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Memento | Seminario A. Drassinower "The Public Domain in Copyright Law as Shared Thinking" - 29 maggio
by Maurizio Borghi May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023

Ricordo a tutti gli interessati ai temi di diritto d'autore e pubblico dominio il seminario che si terra' oggi all'Universita' di Torino: *Abraham Drassinower* (University of Toronto): "The Public Domain in Copyright Law as Shared Thinking " *29 maggio 2023*, 16:00-18:00 Aula F5, Campus Luigi Einaudi (Lungo Dora Siena 100, Torino) Modera: Maurizio Borghi (Università di Torino) Abstract: *The research seeks to describe the public domain in copyright law not as consumption of value for which payment has been waived but as a positing of the activity of thinking as necessarily shared. The research develops that seemingly novel proposition through analyses of copyright doctrine and case law from several jurisdictions involving originality, independent creation, idea/expression dichotomy, transformative use, merely technical use, and personal use. Rather than a device in calculations pertinent to wealth-maximization, the public domain is an affirmation, constitutive of copyright law as a juridical order, of thinking as radically free.* Abraham Drassinower <https://www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/full-time-faculty/abraham-drassin…> è Professor alla Faculty of Law dell'Università di Toronto e Visiting Scientist al Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Torino. E*' *l'autore di* What's Wrong with Copying? *(Harvard University Press, 2015), un testo di riferimento della teoria del diritto d'autore a cui sono stati dedicati convegni e numeri speciali di riviste. -- _______________ *Maurizio Borghi* Università di Torino https://www.dg.unito.it/persone/maurizio.borghi Co-Director Nexa Center for Internet & Society <https://nexa.polito.it/>

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L’educazione al tempo di ChatGPT e internet: crisi o opportunità?
by don Luca Peyron May 28, 2023

May 28, 2023

Una riflessione interessante https://www.comunitadiconnessioni.org/editoriale/leducazione-al-tempo-di-ch… Buona lettura e buona domenica dl _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Positive Technology (PT) 2023 International Conference
by don Luca Peyron May 26, 2023

May 26, 2023

Una occasione interessante https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdubWcIh9NwqEjvALV1pR_UsyfuLldoYhE… Un caro saluto dl _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Whistleblower Drops 100 Gigabytes Of Tesla Secrets To German News Site: Report
by Daniela Tafani May 26, 2023

