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Lives put at risk by Communications Data Retention
by Paolo Brini Oct. 27, 2010

Oct. 27, 2010

A report published on 8 October 2010 by German civil liberties activists reveals that human lives are put at risk by the retention of all telecommunication data. According to the report, the data retention policy has endangered scientific research, caused unemployment, encouraged corruption, promoted the abuse of personal data and hindered the prosecution of crime. The report gives examples of cases when the registration of communication data failed to help the police in stopping criminals and how criminals might have used more discreet ways of communicating and internet cafes to disguise the origin and destination of messages. http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.20/data-retention-lives-risk Ciao, Paolo

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Fwd: Invitation to attend meeting 'Open Data and Re-use: what is happening at local levels in Europe?- Rennes, France, 29 November 2010
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 27, 2010

Oct. 27, 2010

Ricevo e volentieri inoltro (nononstante l'HTML...) juan carlos -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation to attend meeting 'Open Data and Re-use: what is happening at local levels in Europe?- Rennes, France, 29 November 2010 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:57:13 -0400 From: ePSIplatform <no-reply(a)epsiplatform.eu> Reply-To: ePSIplatform <no-reply(a)epsiplatform.eu> To: Juan Carlos <demartin(a)polito.it> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. <http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=351afeace62f913b40a794a0c&id=f47b7a0d06&…> Open Data and Re-use: what is happening at local levels in Europe? <http://epsiplatform.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=351afeace62f913b40a7…> Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to send you an open invitation to participate in our upcoming meeting in Rennes. The meeting is jointly organised by Rennes Metropole, Le Conseil Régional Bretagne, Fing, the PSI Alliance, /e/-mégalis, GFII and ePSIplatform. Meeting Theme: *Open Data and Re-use: what is happening at local levels in Europe?* Meeting Date: *29th November 9.30 -- 17.00 *(CET) Location: *Hôtel de Rennes Métropole, 4 avenue Henri Fréville, Rennes* Google Maps <http://epsiplatform.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=351afeace62f913b40a79…> With the focus on national data catalogues it is easy to overlook the potential value of local data for economic, social and democratic benefits. Yet a huge amount is generated locally in the provision of services for citizens. A network of local data initiatives is now opening up and to encourage this we are holding a meeting in Rennes, a city which has taken a lead in opening up local data. All are welcome and there is no charge for this event. *The Target Audience* The event is aimed at:: * Stakeholders that produce data: - Local authorities; - National public services; - Public organisations, public service providers; * Stakeholders that reuse data: - Private: national, international, local businesses, start-ups - NGOs, citizens - Academic: universities, engineering schools, design schools... * Media. 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Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf
by Giovanni Battista Ramello Oct. 27, 2010

Oct. 27, 2010

Per quanto personalmente sia favorevole alle tesi sostenute, il lavoro di Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf è oggetto di un forte dibattito giacché i dati usati non sono disponibili a chi ha chiesto di controllare le stime empiriche e sono stati sollevati , almeno nella comunità degli economisti, forti sospetti di addomesticamento che hanno un po' inquinato il valore del lavoro. Per chi fosse interessato, lascio due link che rinviano alle critiche di Stan Liebowitz, grande protagonista del dibatto su economics of copyright http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1014399 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1155764 Cordiali saluti Giovanni

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ArsTechnica: "ACLU: Net neutrality needed to keep ISP "wolves" at bay"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 27, 2010

Oct. 27, 2010

La storica associazione USA a difesa dei diritti civili si esprime sulla neutralita' della rete. juan carlos ACLU: Net neutrality needed to keep ISP "wolves" at bay By Nate Anderson <http://arstechnica.com/author/nate-anderson/> | Last updated 6 days ago Are Internet service providers more like wolves, foxes, bridge owners, or priests with the "sacred role of making available to citizens a forum for speech and self-expression"? According to the American Civil Liberties Union, ISPs are like all four; it's the government's job to make sure that they behave more like the priests than like the wolves, foxes, and discriminatory toll collectors. In an analogy-stuffed new paper <http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/NetNeutrality_report_20101019.pdf> (PDF) on network neutrality, the ACLU argues that the Internet has now entered its "third stage." The first stage was the dial-up era, where a million ISPs bloomed across the US and competition was rampant thanks to common carrier regulation of the telephone network. In the second stage, the "constant vigilance and loud campaigning of Internet activists" kept network neutrality provisions in play even as the regulatory basis for them crumbled. Now we come to the third stage, where "the giant for-profit companies that now dominate Internet access do not want to be constrained by network neutrality rules." Thanks to a 2010 court decision in favor of Comcast, the FCC has lost much of its ability to enforce nondiscrimination principles on the Internet. Combine this with the recent rise of deep packet inspection hardware, and the ACLU foresees a brave new world of filtering and control "which could fundamentally alter the architectural structure of the Internet." [...] Continua qui: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/10/aclu-net-neutrality-needed-…

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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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