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Tim Berners-Lee on Scientific American
by Paolo Brini Nov. 19, 2010

Nov. 19, 2010

The Web is critical not merely to the digital revolution but to our continued prosperity—and even our liberty. Like democracy itself, it needs defending. by Tim Berners-Lee, on Scientific American. <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-live-the-web> Ciao, Paolo

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NYTimes: "Google Strikes Deal With French Publisher"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 18, 2010

Nov. 18, 2010

November 17, 2010 Google Strikes Deal With French Publisher By ERIC PFANNER <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/eric_pfanner/i…> and DAVID JOLLY <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/david_jolly/in…> PARIS --- Google <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…> said Wednesday that it had reached a deal with the publisher Hachette Livre, which has broken ranks with its French rivals and agreed to allow Google to scan thousands of out-of-print books for its digital library project. Under the agreement, which follows a landmark settlement with U.S. publishers last year, Google will be allowed to sell the books it scans as e-books or in other electronic formats. But there is one important difference between the U.S. settlement and the deal with Hachette, the largest publisher in France and the No.2 trade publisher by sales worldwide, after Pearson. Hachette, not Google, will determine which of the books covered by the deal --- those that remain under copyright but are no longer commercially available --- can be scanned. Google and Hachette will share revenue from sales but declined to say how they would divide it. Under the provisional U.S. deal, Google is to receive 37 percent and the rights holders the rest. The deal Wednesday is non-exclusive, so Hachette will be able to make the same books available for other electronic selling platforms. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/business/global/18book.html

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Re: [nexa] LE PROPOSTE DEL PD PER UN’AGENDA DIGITALE ITALIANA
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

Caro Giulio, forse hai ragione, comunque il forum è stato rimandato a causa del dibattito sulla legge di stabilità. Come vedi c'è sempre qualcosa di più importante dell'economia digitale e delle politiche dell'innovazione ;-) Quote Accanimento terapeutico? Giulio Giulio De Petra /quote

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IGF Italia 2010: Sessioni Plenarie e Incontri Tematici
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

Carissimi, L'IGF Italia 2010 quest'anno e' caratterizzato sia da sessioni plenarie (a Roma il 29-30 novembre), sia da incontri tematici paralleli (in giro per l'Italia dal 24 al 30 novembre). Il programma delle sessioni plenarie e' disponibile qui: http://www.igf-italia.it/igf-italia10/programma mentre gli incontri tematici sono elencati qui: http://www.igf-italia.it/igf-italia10/incontri-tematici Vi invito calorosamente, anche in qualita' di co-organizzatore, a venire a Roma se i vostri impegni ve lo permettono o quantomeno a verificare se c'e' un incontro tematico a cui potete partecipare. La sintesi avra' luogo martedi' 30 novembre al pomeriggio presso la sede del CNR di Roma. Un caro saluto, juan carlos

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LE PROPOSTE DEL PD PER UN’AGENDA DIGITALE ITALIANA
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

Ciao cari, care-- ho pubblicato sul mio sito la traccia di discussione che giovedì 18 a Roma vedrà impegnato a discutere il forum Ict del Partito Democratico con Paolo Gentiloni e numerosi esperti. Ci sono diversi spunti interessanti per questa lista, sul tema delle reti, della concorrenza, del diritto d'autore...non sono sviluppati perché rappresentano un invito alla discussione, ma almeno sono citati con evidenza. http://www.dicorinto.it/ http://bit.ly/bbzV4c a presto

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Antoine Picon, lunedi' 22.11, ore 10:30 e ore 18, Castello del Valentino
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

Il prof. Antoine Picon (Harvard), che molti nexiani ricorderanno in quanto keynote speaker alla conferenza COMMUNIA 2010 "University & Cyberspace" di fine giugno, terra' una lezione dal titolo "Construction history as cultural history" lunedi' 22.11 alle ore 10.30 presso la Sala della Caccia del Castello del Valentino a Torino. Alle 17.30 nella stessa Sala verra' inoltre presentato, alla presenza dell'autore (sempre Picon), il libro, "Culture numérique et architecture: Une Introduction". Elenco degli speaker nella locandina/programma in allegato. Un caro saluto, juan carlos

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Blues legalmente masterizzabile in CC con marcatura temporale Patamu
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

Ciao a tutti-- come sapete, da quattro anni la Free Hardware Foundation cerca di produrre e promuovere musica libera. Per questo si impegna a incentivare l'uso delle licenze libere e di servizi di distribuzione musicale fuori dal controllo delle major, insieme a progetti innovativi come Patamu di tutela del lavoro degli artisti/creativi. Dopo la produzione dei dischi del Fronte Popolare per la Musica Libera, dopo i dischi dei Rein, adesso stiamo promuovendo Hyaena Reading. Non si tratta solo di musica, ma di proporre una diversa idea dell'opera, dell'autore e della cretività. Se vi fa piacere scaricatevi la musica. Le info le ho messe sul mio sito. Suggerimenti e commenti sono benvenuti. A presto http://www.dicorinto.it/temi/diritti_digitali/hyaena-reading-blues-legalmen…

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FYI: Diritti d'autore nell'era di Internet a Roma
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

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NYTimes: "Google Sees Rules Violations in Limits on Internet Access"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

November 16, 2010 Google Sees Rules Violations in Limits on Internet Access By KEITH BRADSHER <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/keith_bradsher…> and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER With China <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/ch…> evidently in its sights, Google <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html…> has released a policy paper contending that countries that limit Internet users' access to information providers outside their borders violate their World Trade Organization <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/w/world_t…> commitments. The company did not single out China in the position paper. But Google has had a running battle with Beijing over censorship, and many of the examples cited in the paper came from the company's experiences with China. The paper was published online Monday but went largely unnoticed until bloggers started writing about it Tuesday. Bob Boorstin, Google's public policy director, made the free-trade link forcefully in a posting on Google's public policy blog, although he stopped short of mentioning China specifically. "The premise is simple," he wrote in a statement posted on the blog with a link to the paper <http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/11/promoting-free-trade-for-int…>. "In addition to infringing human rights, governments that block the free flow of information on the Internet are also blocking trade and economic growth." [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/technology/17google.html

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NYTimes: "Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 16, 2010

Nov. 16, 2010

November 16, 2010 Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches By PATRICIA COHEN <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/patricia_cohen…> A history of the humanities in the 20th century could be chronicled in “isms” — formalism, Freudianism, structuralism, postcolonialism — grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread. The next big idea in language, history and the arts? Data. Members of a new generation of digitally savvy humanists argue it is time to stop looking for inspiration in the next political or philosophical “ism” and start exploring how technology is changing our understanding of the liberal arts. This latest frontier is about method, they say, using powerful technologies and vast stores of digitized materials that previous humanities scholars did not have. These researchers are digitally mapping Civil War <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/civil_war…> battlefields to understand what role topography played in victory, using databases of thousands of jam sessions to track how musical collaborations influenced jazz, searching through large numbers of scientific texts and books to track where concepts first appeared and how they spread, and combining animation, charts and primary documents about Thomas Jefferson’s travels <http://www.viseyes.org/> to create new ways to teach history. This alliance of geeks and poets has generated exhilaration and also anxiety. The humanities, after all, deal with elusive questions of aesthetics, existence and meaning, the words that bring tears or the melody that raises goose bumps. Are these elements that can be measured? [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/arts/17digital.html

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