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[Fwd: [Oa-italia] 5 università firmano uno statement per sostenere il modello author-pays]
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 4, 2009

Oct. 4, 2009

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Oa-italia] 5 università firmano uno statement per sostenere il modello author-pays Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:21 +0200 From: Maria Cassella <maria.cassella(a)unito.it> Reply-To: Lista di discussione su temi relativi all'accesso aperto <oa-italia(a)openarchives.it> To: Lista di discussione su temi relativi all'accesso aperto <oa-italia(a)openarchives.it> 5 università (Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, MIT e UC Berkeley) hanno firmato uno *statement* congiunto per sostenere "reasonable publication charges for articles written by its faculty and published in fee-based open-access journals" . la notizia su Library Journal http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6696797.html?rssid=191 saluti mc -- _______________________________________________ OA-Italia mailing list OA-Italia(a)openarchives.it http://openarchives.it/mailman/listinfo/oa-italia PLEIADI: http://www.openarchives.it/pleiadi/

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Fw: [CREIS] INRIA et le logiciel libre
by Mariella Berra Oct. 3, 2009

Oct. 3, 2009

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Vetois (au lieu de chantal richard <le.creis(a)orange.fr>)" <jacquesvetois(a)yahoo.fr> To: <membres(a)creis.sgdg.org> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 2:02 PM Subject: [CREIS] INRIA et le logiciel libre Bonjour, une information qui peut vous interesser : L'INRIA annonce la création du Centre d'innovation et de recherche en informatique sur le logiciel libre, un projet fédérateur porté par Roberto Di Cosmo pour créer un lieu de recherche et d'innovation pour le logiciel libre ouvert à tous les acteurs de la chaine de l'innovation <http://www.inria.fr/actualites/espace-presse/cp/pre201.fr.html> Amicalement Jacques Vetois

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cc.org: "Dutch Public Broadcaster VPRO Releases CC-licensed Documentaries"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/18128 Dutch Public Broadcaster VPRO Releases CC-licensed Documentaries Fred Benenson, October 1st, 2009 Paul Keller, one of our project leads for CC Netherlands just let us know about an exciting development from their public broadcaster, VPRO, who on Wednesday released 2 full length (and one more coming soon) documentaries under our CC-BY-NC-SA licenses. What’s great is that these documentaries are current pieces, not old selections from the back catalog or archives – they’ve all aired within the last 10 days. Additionally, VPRO is also offering DVDs of the films for sale. The documentaries, available in both Dutch and English are available to download in an almost-HD resolution of 640 by 380, but are also posted on mininova.org here and here. Here’s an excerpt from the project’s press release: According to Bregtje van der Haak, coordinator of the VPRO’s Century of the City project, releasing these documentaries under a Creative Commons license contributes to efforts to better serve the VPRO’s public: “We are producing a lot of documentaries that are of interest to specialized communities. In the case of urbanization this includes architects, urban planners and students. From research we know that a growing segment of the VPRO’s audience is watching less and less television but continues to highly value this type of content. By offering content for download we are increasing the life cycle of these programs and enable a whole number of new forms of re-use of our productions. As a public broadcaster we have the obligation to make our productions available to the public in an as flexible manner as possible.” Congratulations to VPRO!

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EU post-i2010 consultation
by J.C. DE MARTIN Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Buongiorno a tutti, mi permetto di ricercarvi che il 9 ottobre 2009 (tra una settimana) scadono i termini per partecipare alla consultazione: "Post-i2010: priorities for new strategy for European information society (2010-2015)' " Il form e' relativamente semplice, con alcune domande a risposta multipla e alcune aperte, per cui non prende molto tempo partecipare, a titolo individuale o a nome di un'organizzazione (se ci sono i presupposti, ovviamente). Il form e' disponibile qui: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=posti2010 Alcune delle domande (e delle risposte suggerite) sono di grande interesse per chi e' interessato a preservare un'Internet aperta, per cui prendete in seria considerazione l'ipotesi di partecipare anche voi. un caro saluto, juan carlos

