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OPEN DATA + TURIN CLOUD CAMP - CONFERENZA TOPIX 2-3 dicembre, Torino
by lorenzo benussi Nov. 24, 2010

Nov. 24, 2010

VI CONFERENZA ANNUALE DEL CONSORZIO TOP-IX OPEN DATA: DATI, CONOSCENZA, VALORE VENERDÌ 3 DICEMBRE: ORE 9.30 – 17.30 + TURIN CLOUD CAMP GIOVEDÌ 2 DICEMBRE: ORE 14.30 – 18.30 ENVIRONMENT PARK, VIA LIVORNO 58 – TORINO http://conferenza.top-ix.org Dopo aver contribuito, con Regione Piemonte, Centro Nexa per Internet e Sociatà e CSI Piemonte e CSP, alla nascita della web platform dati.piemonte.it, primo esempio italiano di portale per il riutilizzo del patrimonio informativo pubblico, il Consorzio TOP-IX dedica agli Open Data la sua VI Conferenza annuale, Venerdì 3 dicembre 2010. La conferenza si snoderà attraverso quattro sezioni. Nella prima si guarderà alla situazione internazionale, con particolare attenzione all’Europa e alle soluzioni adottate in UK. Si proseguirà offrendo una panoramica sull’ambiente italiano e sul caso Piemonte. Quindi sarà analizzato il binomio Open Data e Informazione, prima di presentare interessanti progetti e applicazioni Open Data. La conferenza sarà preceduta, Giovedì 2 dicembre 2010, dal primo CloudCamp torinese organizzato in collaborazione con la community internazionale CloudCamp e vedrà la partecipazione di Reuven Cohen, fondatore e CTO di Enomaly Toronto Inc. e di uno dei primi ideatori del Cloud Camp, Yosu Cadilla. I partecipanti del Camp avranno inoltre la possibilità di seguire un Open Data Workshop dedicato agli Open Data in cui analizzare concretamente lo stato dell'arte del tema e presentare progetti e soluzioni. Info: http://conferenza.top-ix.org http://www.cloudcamp.org/turin

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SAVE THE DATE: Conferenza NEXA 2010, sabato 27.11.2010 (include CCIT2010)
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 24, 2010

Nov. 24, 2010

Siamo lieti di annunciare che la *conferenza NEXA 2010* avra' luogo SABATO, 27 NOVEMBRE 2010 a Torino, presso la sala conferenze della Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Via Magenta 31, www.gamtorino.it. Il tema principale dell'incontro sara' *la liberta' di espressione e informazione online*. URL di riferimento: http://nexa.polito.it/conf2010 Come di consueto, la giornata ospitera' anche *CCIT 2010*, ovvero una sessione di discussione dello stato di Creative Commons in Italia. Oltre alla presentazione di casi particolarmente interessanti di utilizzo delle licenze CC nel nostro paese, si parlera' anche di CC-SIAE e del perche' non sia successo ancora nulla a oltre un anno dalla fine dei lavori del tavolo di lavoro congiunto. URL di riferimento: http://creativecommons.it/ccit2010 Precedenti edizioni: http://nexa.polito.it/conf2009 http://creativecommons.it/ccit2009 http://creativecommons.it/ccit2006 http://creativecommons.it/ccit2005 http://creativecommons.it/ccit2004

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Unità antimafia...
by Paolo Brini Nov. 23, 2010

Nov. 23, 2010

Unità antimafia in assetto da combattimento assaltano negozietto di riparazioni di computer in Bulgaria. Il Ministero degli Interni descrive l'operazione come un raid contro la scena warez pirata bulgara. Che fossero prive di mandato diventa un dettaglio insignificante se rapportato all'enormità dei risultati conseguiti: sequestrati ben due computer (dei clienti). Rotti, in riparazione. http://torrentfreak.com/anti-mafia-unit-conducts-melodramatic-warez-piracy-… Tornando seri sul serio (perché la notizia di prima era comunque seria), bellissimo pezzo di Doctorow sul Guardian sul copyright (fra parentesi in UK si sta per aprire un processo di revisione sia del DEBill, prima ancora che sia stato implementato, sia del copyright): http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/23/copyright-digital-rights-c… Ciao, Paolo

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perchè le Autorità non riescono a fermare WikiLeaks
by lorenzo albertini Nov. 23, 2010

