculdade Cenecista de Osório, Porto Alegra on 'Copyright and Competition: an Evolving Relationship'. On 5 December 2010, Sisule Musungu, IQSensato, Geneva, will present on 'Licensing Access to Knowledge'. Source URL: http://keionline.org/node/989 Links: [1] http://keionline.org/www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/wipo_cr_lic_ge_10/progra… [2] http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/wipo_cr_lic_ge_10/program.html _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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