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Fwd: [IP] Wireless carriers claim they're being victimized

by J.C. DE MARTIN

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [IP] Wireless carriers claim they're being victimized Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:11:23 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave(a)farber.net> Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lauren Weinstein" <lauren(a)vortex.com <mailto:lauren@vortex.com>> Date: Feb 28, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: [ NNSquad ] Wireless carriers claim they're being victimized To: <nnsquad(a)nnsquad.org <mailto:nnsquad@nnsquad.org>> Wireless carriers claim they're being victimized http://j.mp/zJ5u0o (This message on Google+) - - - http://j.mp/AogDMi (CNET) "Operators are under extreme pressures. If we are going to build the highways, there has to be a tax on the highways," Mittal said. - - - Hello? Is anybody in there? To listen to these guys, you'd think we're getting our Internet connections for free. Maybe you do? I sure as hell don't. I pay *plenty* for wired and wireless Internet access. It hasn't been for pizzas. What's going on is plain, old, ordinary G-R-E-E-D on the part of the carriers. They can spin until the clothes are dry but it doesn't change the underlying facts. What they really want is to get a piece of the *content* side that they have nothing to do with producing in most cases. They don't like being just Telecom, they want to be Hollywood, too. And the way they want to do it is by using their positions as gatekeepers to their own advantage. And if they're going to use the "tax on the highways" analogy like Mittal in this piece, they'd damn well better be prepared to be fully *regulated* like the utilities they are. Enough of their crocodile tears. We won't be fooled again. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com <mailto:lauren@vortex.com>): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 <tel:%2B1%20%28818%29%20225-2800> / Skype: vortex.com <http://vortex.com> _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/14798382-eb93fc78> | Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-58a8a…> Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now <https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=14798382&id_secret=14798382-…> [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com>

Feb. 28, 2012

Re: [nexa] Google nuove privacy policies: forti dubi di legittimità della CNIL

by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO

A mio parere, il punto di fondo che preoccupa l'UE non è la variazione testuale delle policies in quanto tale, ma l'aggregazione della gestione cumulativa dei dati disponibili sull'utente tratti dai diversi servizi. Si usano gli strumenti tecnici (disponibili) dell'informativa e del consenso, ma dietro c'è il problema del potere informativo e dei big data. Non a caso sul sito della CNIL, nel riportare la notizia, evidente è il riferimento al potere informativo, laddove vengono indicate le quote di mercato:"Under the new policy, users understand that Google will be able to track and combine a large part of their online activities thanks to products such as Android, Analytics or its advertising services. [...] The impact on privacy and data protection is all the more important, given that Google represents more than 80% of the European search engine market, around 30% of the European smartphones market, 40% of the global online video market and more than 40% of the global online advertisement market; Google Analytics is also the most popular analytics tool in Europe" (http://goo.gl/ggyac) On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:29:50 +0100 Pier Paolo <pierpaolo.franco(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Lasciando perdere la retorica aziendale del don't be >evil, Vi sembra una > polemica fondata? Io personalmente non ho trovato grandi >differenze > rispetto alle singole ToS precedenti, mentre intravedo >-- mio malgrado -- > una evidente utilità futura per l'utente. > A dire la verità mi preoccupano maggiormente ToS più >oscure ed "estere" > quali FriendFeed, Evernote, Diigo, ecc. > > Il giorno 28 febbraio 2012 18:02, MANTELERO ALESSANDRO < > alessandro.mantelero(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > >> qui maggiori dettagli: http://goo.gl/BwCFV >> ______________________________**_________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa<https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa> >> -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Confirmed Assistant Professor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Department of Production Systems and Business Economics Nexa Center for Internet and Society Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

Feb. 28, 2012

Re: [nexa] Nuova legge sul copyright

by M. Fioretti

On Tue, February 28, 2012 4:27 pm, Stefano Quintarelli wrote: > chissa' se agli editori piace cio'. A quelli svegli, non credo. Io infatti ho fatto la "ipotesi" che in realtà il DDL Butti sia una mossa per sbarazzarsi degli editori cretini: http://stop.zona-m.net/it/2012/02/senatore-che-ha-capito-niente-o-tutto-di-… marco

Feb. 28, 2012

Re: [nexa] Google nuove privacy policies: forti dubi di legittimità della CNIL

by Pier Paolo

Lasciando perdere la retorica aziendale del don't be evil, Vi sembra una polemica fondata? Io personalmente non ho trovato grandi differenze rispetto alle singole ToS precedenti, mentre intravedo -- mio malgrado -- una evidente utilità futura per l'utente. A dire la verità mi preoccupano maggiormente ToS più oscure ed "estere" quali FriendFeed, Evernote, Diigo, ecc. Il giorno 28 febbraio 2012 18:02, MANTELERO ALESSANDRO < alessandro.mantelero(a)polito.it> ha scritto: > qui maggiori dettagli: http://goo.gl/BwCFV > ______________________________**_________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa<https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa> >

Feb. 28, 2012

May unsecured wi-fi trigger liability for copyright infringement?

by Giovanni Battista Gallus

Vi segnalo http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=50c21b34-3240-432f-9bb2-b500a… In a development that could impact providers of free Wi-Fi services and broadband subscribers who rely on wireless routers, Liberty Media Holdings LLC has asked a Massachusetts federal court to rule that broadband subscribers with wireless routers may be held liable for copyright violations when other persons illegally download copyrighted content through unsecured wireless network connections. E noi ci lamentiamo di ciò che succede in Italia... Un saluto a tutti GB Gallus

