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Fwd: Amnesty International: ACTA a "Pandora's Box" of Potential Human Rghts Violations; EU Governments Should Not Join

by J.C. DE MARTIN

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Amnesty International: ACTA a "Pandora's Box" of Potential Human Rghts Violations; EU Governments Should Not Join Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:09:54 -0600 From: Peter Maybarduk <pmaybarduk(a)CITIZEN.ORG> Reply-To: Peter Maybarduk <pmaybarduk(a)CITIZEN.ORG> To: IP-ENFORCEMENT(a)ROSTER.WCL.AMERICAN.EDU http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/eu-urged-reject-international-anti-counterfe… *EU urged to reject international anti-counterfeiting pact* Amnesty International today urged EU governments not to join the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), branding it a “Pandora’s box” of potential human rights violations. Starting this Saturday, 11 February, a range of civil society groups and individual citizens have planned protests in many European cities to voice opposition to ACTA before the European Parliament decides whether to formally ratify the pact later this year. ACTA seeks to establish new standards for enforcing a wide range of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyrights and patents. Amnesty International believes the pact's content, process, and institutional structure impact in a number of ways on human rights – especially the rights to due process, privacy, freedom of information, freedom of expression, and access to essential medicines. “The EU should reject ACTA in its current form – implementing the agreement could open a Pandora's box of potential human rights violations by doing away with due process and front-loading the requirement to enforce its provisions,” said Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law and Policy at Amnesty International. “While Amnesty believes that creators should be compensated for their work, the protection of intellectual property should never come at the expense of basic human rights.” * Weakened protections* Amnesty International is concerned about ACTA’s broad coverage, vague language, and tendency to value private law enforcement over judicial review. Rather than allowing the courts to resolve how infractions of the ACTA should be treated, the pact obliges states to encourage third parties to enforce its provisions. This would incentivize Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to impose repressive measures to avoid infringements, such as blocking, deleting, or even suspending services without recourse to judicial review. Companies may be threatened with criminal sanctions if they derive “indirect” economic benefit from infringements or if they are deemed to have “aided and abetted” one or more acts of infringement. This is likely to have a chilling effect on free speech and access to information. As these private companies would also be incentivized to implement intrusive surveillance technologies in order to avoid being liable for the actions of their users, this would also lead to gross violations of user privacy. Access to generic medicines and other essential products could also be affected, as the ACTA would give customs officials the authority to seize products with labels suspected of being confusingly similar to trademark brands. Giving generic medicines similar labels helps to communicate medical equivalence and supports public health policy goals. Amnesty International is also gravely concerned about the ACTA’s vague and meaningless safeguards. Instead of using well-defined and accepted terminology, the text refers to concepts such as “fundamental principles” and even invents a concept of “fair process”, which currently has no definition in international law. “Worryingly, ACTA’s text does not even contain references to safeguards like ‘fundamental rights’, ‘fair use’, or ‘due process’, which are universally understood and clearly defined in international law,” said Widney Brown. * Behind closed doors* A small number of states including EU members, Japan, Australia and the USA, have negotiated the Agreement since 2007. The negotiation process has lacked transparency and democratic credibility, as it has taken place outside of recognized institutions, such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The public was kept out of the process, and civil society, despite its demands, has not yet had access to all documents relating to the ACTA negotiations. US industry was kept up to speed with the negotiations, on condition that the industry partners signed a non-disclosure agreement. The resulting standards are tremendously skewed towards protecting commercial interests over human rights. The EU – representing 27 governments – is due to start hearings on the ACTA in March, with a ratification vote tentatively slated for June or July. * Enforcement* The pact would set up an unelected “ACTA committee”, which would have the power to set standards, negotiate accessions of new countries and promote “best practices”. It would also be the first port of call to interpret the meaning of the frequently vague text of the agreement – creating meaning after parliaments had given their approval. Most of these functions are already carried out by the WIPO, where civil society has a voice and deliberations are generally transparent and predictable. “All global trade agreements must be negotiated transparently under the auspices of existing intergovernmental organizations such as the WIPO or the WTO,” said Widney Brown. “Multilateral trade agreements that affect public goods, including freedom of expression, innovation and access to basic medicines, must always uphold basic human rights principles, such as accountability, transparency, participation, equality and sustainability. ACTA has failed on all of these fronts.”

Feb. 10, 2012

Re: [nexa] Evento contro ACTA, coordinamento mondiale attraverso facebook. Worldwide event against ACTA throw facebook.

by Luigi Di Liberto

http://www.scambioetico.org/?p=8456 Ciao LDL 2012/2/7 G.Battista Frontera <gb.frontera(a)virtualia.it> > All'interno, scrollando, evento in lingua italiana ed altre lingue. > Scrolling inside english event and other languages. > > https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/358922057468176/ > > Ciao. > Gb > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

Feb. 10, 2012

E' uscita l'edizione 2011 di Global Information SocIety Watch: Focus on freedom of expression and association online

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Feb. 10, 2012

In: RICHIESTA DI DICHIARAZIONE DI INTERESSE E DI DISPONIBILITÀ A ESSERE ASSUNTI DALLA CIVIT CON CONTRATTO DI DIRITTO PRIVATO A TEMPO DETERMINATO