Nov. 23, 2010

ecco il perché : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8152285/WikiLeaks -release-Why-law-is-powerless-to-stop-WikiLeaks-from-publishing.html (svariati servers dislocati in giro per il mondo, naturalmente!!) un saluto lorenzo albertini

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Fwd: [fcf_discussion] ACTA: Will The EU Parliament Give Up its Power?
by Paolo Brini Nov. 23, 2010

Nov. 23, 2010

-------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: [fcf_discussion] ACTA: Will The EU Parliament Give Up its Power? Data: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:07:01 +0100 Mittente: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> Rispondi-a: fcforum_discussion(a)list.fcforum.net A: fcforum_discussion(a)list.fcforum.net La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-will-the-eu-parliament-give-up-its-power ACTA: Will The EU Parliament Give Up its Power? *** Paris, November 23rd, 2010 -- After last week's release of the final version of the ACTA text, the European Parliament is about to adopt a resolution preparing the upcoming ratification process, during a plenary session scheduled tomorrow. This vote must be an opportunity for European lawmakers to restate their opposition to this agreement, which is bound to spread internationally some of the most extremist provisions regarding the civil and criminal enforcement of copyright, trademarks and patents. Disturbingly, the conservative EPP group tabled an isolated resolution, which gives up on the Parliament's prerogatives. *** Before the European Parliament decides to approve or refuse the ratification of ACTA ("assent vote"), it will vote on Wednesday on a resolution to remind the Commission of its views regarding the agreement. A common resolution between the European Liberals (ALDE), the Social-Democrats (S&D), the Greens (Greens/ALE) and the United Left (GUE/NGL) has been tabled [1]. It objects to various aspects of the ACTA agreement, including its content and process. On the other hand, the most important political group -- the conservative EPP -- walked out of the negotiations on this joint resolution and is putting forward a very worrying proposal which overlooks all the important issues [2]. Whereas the majority of other European political groups worry that ACTA might go beyond existing EU legislation (or acquis communautaire) [3], the Conservatives pretend that ACTA does not imply any change to the acquis communautaire, even though the forthcoming reform of the EU copyright, trademarks and patent enforcement framework suggests otherwise. Furthermore, the EPP resolution ignores all the important concerns voiced by some of the EU's most important trade partners as well as experts and civil society organizations [4]. "The European Parliament must reaffirm its power to legislate and protect citizens by strongly rejecting the EPP resolution! ACTA goes way beyond any trade agreement and have a direct impact on freedom of expression online, privacy and access to medicines. If the Parliament were to accept this process through the adoption the EPP resolution tomorrow, it would be renouncing to its own powers." says Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for La Quadrature du Net. Citizens can call their elected representatives (using our tool Political Memory), especially members of the EPP, ECR and EFD groups, in order to urge them to reject the EPP resolution, to make sure that the fundamental freedoms and the rights of the public are protected by European lawmakers. *** Our concerns with the EPP resolution *** The EPP resolution: * puts pressure on Internet Service Providers in order establish extra-judicial copyright enforcement in the digital environment in the spirit of the Gallo report [5]. By doing so, it threatens the fundamental freedoms of Internet users. In contrast, the joint S&D, ALDE, Greens and GUE resolution "instructs the Commission to present to Parliament, before initialling the Agreement, a legal analysis of the meaning, legality and enforceability of ACTA's desired policies regarding cooperation between service providers and right holders, particularly in reference to how cooperative efforts within the business community will not limit fundamental rights of citizens, including the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression and the right to due process". * paves the way for the criminalization of non-commercial infringement of copyright, patent and trademarks, through the purposely vague notion of "commercial scale" [6]. In contrast, the joint resolution "instructs the Council and Commission to provide a legal assessment before initialling of the agreement of whether the ACTA definition of "commercial scale" is consistent with the WTO China ruling, is fully in line with the EU principles of proportionality and subsidiarity, and will not limit the use by Member States of national exceptions in relation to criminal enforcement measures". * fails to recognize the illegitimacy of ACTA, which circumvent competent international organizations like WIPO or WTO [7], where interesting projects for the reform of the global IPR regime are currently explored, in order to push for more extremist standards at the international level. In contrast, the joint resolution "deplores that these negotiations and Agreement have not been conducted in the framework of the existing multilateral fora (e.g.WTO and WIPO) (...)". The resolution also "asks the Commission to refrain from imposing this Agreement on developing countries and to advocate with the other ACTA parties, so that procedures and terms of accession to ACTA are appropriately flexible and take into account the development levels of acceding countries (...)". Moreover, it paves the way to a durable bypass of democracy by establishing an ad hoc ACTA committee competent to review amendments to the agreement. * Références * 1. The joint resolution is available at: http://www.laquadrature.net/files/draft_joint_resolution_ACTA_23_11_10.doc 2. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B7-2010… 3. See for instance the legal analysis by FFII, "Some examples of ACTA going beyond present EU legislation (the acquis)". Address: http://people.ffii.org/~ante/acta/acta-acquis2.pdf 4. -75 US intellectual property scholars wrote to President Barack Obama to criticize its administration for "negotiating a far-reaching international intellectual property agreement behind a shroud of secrecy, with little opportunity for public input, and with active participation by special interests who stand to gain from restrictive new international rules that may harm the public interest": http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/blog-post/over-75-law-profs-call-for-h… -Brazil expressed it disagreement with ACTA at WIPO in late-October, saying that "ACTA may affect the balance of rights and obligations embodied in the international intellectual property system between rights holders, on the one hand, and third parties who are users of protected goods and services, on the other": http://keionline.org/node/999 -India did too, stressing that, ACTA includes "several elements which have far reaching implications for ACTA non-Members". -China also criticized ACTA, stating that "excessive or unreasonably high standards for IPR protection could unfairly increase monopolistic profits of right holders, eating into the consumer surplus and further broadening the gap between the rich and the poor in the world": http://keionline.org/node/1001 -The day before the release of the last ACTA draft, the Senators of Mexico (a negotiating country) passed a resolution calling for the suspension of negotiations and the the launch of a a wide-ranging consultation process: http://www.merca20.com/mexico-fuera-de-acta-casi/ -United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Anand Grover, commented during an October 28 public consultation on ACTA and the right to health, that the process for creating ACTA appears to violate international human rights obligations for ensuring participation in law making affecting access to medicines and other health issues: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/blog-post/challenges-to-acta-mount-the… 5. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/Gallo_report 6. ACTA provides that "acts carried out on a commercial scale include at least those carried out as commercial activities for direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage." 7. See http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-an-outdated-agreement-that-must-be-reje… ** 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 : http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-n… ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room