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CfP: The Politics of Open Source
by Andrea Calderaro Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Ciao a tutti, spero che questo possa interessare a qualcuno. 8<-------------------- http://www.umass.edu/jitp/files/2010_cfp.pdf JITP-2010 “The Politics of Open Source” May 6-7, 2010 - Amherst, Massachusetts Full Paper Submission Due Date: January 10, 2010 AThe Politics of Open Source is the 2nd annual thematic conference organized by the Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP). The conference seeks to examine a range of political issues tied to the free and open source movement(s) including, but not limited to, open source and democratic engagement, government adoption policies, interoperability and open standards, political mobilization, regulation, and the digital divide. The Program Committee encourages both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of open source and welcomes international perspectives and research exploring open source in non-traditional domains. A complete call for papers is available at www.umass.edu/jitp. Keynote Speakers: - Eric von Hippel (MIT) - Cristopher M. Kelty (UCLA) - Clay Johnson (Sunlight Labs) Paper Submissions Authors are invited to prepare and submit to JITP a manuscript following one of the six submission formats by January 10, 2010. These formats include research papers, policy viewpoints, workbench notes, review essays, book reviews, and papers on teaching innovation. The goal is to produce a special issue, or double issue, of JITP with a wide variety of approaches to the broad theme of "The Politics of Open Source." Program Committee M.V. Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts Amherst Paul M.A. Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Deborah Bryant, Oregon State University Open Source Lab Andrea Calderaro, European University Institute Mark Cassell, Kent State University Edward Cherlin, Earth Treasury Gabriella Coleman, New York University Doug Downham, University of Massachusetts Amherst Robert English, Daystar Computing & University of Massachusetts Amherst Joseph Feller, University College Cork Jelena Karanovic, Rutgers University Dave Karpf, University of Pennsylvania/Miller Center for Public Affairs Jeremy Hunsinger, Virginia Tech Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Tech Jose Marichal, California Lutheran University Jens Hardings Perl, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Charlie Schweik, University of Massachusetts Amherst, co-chair Stuart Shulman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, co-chair Megan Squire, Elon University Krishna Ravi Srinivas, Research Information System For Developing Nations Louis Suarez-Potts, Sun Microsystems, Inc. & OpenOffice.org Anas Tawileh, Cardiff University & Meedan.net _________________________________ Andrea Calderaro Department of Social and Political Sciences European University Institute Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- PERSONAL PAGE: http://www.calderaro.caltech.edu CV: http://www.calderaro.caltech.edu/CalderaroCV.pdf P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.

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CS: 20 associazioni di Frontiere Digitali per la libertà della rete
by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it Oct. 2, 2009