May 26, 2023

It posted “My autopilot almost killed me”: Tesla files cast doubt on Elon Musk’s promises<https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/elektromobilitaet-mein-a…> on Thursday. The story is both in German and behind a paywall, but the English translation is of excellent quality. Here’s a bit of the meat of it: The Tesla files contain more than 2,400 self-acceleration complaints and more than 1,500 braking function problems, including 139 cases of unintentional emergency braking and 383 reported phantom stops resulting from false collision warnings. The number of crashes is more than 1000. A table of incidents involving driver assistance systems where customers have expressed safety concerns has more than 3000 entries. The oldest complaints available to the Handelsblatt date from 2015, the most recent from March 2022. During this period, Tesla delivered around 2.6 million vehicles with the autopilot software. Most of the incidents took place in the US<https://www.handelsblatt.com/themen/usa> , but there are also complaints from Europe and Asia in the documents - including many from German Tesla drivers. The Handelsblatt contacted dozens of customers from several countries. All confirmed the information from the Tesla files. In discussions, they gave insights into their experiences with the autopilot. Some disclosed their communication with the US automaker, others showed Handelsblatt reporters videos of the accident. Customers from the U.S. and Europe told Handelsblatt Tesla wasn’t too interested in assisting with their issues<https://jalopnik.com/tesla-asks-model-y-owner-to-tow-burned-out-car-to-serv…>, but seemed more intent on covering for the company. It turns out, this was explicit policy at Tesla: How did the company deal with complaints? The Tesla files also provide information about this. The files show that employees have precise guidelines for communicating with customers. The top priority is obviously: offer as little attack surface as possible. For each incident there are bullet points for the “technical review”. The employees who enter this review into the system regularly make it clear that the report is “for internal use only”. Each entry also contains a note in bold type that information, if at all, may only be passed on “VERBALLY to the customer”. “Do not copy and paste the report below into an email, text message, or leave it in a voicemail to the customer,” it said. Vehicle data should also not be released without permission. If, despite the advice, “an involvement of a lawyer cannot be prevented”, this must be recorded. Customers that Handelsblatt spoke to have the impression that Tesla employees avoid written communication. “They never sent emails, everything was always verbal,” says the doctor from California, whose Tesla said it accelerated on its own in the fall of 2021 and crashed into two concrete pillars. Throughout the report, there is a refrain familiar to anyone who covers Tesla: “Tesla did not answer questions about the allegations from customers.” Some told Handelsblatt they either sold their Teslas or tried to give them back to the company, saying they couldn’t in good conscience let anyone else drive the car. Elon Musk and Tesla had a hell of a 2022<https://jalopnik.com/musk-tesla-and-spacex-had-a-hell-of-a-year-1849920875>, and this year is shaping up to be no different<https://jalopnik.com/teslas-reputation-in-us-absolutely-tanked-last-year-18…>. It was revealed a 2016 video of a self-driving Tesla was likely a hoax<https://jalopnik.com/emails-show-elon-musk-was-directly-involved-in-staged-…> made with Musk’s approval and participation. Multiple lawsuits<https://jalopnik.com/tesla-class-action-lawsuit-for-sharing-private-videos-…> from everyone from shareholders<https://jalopnik.com/tesla-shareholders-aghast-that-full-self-driving-may-h…> to surviving family members<https://jalopnik.com/door-handles-blamed-for-drivers-death-in-tesla-model-s…> of crash victims, are about to have their day in court. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<https://jalopnik.com/nhtsa-opens-investigation-into-tesla-autopilot-related…> and Department of Justice<https://jalopnik.com/u-s-doj-wants-tesla-to-hand-over-autopilot-full-self-1…> are closing in. https://jalopnik.com/whistleblower-drops-100-gigabytes-of-tesla-secrets-to-…

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Praticantato @ AGCOM
by Luigi Scorca May 25, 2023

May 25, 2023

Buongiorno, con l’occasione segnalo la pubblicazione di un bando per il praticantato presso l’AGCOM. Cordialmente, Luigi https://www.agcom.it/documentazione/documento?p_p_auth=fLw7zRht&p_p_id=101_…

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[CFP] 35th International Teletraffic Congress - Deadline Extended
by Martino Trevisan May 24, 2023