Feb. 28, 2012

Google nuove privacy policies: forti dubi di legittimità della CNIL

by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO

qui maggiori dettagli: http://goo.gl/BwCFV

Feb. 28, 2012

Re: [nexa] Nuova legge sul copyright

by Stefano Quintarelli

cit. Guido: > Utilizzare un articolo di attualità online, in qualsiasi forma e con qualsiasi mezzo, >cosa significa? il testo dice > l’utilizzo o la riproduzione, in qualsiasi forma e con qualsiasi mezzo, di articoli di > attualità pubblicati nelle riviste o nei giornali il testo non parla di online, mi pare che questa sia una estensione di interpretazione... mi pare invece che il testo dica che chi fa rassegne stampa deve pagare i contenuti attraverso le associazioni di categoria (e, mi pare, escludendo accordi diretti). chissa' se agli editori piace cio'. ciao, s. On 28/02/2012 16:20, a.dicorinto(a)uniroma1.it wrote: > Ricordate che qualche giorno fa vi avevo inviato la notizia che era stata > incardinata al Senato, in comm. Giustizia, una proposta di modifica della legge > del diritto d'autore relatori Bruno e Centaro (Atto Senato n. 2297*XVI > Legislatura*). Non ne abbiamo discusso in lista e ne ho parlato offlist solo con > alcuni di voi, ma credo sia il caso di approfondire: > Ecco cosa dice Guido della proposta: > http://blog.wired.it/lawandtech/2012/02/27/ddl-butti-un-nuovo-attacco-alla-… > > Tra l'altro, in base ai miei leaks, Catricalà e Peluffo stanno lavorando a una > riforma complessiva della lda e per questo motivi i commissari dell'Agcom stanno > accellerando sulla loro proposta, per evitare che sia il Governo a fare prima la > propria. Avete notizie in proposito? > > ciao, a presto > > ********************** > “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” > – John Gilmore > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa -- blog.quintarelli.it www.ilsole24ore.com -- tutelo la riservatezza della tua corrispondenza, non uso mail offerta da portali

Feb. 28, 2012

Nuova legge sul copyright

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Feb. 28, 2012

Neubot 0.4.9 released

by Simone Basso

Neubot/0.4.9 released http://www.neubot.org/neubot-0.4.9 Version 0.4.9 is the latest generally-available stable release of Neubot, distributed for Ubuntu >= 10.04, MacOSX >= 10.6, Windows >= XP SP3 and FreeBSD, as well as in source format. If you have already installed Neubot for Ubuntu, MacOSX or FreeBSD, it should update automatically, and we just kindly ask you to verify that this is the case. As a rule of thumb, if it has not updated after a couple of weeks, that is probably a bug and you should report it. Neubot for Windows, instead, needs manual intervention and you can find instructions here: http://www.neubot.org/install-windows#upgrade Instructions for installing from scratch are available here: http://www.neubot.org/download This release contains 142 commits. The diffstat says: 73 changed files with 3,562 additions and 1,025 deletions. Here are the most relevant changes: - MacOS: keep neubot directory clean This commit teaches Neubot updater to periodically check whether the base directory (/usr/local/share/neubot) contains old releases files and directories. If so, old files and directories are removed. https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/18cf09e Requested by Alessio Palmero Aprosio some time ago. - www: add latency plots This commit adds latency plots to Neubot Web User Interface, both for speedtest and bittorrent. https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/0a523988 Suggested by Francesco Corazza, written by Alessio Palmero Aprosio. - www: less annoying win32 browser notifications This commit makes sure that Neubot does not open the Web User Interface in the default browser more than once per day per type of notification. This means that, for example, you will be notified at most once per day when a new version is available on our servers. https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/f0bef78b Reported and prodded by many. - doc/FAQ.rst doc/FAQ-it.rst import and revamp A couple of commits have imported the website faq into the sources tree, allowing for better maintenance. Now the faq is written in restructured text and the html on the web is automatically generated. After the import, both FAQs have been revamped and updated significantly. https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/843247c7 https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/1badc97d - Revamped manpage The manual page has been revamped and updated as well. https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/4e154a2a - Bug fixes Since Neubot 0.4.6, I've started collecting know bugs information at: https://github.com/neubot/neubot/wiki/errata Here is the list of bugs that have been fixed since the previous release, along with the link to the relevant commit: - Make sure that the Web API always returns sorted keys to the Web User Interface. Fixes settings keys being not properly sorted in settings.html. https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commit/7b3a9689 - More code rationalizations, cleanups and regression tests. Full change log available here: https://raw.github.com/neubot/neubot/0.4.9/ChangeLog Diff since previous version here: https://github.com/neubot/neubot/compare/0.4.8...0.4.9 Commit history here: https://github.com/neubot/neubot/commits/0.4.9 SHA256sums here: https://github.com/neubot/neubot/wiki/sha256 Errata here: https://github.com/neubot/neubot/wiki/errata Data here: http://www.neubot.org/data -- Simone <http://www.neubot.org/people#basso>

Feb. 28, 2012

Rif: R: Libertà d'informazione: Assemblea Nazionale di Articolo 21

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Feb. 28, 2012