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Fw: Info DEL-CNRS: "Behind the Digital Campaign", New report by the Hansard Society (UK)
by Mariella Berra Nov. 22, 2010

Nov. 22, 2010

----- Original Message ----- From: INFOS Réseau DEL/CNRS To: destinataires inconnus: Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 5:31 PM Subject: Info DEL-CNRS: "Behind the Digital Campaign", New report by the Hansard Society (UK) New report by the Hansard Society (UK) examines the work done by the political parties' digital teams in the build up to the 2010 General Election Behind the Digital Campaign demonstrates how their strategies have been influenced by digital campaigns in other countries and outlines the development of the 'perpetual campaign'. It concludes that while the internet is unlikely to lead to dramatic changes in the electoral landscape in this election, there are nevertheless some noteworthy aspects to the General Election digital campaign. -- Gérard Loiseau, CERTOP/CNRS (loiseau(a)univ-tlse2.fr) Stéphanie Wojcik, Université Paris-Est, Céditec (stephanie.wojcik(a)u-pec.fr) Réseau de recherche "Démocratie électronique" / Research network "Electronic Democracy" www.certop.fr/DEL Pour vous désabonner, envoyez un mail à loiseau(a)univ-tlse2.fr" / "To unsuscribe from the DEL mailing list, send an e-mail to loiseau(a)univ-tlse2.fr

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[Fwd: Call for Papers - 2010/2011 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Emerging Researchers]
by ugo.pagallo＠unito.it Nov. 22, 2010