Oct. 2, 2009

Manifestazione per la libertà in rete Le associazioni di Frontiere Digitali aderiscono alla manifestazione del 3 Ottobre per la libertà d'informazione Frontiere Digitali Comunicato stampa 29 Settembre 2009 Lo scarso impegno della politica nella diffusione della banda larga sul territorio e nell’alfabetizzazione informatica della popolazione e l’inarrestabile susseguirsi di iniziative legislative volte a scoraggiare l’utilizzo della Rete come veicolo di diffusione ed accesso all’informazione costituiscono indici sintomatici della ferma volontà di non consentire che la Rete giochi il ruolo che le è proprio: primo vero mezzo di comunicazione di massa ed esercizio della libertà di manifestazione del pensiero nella storia dell’umanità. L’emendamento D’Alia sui filtraggi governativi dei contenuti, il DDL Carlucci contro ogni forma di anonimato, il disegno di legge Lussana finalizzato ad accorciare la memoria della Rete, il DDL Alfano attraverso il quale si vorrebbero applicare all’intera blogosfera le disposizioni in tema di obbligo di rettifica nate per la sola carta stampata e, infine, il DDL Pecorella-Costa con il quale ci si prefigge l’obiettivo di trasformare ex lege l’intera Rete in un immenso quotidiano e trattare tutti i suoi utenti da giornalisti, direttori o editori di giornali non possono lasciare indifferenti. Esiste il rischio, ed è elevato, che ci si risvegli un giorno non troppo lontano e ci si accorga che la Rete è spenta e che la prima e l’ultima speranza di uno spazio per l’informazione libera è naufragata. Muovendo da tali premesse riteniamo importante che la blogosfera italiana partecipi alla manifestazione del 3 ottobre per la libertà di informazione, sottolineando che esiste una “questione informazione in Rete” che non può e non deve passare inosservata perché se la libertà della stampa concerne il presente quella della blogsfera riguarda, oltre il presente, il futuro prossimo di ciascuno di noi. L’auspicio è pertanto che quanti hanno a cuore le sorti dell’informazione in Rete, il 3 ottobre aderiscano alla manifestazione chiedendo alla politica che, in futuro, ogni iniziativa governativa o legislativa si ispiri a questi elementari principi di libertà e democrazia che costituiscono la versione moderna dell’art. 11 della dichiarazione universale dei diritti dell’uomo e del cittadino: La libera comunicazione dei pensieri e delle opinioni è uno dei diritti più preziosi per l'uomo: quindi ogni cittadino può parlare, scrivere, pubblicare in Rete liberamente, salvo a rispondere dell'abuso di questa libertà nei casi determinati dalla legge. Nessun sito internet può formare oggetto di sequestro o di altro provvedimento che ne limiti o impedisca l’accesso se non in forza di un provvedimento emesso dall’Autorità giudiziaria nell’ambito di un giusto processo. L’attività di informazione online di tipo non professionistico e non gestita in forma imprenditoriale è libera ed il suo svolgimento non può essere soggetto ad alcun genere di registrazione o altro adempimento burocratico. La disciplina sulla stampa e quella sull’editoria non si applicano alle attività di informazione online svolte in forma non professionistica ed imprenditoriale. Nessuno deve venir molestato per le sue opinioni, fossero anche sediziose, purché la loro manifestazione non turbi l'ordine pubblico stabilito dalla legge. Firmato 1.Amici di Beppe Grillo di Roma 2.Artisopensource : Referente Salvatore Iaconesi 3.Associazione Liber Liber, Referente: Marco Calvo 4.Associazione Linux Club Italia, Referente: Roberto Tupone 5.Associazione Net-Left, Referente: Sergio Bellucci 6.Associazione Orchestra Panharmonikon, Referente: Giuseppe Puopolo 7.Associazione Partito Pirata, Referente: Athos Gualazzi 8.Associazione Il Secolo Della Rete, Referente: Giovanna Sissa 9.Associazione UnaRete: Referente Flava Marzano 10.Associazione Wikimedia Italia, Referente: Frieda Brioschi 11.Flyer Communication, Referente: Gianluca Del Gobbo 12.Free Hardware Foundation, Referente: Arturo Di Corinto 13.Collettivo iQuindici, Referente: Francesco Valotto 14.ISOTYPE, network di liberi professionisti, Referente: Lorenzo De Tomasi 15.Istituto per le politiche dell'innovazione, Referente: Guido Scorza 16.Liberius, Sportello di consulenza legale, Referente: Ermanno Pandoli 17.Movimento Scambio Etico, Referente: Paolo Brini 18.REFF/RomaEuropa Fake Factory, Referente: Oriana Persico, Salvatore Iaconesi 19.The house of love and dissent, Referente: Marco Delli Santi 20.Unione degli Studenti (U.d.S.), Referente: Mauro Di Palma Cos’è Frontiere Digitali Frontiere Digitali è uno spazio di libera auto-organizzazione di persone e opinioni e nasce a Roma (Italia) nel dicembre del 2005, quale strumento collaborativo, per l'organizzazione della Settimana delle Libertà Digitali che ha avuto luogo dal 18 al 21 gennaio 2006. In seguito, il 28 marzo 2006, in occasione del convegno l'Innovazione necessaria: Creatività, cooperazione, condivisione, tante associazioni e singoli si sono incontrati confrontandosi sull’idea e sugli strumenti per sostenere e rafforzare questa rete di collaborazioni. http://www.frontieredigitali.net