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Feb. 9, 2012

Decreto liberalizzazioni: 15 emendamenti bipartisan per realizzare la 'rivoluzione digitale'

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Feb. 9, 2012

off topic, ma giusto di scenario

by Stefano Quintarelli

off topic, ma giusto di scenario dato che tocca una analogia passata in lista qualche settimana fa http://is.gd/uIpocC rimborso di 1 centesimo ogni mille euro investiti su un emettitore indegno ciao, s. -- blog.quintarelli.it www.ilsole24ore.com -- tutelo la riservatezza della tua corrispondenza, non uso mail offerta da portali

Feb. 9, 2012

Seminario sul cloud, interviene il Garante

by MANTELERO ALESSANDRO

Vi segnalo questo seminario in caso fosse di vostro interesse: 13/02/2012 - SEMINARIO CLOUD COMPUTING. OPPORTUNITÀ E ASPETTI CRITICI DELLA NUVOLA Lunedì 13 febbraio 2012 Ore 09.00 Sala Giolitti Centro Congressi Torino Incontra Via Nino Costa 8, Torino Con l’espressione Cloud Computing o Nuvola si fa riferimento alle tecnologie, ormai molto diffuse nel mercato, che permettono all’utente di avvalersi di servizi di archiviazione dati e software ampliando o diminuendo la misura del servizio acquistato a seconda delle proprie esigenze. I vantaggi del Cloud computing sono noti. In termini di costi, il Cloud computing non rende più necessari grossi investimenti in hardware o software. In termini di accessibilità ai dati, la flessibilità consentita dalla Nuvola è massima: l’unica condizione, infatti, per utilizzarla è la disponibilità di un collegamento ad internet; l’utente potrà accedere ai suoi dati in qualunque momento e in qualunque luogo si trovi, anche attraverso il suo smartphone, tablet o altro strumento dotato di connessione WiFi. A fronte di questi vantaggi la Nuvola presenta aspetti ancora critici: dove sono fisicamente conservati i dati? Chi può accedere ad essi? Con quali regole e tutele? Scopo dell’incontro di oggi, rivolto a imprese, professionisti, P.A. e studiosi della materia e organizzato dalla Camera di commercio di Torino in collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza e il Dipartimento di Informatica dell’Università degli Studi di Torino, è illustrare le caratteristiche e le potenzialità di questo nuovo strumento, dando conto dei risultati del dibattito in corso, delle soluzioni individuate e dei problemi ancora aperti. PROGRAMMA 09.00 Registrazione partecipanti 9.30 Saluti istituzionali Guido Bolatto, Segretario Generale della Camera di commercio di Torino 9.45 Tecnologia Cloud e problemi relativi alla protezione dei dati Francesco Pizzetti, Presidente Autorità Garante per la protezione dei dati personali 10.15 Introduzione agli aspetti tecnico-informatici del Cloud computing Francesco Bergadano, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Torino 10.45 Coffe break 11.00 Profili contrattuali e di data protection del Cloud Computing Alessandro Mantelero, Politecnico di Torino 11.30 “Una Nuvola Pubblica Certificata” Alessandro Osnaghi, Fondazione ASTRID 12.00 I servizi Cloud: l’offerta del mercato I vantaggi dell'adozione del Cloud Computing nelle PMI ed i relativi aspetti della sicurezza Mariano Ammirabile, IBM I.T.S. Il Cloud: opportunità, innovazione e falsi miti Luca Giuratrabocchetta, Google Enterprise Italia Verso un cloud più sicuro: la Nuvola Italiana Enzo Bagnacani, Telecom Italia 12,30 Dibattito Moderatore: Raffaele Caterina, Direttore Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Torino PROGRAMMA: http://goo.gl/dWlok -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Confirmed Assistant Professor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Department of Production Systems and Business Economics Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

Feb. 9, 2012

Re: [nexa] Infografica sul Digital Divide

by Stefano Quintarelli

mal comune... mal comune! ------- Original message ------- > From: J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> > To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > Sent: 9.2.'12, 1:42 > > http://mashable.com/2012/02/05/digital-divide-infographic/ > > juan carlos > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Feb. 9, 2012

Infografica sul Digital Divide

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://mashable.com/2012/02/05/digital-divide-infographic/ juan carlos

Feb. 9, 2012

Report: "The Sky is Rising"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://www.techdirt.com/skyisrising/ The Sky Is Rising! For years now, the legacy entertainment industry has been predicting its own demise, claiming that the rise of technology, by enabling easy duplication and sharing -- and thus copyright infringement -- is destroying their bottom line. If left unchecked, they say, it is not only they that will suffer, but also the content creators, who will be deprived of a means to make a living. And, with artists lacking an incentive to create, no more art will be produced, starving our culture. While it seems obvious to many that this could not possibly be true, since creators and performers of artistic content existed long before the gatekeepers ever did, we've looked into the numbers to get an honest picture of the state of things. What we found is that not only is the sky not falling, as some would have us believe, but it appears that we're living through an incredible period of abundance and opportunity, with more people producing more content and more money being made than ever before. As it turns out... The Sky Is Rising!

Feb. 9, 2012