Nov. 22, 2010

Ahimè, come dice la canzone, non ho (più) l'età - il bando è riservato a chi abbia intrapreso un PhD negli ultimi 5 anni. Ma forse a qualcuno in lista può interessare vincere un Research Award. u.p. ------------------ Messaggio originale ------------------- Oggetto: Call for Papers - 2010/2011 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Emerging Researchers Da: "Emerald Group Publishing Limited" <literatinetwork(a)emeraldinsight.com> Data: Lun, 22 Novembre 2010, 11:59 am A: "Professor Pagallo" <ugo.pagallo(a)unito.it> ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professor Pagallo, Emerald Group Publishing Limited and the EuroMed Research Business Institute (http://listmanager.emeraldinsight.com/t/18524/7427968/5251/0/ (EMRBI) are delighted to promote excellence and innovation in business research by sponsoring the 2010/2011 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Emerging Researchers. The Award-winning entry will receive a cash prize of 1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners logo to attach to correspondence, and publication in the EuroMed Journal of Business as a full paper. Runners-up will also be considered for publication. In addition, authors of the winning entry and those of up to ten highly commended papers will receive a complimentary 12-month membership of EMAB (EuroMed Academy of Business; the Academy under EMRBI that deals with memberships), which will include an online subscription to the EuroMed Journal of Business. To be eligible for the Award, the research must address the environmental opportunities and threats, or marketplace developments and trends, in the European-Mediterranean region. In an effort to promote and reward research from new researchers, the Award is open to any researcher who has undertaken a doctoral degree program in the past 5 years. For more information and details of submission requirements please visit: http://listmanager.emeraldinsight.com/t/18524/7427968/5252/0/ The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 July 2011. Although you may not be eligible to apply, we would encourage you to pass on this message using social networks and LISTSERVs. These prestigious Awards can provide a great fillip to emerging researchers. If you have any questions regarding the award please do not hesitate to contact me. Many thanks, Devon Blake External Relations Executive Emerald Group Publishing Limited Tel +44 (0) 1274 515605 mailto:dblake@emeraldinsight.com http://listmanager.emeraldinsight.com/t/18524/7427968/95/0/ See what Funding and Awards are available from Emerald: http://listmanager.emeraldinsight.com/t/18524/7427968/491/0/ ******************************************* Emerald Group Publishing Limited hope that you enjoyed reading this message. However, if you do not wish to be contacted in future please reply stating 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line. Please note, this message was sent to: ugo.pagallo(a)unito.it.

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Content is 'made available' in jurisdiction where server is located, rules High Court
by Giovanni Battista Gallus Nov. 22, 2010

Nov. 22, 2010

Carissimi, Vi segnalo un'interessante decisione in punto di giurisdizione della High Court (Chancery division). OUT-LAW News, 18/11/2010 A company is responsible for 'making available' internet-hosted material in the country where its host server is based, not in the country where the material is read or used, the High Court has said. The Court ruled that the law should be applied to material hosted on the internet in the same way that it applies to satellite television, meaning that the jurisdiction covering infringing material is that of the country from where the material was broadcast. The Scottish and English football leagues and Football Dataco claimed that Sportradar of Switzerland and its German subsidiary infringed their copyrights and database rights when it published live football data on the internet for use by betting companies. Sportradar said that the English courts did not have jurisdiction to hear a case based on the database rights question because it had not 'made available' any content in the UK. The Court agreed, saying that the making available takes place where the server is, even if the use of material takes place somewhere else. Continua su http://out-law.com/page-11561 La decisione integrale è reperibile su http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2010/2911.html Un saluto Giovanni Battista Gallus

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Immobilismo Commissione fatale per Internet?
by Paolo Brini Nov. 21, 2010

Nov. 21, 2010

Secondo EDRi la politica di "aspettare e vedere" della Commissione Europea si rivelerà decisiva per la chiusura di Internet in Europa. Entro breve sarà troppo tardi per intervenire. http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.22/net-neutrality-wait-and-see Trad. in italiano http://blog.tntvillage.scambioetico.org/?p=7123 Altre notizie correlate dal Regno Unito: http://www.kosmopolito.org/2010/11/18/is-this-the-end-of-net-neutrality-and… Ciao, Paolo

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NeuBot ora anche in versione Mac OS X
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 20, 2010

Nov. 20, 2010

Segnalo che l'ottimo Simone Basso (project lead) ha rilasciato il Neubot - il software per monitorare qualita' e trasparenza della propria connessione Internet - in versione Mac OS X: http://releases.neubot.org/neubot-0.3.1.dmg http://neubot.org/download Aspettatevi a breve un miglioramente sostanziale dell'interfaccia utente. Pero', intanto, funziona :-) Ancora una cosa: se siete su Facebook, "likate" il Neubot, per favore: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Neubot/158671597504102 grazie, a presto, juan carlos

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