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Primo IGF USA
by Antonella Giulia Pizzaleo Sept. 29, 2009

Sept. 29, 2009

Buonasera, rinnovando a tutti l'invito a partecipare al prossimo Internet Governance Forum Italia (Pisa 5-7 ottobre 2009; www.igf-italia.it) segnalo una notizia molto importante per il processo degli IGF: il 2 ottobre prossimo si svolgerà il primo IGF statunitense http://www.igf-usa.us/page/program-1 Vi saluto, antonella -- Antonella Giulia Pizzaleo mobile: +39 3496064133 email: pizzaleo(a)gmail.com skype: antonellagiulia

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[Fwd: [A2k] KEI statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly on SCCR work program]
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 28, 2009

Sept. 28, 2009

Segnalo questo intervento dei KEI alla WIPO General Assembly. jc -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] KEI statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly on SCCR work program Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:35 -0400 From: James Love <jamespackardlove(a)gmail.com> To: a2k <a2k(a)lists.essential.org> Source URL: http://keionline.org/kei2009wipo-ga-sccr KEI statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly on SCCR work program 28 Sept 2009 The following is the written statement for the record that KEI has provided to the WIPO General Assembly, on the topic of the work program for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). -------------- Congratulations on your election, and on the election of the vice-chairs Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) recommends that the topic of the broadcast treaty be removed from the SCCR agenda, for the following reasons. 1. the theft of copyrighted signals from broadcasting organizations is already illegal under copyright and regulatory laws. There is no evidence that new laws are needed to address this issue, and there is also no evidence that a treaty dealing exclusively with signal piracy will receive support from broadcasters. Broadcasters are actually seeking a new and expanded intellectual property right (IPR) in programs they assemble and distribute, but do not create. 2. Any new intellectual property rights for broadcasters will come at the expense of both consumers and the creative communities who are protected by copyright. New IPR for broadcasters will present additional layers of rights that will make it more costly and difficult to reuse information in ways that are legitimate under copyright laws. 3. Work on a broadcast treaty will come at the expense of work on copyright limitations and exceptions, which is more important for the public, to address important social needs. KEI encourages the SCCR to focus on a robust work program on copyright limitations and exceptions that addresses a broad set of exceptions, including those dealing with people with disabilities, libraries, education, distance education, archives, orphaned works, innovative services, translations, excessive pricing and the control of other anti-competitive practices. KEI does not believe that deep harmonization of all copyright limitations and exceptions is needed or appropriate in most cases. In general, it will be best if the global rules provide for the appropriate level of freedom to operate, so that national laws can experiment to find ways to balance and protect both consumers and creative communities, while using a diversity of approaches consistent with domestic legal traditions and values. However, in some special cases, global norms will be useful, including (in some cases) minimum limitations and exceptions for copyright. In particular, where cross-border uses of works or technologies are necessary, some global norms will be needed to stimulate public and private investments in such services. For example, cross-border uses that will or may benefit from global norms include: 1. the sharing of accessible works for persons who are blind or have other disabilities; 2. distance education, delivered across borders; 3. the cross border sharing of works by libraries; 4. the regulation of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Technical Protection Measures (TPMs), as they relate to the exercise of legitimate uses of works, or the control of anti-competitive practices; and 5. the development of some innovative services, In future years, the SCCR may find it productive to consider new global rules for compulsory licensing of recorded music or orphaned works. The SCCR should also review the Appendix to the Berne, to determine if it has been successful in meeting its objectives, and if a new version of the Appendix is needed to improve its usefulness and relevance in addressing the objectives of the WIPO development agenda. Global norms are durable, and should be done correctly. While some of these projects are ready now, others may take many years before sufficient analysis, consultation and