May 24, 2023

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this mail] /Due to many requests, we //*extended the deadline*//for application to //*June 14, 2023*//*!*/ *35th International Teletraffic Congress* *3-5 October, 2023, Turin* *Website: https://itc35.itc-conference.org/* /_*CALL FOR PAPERS*_/ /The International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) 35, to be held October 3-5, 2023 at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, is the 35th edition of this international flagship congress in the field of networking science and practice. ITC was founded back in 1955 by enthusiastic scientists and engineers who were willing to deploy networks in a holistic way. Since then, it has established a multi-decade tradition as the primary forum for presenting and discussing the latest technical advances in the broad areas of teletraffic models, network systems, and measurements. ITC 35 solicits cutting-edge papers spanning both theory and experimentation in all areas of networking, ranging from traffic engineering and control with application also to emerging softwarized/virtualized network paradigms, up to innovative wireless scenarios brought about by the emergence of B5G and IoT systems. ITC 35 especially encourages original contributions which bridge the gap between performance modeling and real-life operational aspects, including works which leverage measurement data to provide a better understanding of the wired and wireless networks’ operation under realistic conditions. A selection of the best papers presented at the conference will be fast tracked to Performance Evaluation and Computer Networks journals after the conference. ITC 35 will offer a number of _*student travel grants*_ to support full-time students for attending._* *_/ /_*TOPICS*_/ *ITC 35* covers topics in the following areas: * Performance Evaluation, Control and Optimization * Network Measurements and Big Data * Networking Architectures and Paradigms * Wireless and Cellular Networks /_*IMPORTANT DATES*_/ * May 23*J**une 12, 2023*: Paper registration deadline * May 30*June 14, 2023* Paper submission deadline * *Jul 17, 2023:* Notification date * *Aug 16, 2023:* Camera-ready paper and author registration deadline * *Oct 3-5, 2023:* Conference Date Both full papers and short papers are welcome. Submission instructions can be found at the conference website: https://itc35.itc-conference.org/authors.html /_*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS*_/* * * *Silvia Giordano*, SUPSI, Switzerland * *Colin Maclay*, University of Southern California, US More keynote speakers will be announced in the next weeks /_*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*_/* * *General chairs:* * *Markus Fiedler*, BTH, Sweden * *Michela Meo*, Politecnico di Torino, Italy *TPC chairs:* * *Zhiyuan Jiang*, China * *Sara Alouf*, INRIA, France * *Oliver Hohlfeld*, University of Kassel, Germany *Local arrangement:* * *Daniela Renga*, Politecnico di Torino, Italy * *Greta Vallero*, Politecnico di Torino, Italy *Publicity chairs:* * *Martino Trevisan*, Università di Trieste, Italy * *Yuxuan Sun*, Beijing Jiaotong University, China *Web chair:* * *Gianluca Perna*, Politecnico di Torino, Italy For additional information visit *https://itc35.itc-conference.org/* <https://itc35.itc-conference.org/> For any questions do not hesitate to contact the conference organization under***itc35_oc(a)tlc.polito.it* /Best Regards,/ /*ITC 35 *//Organizing Team/

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GARRLab @ UniMI: un ringraziamento al Prof. Trentini
by Damiano Verzulli May 24, 2023

May 24, 2023

In passato, su questa lista, si è parlato del rapporto fra i temi ICT a noi cari ed il coinvolgimento dei giovani studenti. Ieri --grazie ad un invito del Prof. Trentini, di UniMi-- ho presentato GARRLab agli studenti del CdS in Informatica. Due ore di chiacchierata su molte di quelle tecnologie che, progressivamente, si stanno spostando dal nostro Paese/Continente verso i Cloud-Provider blasonati (infrastrutture cloud, automazione, sviluppo collaborativo, networking, sicurezza, con anche cenni sull'analisi e la visualizzazione dei dati raccolti). Gli studenti erano una ventina. In molti erano evidentemente interessati... al punto tale che hanno voluto "saltare" la pausa e tirare dritti per tutte e due le ore. A fine chiacchierata, poco meno di meta' sono rimasti in aula, ad ascoltare commenti, chiarimenti e followup fra noi "organizzatori". È stato un momento molto piacevole. Ringrazio pubblicamente il Prof. Trentini per la fiducia riservatami e per aver consentito lo svolgimento dell'evento. Ribadisco qui, in lista, la mia totale disponibilita' a ripetere eventi di questo genere, anche verso studenti di altri Atenei. Un saluto, DV -- Damiano Verzulli e-mail: damiano(a)verzulli.it --- possible?ok:while(!possible){open_mindedness++} --- "...I realized that free software would not generate the kind of income that was needed. Maybe in USA or Europe, you may be able to get a well paying job as a free software developer, but not here [in Africa]..." -- Guido Sohne - 1973-2008 http://ole.kenic.or.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2008-April/005989.html

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L’industria dell’auto italiana non ha nessuna idea di futuro
by Luigi Scorca May 24, 2023

May 24, 2023

https://espresso.repubblica.it/economia/2023/05/24/news/industria_auto_elet… Luigi

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Seminario A. Drassinower "The Public Domain in Copyright Law as Shared Thinking" - 29 maggio
by Maurizio Borghi May 23, 2023

