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The Economist, online debate (5-15 May): "Copyright and wrongs. This house believes that existing copyright laws do more harm than good."
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 6, 2009

May 6, 2009

http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/310 The Economist is holding on online debate asking if copyright is holding back creativity and progress? And does the system favour content owners above the public, for which it was designed? Join the debate on Economist.com or here on Facebook and share your views. Motion: 'This house believes that existing copyright laws do more harm than good.' The moderator's opening remarks May 5th 2009 | Mr Kenneth Cukier The proposer's opening remarks May 5th 2009 | Professor Terry Fisher The opposition's opening remarks May 5th 2009 | Professor Justin Hughes cool! juan carlos

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SAVE THE DATE: conferenza annuale NEXA, 28.11.2009
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 5, 2009

May 5, 2009

L'incontro pubblico del Centro NEXA su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino si terrà sabato 28 novembre 2009 L'incontro sara' un momento di presentazione dei principali risultati prodotti dal Centro NEXA nell'anno in corso nonche' di approfondimento e confronto con esperti, policy makers, professionisti e appassionati. L'incontro includera' anche una sessione sullo stato di Creative Commons in Italia, riprendendo la tradizione degli incontri annuali CC-IT, con -se possibile- festa conclusiva in serata. Maggiori informazioni verrano rese disponibili nei prossimi mesi alla URL: http://nexa.polito.it/conf2009 Si segnala infine che il giorno precedente, venerdi' 27 novembre 2009, il Sistema Bibliotecario del Politecnico di Torino terrà nell'Aula Magna di Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 un incontro nazionale sul tema del Open Access (http://biblio.polito.it/openaccess) Cordiali saluti, juan carlos de martin marco ricolfi prof. juan carlos de martin prof. marco ricolfi co-directors / nexa center for internet & society politecnico di torino http://nexa.polito.it

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Telecom Package: cosa fare, come e quando
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 4, 2009

May 4, 2009

Vi segnalo che la Quadrature du Net ha creato una pagina di rara efficacia con istruzioni su cosa fare, come e quando: http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Mobilisation_vote_Citizen_Rights_Amendment… juan carlos

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Benvenuti / Welcome
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 4, 2009

May 4, 2009

Buongiorno a tutti, benvenuti alla lista "nexa", creata per connettere tra loro nexiani, simpatizzanti e semplici curiosi. Sulla lista, che ci aspettiamo a basso traffico, circoleranno principalmente reminders su eventi/progetti NEXA, nonche' segnalazioni di URL, libri, articoli, ecc. La lista e' pubblica sia nel senso che gli archivi saranno liberamente accessibili da chiunque, sia nel senso che chiunque sara' libero di iscriversi. Ancora benvenuti, a presto! juan carlos prof. juan carlos de martin co-director / nexa center for internet & society politecnico di torino http://nexa.polito.it

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"Telecoms Package: When rapporteurs betray EU citizens"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 3, 2009

May 3, 2009

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-when-rapporteurs-betray-eu-… Telecoms Package: When rapporteurs betray EU citizens. By pi Created 30 Apr 2009 - 20:46 On both parts of the Telecoms Package, rapported by Malcolm Harbour (IMCO report) and Catherine Trautmann (ITRE report), agreements have been found with the Council of the EU to destroy or neutralize major protections of the citizens against graduated response, "net discrimination" and filtering of content on the Internet. There is little time left, but the Parliament has a last chance with the plenary vote on May 6th to reaffirm its commitment to protecting EU citizens. Both rapporteurs of the main directives of the Telecoms Package, Malcolm Harbour [1] (IMCO report [2]) and Catherine Trautmann [3] (ITRE report [4]) sacrificed the effective protection of citizens fundamental rights. They bent before the Council of the EU [5], under high pressure from France and UK, in shadowy trialogue negociations... Pressure was too high on them so they preferred finishing the Telecoms Package without risking to spend three more months negociating with the Council in a conciliation procedure1 [6]. These undemocratic practices lead to frightening compromise amendments that will be put to vote on the second reading plenary on Wednesday, May 6th in Strasbourg : * In the IMCO report [2] by M. Harbour [1], article 32(a) (former am. 166) protecting against arbitrary content filtering on the Internet, was totally neutralized [7]. On the topic of "net discrimination" [8], a safeguard that was already very weak (recital 26) was turned into a useless blurb. It's not a surprise that Harbour [1] gave up to the pressure of the UK government [9] and companies such as AT&T. But it's a shame for European citizens who deserve their right to communication, information and education, when used through the Internet, to be protected. * In the ITRE report [4] by C. Trautmann [3], amendment 138/46, adopted by 88% of the EP in first reading, and by 40 to 4 in committee last week [10], was abandoned. This article was crucial for protecting EU citizens against parallel arbitrary justice. Three-strike schemes against filesharers such as the HADOPI law proposal in France are not clearly forbidden by the new compromise. Even though these schemes remain contrary to the due process of law, one will wait years to have it confirmed in front of a court. In this clear attempt to please to N. Sarkozy, C. Trautmann [3] agreed to a major step back in citizens' rights protection. Citizens from all the EU must phone their MEPs to explain to them how crucial these stakes are for the future of our societies and our economies. MEPs have a chance to correct their colleagues' mistakes by voting for the "Citizen Rights amendments" package, which includes the original amendments 138 [11], 130 [12] (ITRE), and 166 [13] (IMCO) from first reading, along with clear protections against "net discrimination" [8], and removal of all remaining traces of "graduated response". "A few weeks away from the elections, this is the only chance for the Members of European Parliament to correctly protect their electors' fundamental rights and freedoms over the Internet, against the will of greedy and obsolete industries." states Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder and spokesperson of La Quadrature du Net. La Quadrature calls all citizens of the EU to mobilize their friends and networks to be ready to act from Monday 4 May to Wednesday 6 May. 1. 1. [14] The conciliation is a kind of negociated "third reading" in the codecision procedure Attachment Size Voting list Harbour Report-A6-0257-2009.pdf [15] 91.93 KB Voting list Trautmann Report-A6-0272-2009.pdf [16] 89.52 KB (CC)BySa - La Quadrature du Net - 2008 Source URL: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-when-rapporteurs-betray-eu-… Links: [1] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/MalcolmHarbour [2] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Diff_COD_2007_0248_Commis… [3] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/CatherineTrautmann [4] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Diff_COD_2007_0247_Commis… [5] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/new-version-of-amendment-138-46-agreed-europ… [6] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-when-rapporteurs-betray-eu-… [7] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/council-of-eu-imposing-net-discrimination-in… [8] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/who-wants-net-discrimination-in-europe [9] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/uk-government-pushes-for-discriminated-inter… [10] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/victory-for-eu-citizens-amendement-138-was-v… [11] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Plenary_Amendments#Amendm… [12] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Plenary_Amendments#Amendm… [13] http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Telecoms_Package_Plenary_Amendments#Amendm… [14] http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-when-rapporteurs-betray-eu-… [15] http://www.laquadrature.net/files/Voting list Harbour Report-A6-0257-2009.pdf [16] http://www.laquadrature.net/files/Voting list Trautmann Report-A6-0272-2009.pdf

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Posting to Nexa list
by Corrado Druetta May 3, 2009

May 3, 2009

I would like to post to this list. Regards, Corrado Druetta

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