consensus emerges and there is a strong basis for global norm setting. A treaty for sharing works in accessible formats for persons who have reading disabilities can be done now, and is long overdue. WIPO considered global norms for this issue as early as 1982, and has received frequent petitions from the disabilities community to act. The proposal by Brazil, Equator and Paraguay provides a good basis for negotiations. In this regard, it should be noted that SCCR18/5 is inclusive in terms of reading disabilities, and provides countries considerable flexibility in terms of implementation on topics such as the works that are “legally available” for import under the exception, and the role of trusted intermediaries. The SCCR will of course find it useful to strengthen the proposal in certain areas, and KEI looks forward to the discussion at SCCR 19. KEI notes the work of WIPO on the Stakeholder Platform, and the concerns of developing countries regarding the need for transparency and participation by persons in developing countries. KEI is concerned that publishers have not participated directly in this process so far, and are instead represented by lobbyists for trade associations – people who cannot actually commit to licensing works for global distribution. KEI is concerned that some delegations have presented the stakeholder platform as a substitute for a global norm on the export and import of works created under a copyright exception. This is an uninformed and cruel misreading of mountains of evidence of the barriers to equality faced by the disabilities community. Other WIPO delegates have suggested privately that the needs of the reading disabilities community can be satisfied by a statement at the WIPO General Assembly that the exporting and importing of works created under an exception comport with the TRIPS and the Berne, leaving the implementation up to national action, without a treaty instrument. While such an approach does offer some benefits, it will predictably have far less benefit than a treaty instrument, which will certainly lead to greater use of the cross-border sharing of works. The best evidence of the importance of a treaty or binding trade agreements is the vigor with which the copyright owners themselves press for such measures at WIPO, and fora outside of WIPO. Why has WIPO considered the WCT and the WPPT, and more recently a treaty for broadcasters or audiovisual performances, if not for the fact that a treaty itself is the most powerful way to advance a new global norm, and to promote implementation of that norm? If WIPO only provides a declaration that imports and exports are legally allowed, but fails to provide a framework for authorizing the cross border sharing of accessible works, many countries will take years, and perhaps never change their laws to create the enabling legal environment. Just as the WCT was designed to accelerate the adoption of legal protections of DRM/TPM measures, and to provide for a common framework for expansions of other rights for copyright owners, the treaty for reading disabilities is design to promote rapid implementation of a new global platform for sharing accessible works. Work on disabilities should be considered an issue of human rights, and a logical implementation of obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While a treaty for sharing accessible formats of works is consistent with the Development Agenda, KEI cautions WIPO against framing such a treaty as a developing country issue only. Persons with reading disabilities live everywhere, have very different levels of access to technologies, and use different languages. The benefits of an expanded sharing of works will be particularly important for countries that need access to accessible works from foreign countries, and have the capacity to use them. Work on reading disabilities should not be delayed until a broader work program on copyright limitations and exceptions is completed, and indeed, neither should work on distance education, libraries or other topics be limited by requirements that the entire work program be finished. For norm setting, the SCCR should move each project forward when it is ready – not before, and not much after. In the case of reading disabilities, the SCCR should aim to authorize a diplomatic conference at the 2010 General Assembly meeting. That diplomatic conference should be held as early as Spring 2011. Work on other norm setting activities involving limitations and exceptions should go forward in parallel, including but not limited to proposals that may be offered in the areas of distance education and libraries. _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.essential.org http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k

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QdN: "Act now! The future of EU Internet may be sealed tonight."
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 28, 2009