May 23, 2023

Segnalo a tutti gli interessati ai temi di diritto d'autore e pubblico dominio il seminario che si terra' lunedi' prossimo all'Universita' di Torino: *Abraham Drassinower* (University of Toronto): "The Public Domain in Copyright Law as Shared Thinking " *29 maggio 2023*, 16:00-18:00 Aula F5, Campus Luigi Einaudi (Lungo Dora Siena 100, Torino) Modera: Maurizio Borghi (Università di Torino) Abstract: *The research seeks to describe the public domain in copyright law not as consumption of value for which payment has been waived but as a positing of the activity of thinking as necessarily shared. The research develops that seemingly novel proposition through analyses of copyright doctrine and case law from several jurisdictions involving originality, independent creation, idea/expression dichotomy, transformative use, merely technical use, and personal use. Rather than a device in calculations pertinent to wealth-maximization, the public domain is an affirmation, constitutive of copyright law as a juridical order, of thinking as radically free.* Abraham Drassinower <https://www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/full-time-faculty/abraham-drassin…> è Professor alla Faculty of Law dell'Università di Toronto e Visiting Scientist al Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Torino. E*' *l'autore di* What's Wrong with Copying? *(Harvard University Press, 2015), un testo di riferimento della teoria del diritto d'autore a cui sono stati dedicati convegni e numeri speciali di riviste. -- _______________ *Maurizio Borghi* Università di Torino https://www.dg.unito.it/persone/maurizio.borghi Co-Director Nexa Center for Internet & Society <https://nexa.polito.it/>

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Sistemi fuori controllo o prodotti fuorilegge? La cosiddetta «intelligenza artificiale» e il risveglio del diritto
by Daniela Tafani May 23, 2023

May 23, 2023

Buonasera. Ho appena pubblicato un articolo che potrebbe essere di interesse per questa lista: <https://btfp.sp.unipi.it/it/2023/05/sistemi-fuori-controllo-o-prodotti-fuor…> Vi sarei grata di qualsiasi commento o osservazione. Qui <https://btfp.sp.unipi.it/it/front-page/> il riassunto: I sistemi di intelligenza artificiale sono oggi in grado di svolgere alcuni specifici compiti, che erano stati, finora, prerogativa dei soli esseri umani. Nell’entusiasmo per i sistemi di apprendimento automatico, che hanno consentito questi genuini progressi, le grandi aziende tecnologiche hanno colto l’opportunità per un’espansione illimitata di prodotti e servizi «intelligenti». Hanno diffuso e messo in commercio, con la formula di marketing «intelligenza artificiale», sistemi di apprendimento automatico, per lo svolgimento di attività che tali sistemi non sono in grado di svolgere o che semplicemente non sono possibili. Tra i prodotti di questo genere – costitutivamente pericolosi e non funzionanti – ci sono le auto a guida autonoma, i sistemi di ottimizzazione predittiva e i generatori di linguaggio naturale. Se la responsabilità per gli effetti ordinari di tali prodotti ricadesse sui produttori, la loro commercializzazione non sarebbe vantaggiosa. Per sfuggire alle loro responsabilità senza rinunciare a una fonte di enorme profitto, i giganti della tecnologia hanno diffuso una famiglia di narrazioni che danno forma alla percezione pubblica del rapporto tra etica, politica, diritto e tecnologia e costituiscono gli assiomi indiscussi di qualsiasi discorso pubblico. Sono così entrati a far parte del senso comune, tra gli altri, il principio di inevitabilità tecnologica, il mito dell’eccezionalismo tecnologico, il principio di innovazione e il mito del vuoto giuridico. Alla tesi dell’eccezionalità delle nuove tecnologie, che renderebbe inapplicabili i sistemi normativi vigenti e gli ordinari criteri di attribuzione della responsabilità, si oppone oggi una crescente consapevolezza del fatto che i sistemi informatici sono artefatti, ossia prodotti, e che non c’è alcuna ragione per sottrarne la distribuzione e la commercializzazione alla legislazione ordinaria. Un saluto, Daniela <https://btfp.sp.unipi.it/it/front-page/>

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