Sept. 28, 2009

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… Act now! The future of EU Internet may be sealed tonight. By /pi/ Created /27 Sep 2009 - 20:06/ Brussels, September 28th - *The first conciliation meeting on the Telecoms Package will take place tonight at 9:30PM. In this meeting, 27 Members of the European Parliament and 27 representatives of the Council of EU will decide on the future of Internet in Europe. They will choose whether to fix or maintain the dreadful anti-Net neutrality dispositions voted in second reading by the Parliament, under the influence of AT&T. Rapporteurs and representatives of the Swedish Presidency opposed this idea so far. European citizens only have a few hours to urge MEPs to preserve Europe's innovation, competition, and citizen's fundamental rights.* The inaugural meeting of Conciliation phase on the Telecoms Package will gather 27 Members of the European Parliament delegation, and 27 representatives of the ministers of the Member States, on Monday, September 28th, at 9:30PM. During this procedure, the whole European regulatory framework of the Internet will be negotiated. In the first meeting, members of the committe will decide on the crucial perimeter of the negotiations. From this decision will depend the fate of Net neutrality in Europe. So far, the rapporteur Catherine Trautmann and the minister in charge for the Swedish Presidency Åsa Torstensson expressed their will to deal only with the "amendment 138", which the Council wants to get rid of1 <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnote1_g2luyzn> [1]. This would mean that the dreadful provisions allowing operators to kill Net neutrality in order to get control of the Internet2 <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnote2_odnzyb3> [2]. These provisions allowing for limiting access to Internet services and applications, voted in second reading under influence by AT&T <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/technology/08iht-neutral.1.20669185.html?…> [3]3 <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnote3_0casbx2> [4], would then become law in Europe. */"Trautmann and Torstensson are trying to make everyone believe that Net neutrality should be dealt separately, after the Telecoms Package, but this is just a bad excuse. They know that Net neutrality is already in the Telecoms Package, because AT&T amendments allows operators to kill it to take control of the Net. They must admit it and do what is best for Europe's competitiveness and citizens's fundamental rights, at any cost. Internet is much more important for the future of our societies than the efficiency of the EU legislative process."/* explains Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. Citizens from all Member States have a few hours left to call <http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Call_conciliation_MEPs_sept28> [5] all the Members of the European Parliament delegation in the conciliation committee4 <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnote4_b9wl4u5> [6]. They can find arguments in the letter sent to them by La Quadrature <http://www.laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-20090928-Letter_to_the_…> [7]5 <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnote5_mi6sagd> [8] along with the Open letter <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/we-must-protect-net-neutrality-in-europe-ope…> [9]6 <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnote6_z7rd074> [10] signed by more than 70 NGOs across 15 Member States (including ISOC, CCC, Reporters without Borders, and major consumers unions) , in a 2-pager memo <http://laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-20090922-Note_Protecting_Ne…> [11] and in a complete 22-pages dossier about Net neutrality <http://laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-DOSSIER_Protecting_Net_Neut…> [12]. */"Conciliation must leave room for a clear legislative statement affirming that the fundamental principles of a non-discriminatory Internet have higher status than the short-term convenience of specific interest business models. It is very important that citizens who love the Internet act together now. We need to use this unique opportunity to help European lawmakers avoid making an irremediable mistake. "/* concludes Zimmermann. 1. 1. <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnoteref1_g2luyzn> [13] Amendment 138 states that restrictions to fundamental rights and freedoms such as access to the Internet must be subject to a prior ruling by the judicial authority. This was confirmed by a decision of the highest French jurisdiction, the Consitutional council, on the "three strikes" policy. The Council added that "In the current state of the means of communication and given the generalized development of public online communication services and the importance of the latter for the participation in democracy and the expression of ideas and opinions, this right implies freedom to access such services." 2. 2. <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnoteref2_odnzyb3> [14] Located in Articles 20.1.b and 21.3.b of the Universal Service Directive, it allows for "conditions limiting access to and/or use of services and applications". 3. 3. <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnoteref3_0casbx2> [15] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/technology/08iht-neutral.1.20669185.html?… 4. 4. <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnoteref4_b9wl4u5> [16] A specific campagne page: http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Call_conciliation_MEPs_sept28 5. 5. <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnoteref5_mi6sagd> [17] http://www.laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-20090928-Letter_to_the_… 6. 6. <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/print/2356#footnoteref6_z7rd074> [18] Open letter "We must save Net neutrality!" with full list of signatories: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/we-must-protect-net-neutrality-in-europe-ope… * telecoms package <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/tag/themes/telecom-package> * Net neutrality | Net discrimination <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/tag/themes/net-discrimination> * Harbour <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/tag/personnalites/harbour> * Trautmann <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/tag/personnalites/trautmann> * Torstensson <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/torstensson> * press release <http://www.laquadrature.net/en/tag/types-de-documents/press-release> (CC)BySa - La Quadrature du Net - 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Source URL:* http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… *Links:* [1] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [2] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/technology/08iht-neutral.1.20669185.html?… [4] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [5] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Call_conciliation_MEPs_sept28 [6] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [7] http://www.laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-20090928-Letter_to_the_… [8] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [9] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/we-must-protect-net-neutrality-in-europe-ope… [10] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [11] http://laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-20090922-Note_Protecting_Ne… [12] http://laquadrature.net/files/LaQuadratureduNet-DOSSIER_Protecting_Net_Neut… [13] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [14] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [15] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [16] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [17] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea… [18] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/act-now-the-future-of-eu-internet-may-be-sea…

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Lessig manda il suo blog in letargo
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 27, 2009

Sept. 27, 2009

http://lessig.org/blog/2009/08/announcing_the_hibernation_of.html Announcing the hibernation of lessig.org/blog (from the blogs-deserve-a-sabbatical-too department) August 20, 2009 2:15 AM - comments (69) So my blog turns seven today. On August 20, 2002, while hiding north of San Francisco working on the Eldred appeal, I penned my first (wildly and embarrassingly defensive) missive to Dave. Some 1753 entries later, I'm letting the blog rest. This will be the last post in this frame. Who knows what the future will bring, but in the near term, it won't bring more in lessig.org/blog. The reasons are many. First, as I peer over the abyss of child number 3 (expected in a couple weeks), I can't begin to imagine how I would be able to allocate the time to give this space the attention it needs. I've already fretted about my failure to give this community the time it deserves in REMIX. Things will only get worse. Second, even if I could, I'm entering a stage of my work when the ratio of speaking to reading/listening/thinking is changing significantly. I've just taken up my role as director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard. As announced, this means the launch of a 5 year research project on institutional corruption. While I expect that project will have a critical cyber-presence, I don't want its life to be framed by this blog. The mission, the understanding, the community is different. Third, even if I could, and even if the work I was doing meant I should, there's an increasingly technical burden to maintaining a blog that I don't have the cycles to support. Some very good friends -- Theo Armour and M. David Peterson -- have been volunteering time to do the mechanics of site maintenance. That has gotten overwhelming. Theo estimates that 1/3 of the 30,000 comments that were posted to the blog over these 7 years were fraudsters. He's been working endlessly to remove them. At one point late last year, Google kicked me off their index because too many illegal casino sites were linking from the bowels of my server. I know some will respond with the equivalent of "you should have put bars on your windows and double bolted locks on your front door." Maybe. Or maybe had legislatures devoted 1/10th the energy devoted to the copyright wars to addressing this muck, it might be easier for free speech to be free. This isn't an announcement of my disappearance. I'm still trying to understand twitter. My channel at blip.tv will remain. As will the podcast, updated as I speak. I will continue to guest blog at Huffington Post. And as Change-Congress.org enters a new stage, I hope to be doing more there. But this community, this space, this board will now rest. Thank you to the endless list of people who have helped make this place as it is, or was. Theo and M. David especially. Marc Perkel for his free hosting at ctyme.com for so many years. And thank you especially to the inhabitants of this space, especially the fantastic commentators and loyal backbenchers (Three Blind Mice, you have to reveal yourself now and let me buy you a beer). I have enjoyed this wildly more than I have not (again, I whine in REMIX about the not). And I have been very proud to be responsible for certain bits of content -- especially the guest blogging by the interesting and famous (Howard Dean was a favorite, and I will always be proud that I got Judge Posner to experiment with blogging, leading to his wonderful blog with Gary Becker). Comments on this post will remain open for a week. And then comments on all posts will be locked. Thank you to everyone, again. Posted by Lawrence Lessig on August 20, 2009 2:15 AM | Permalink

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