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R: Net Neutrality

by Fiorello Cortiana

Negli States qualcosa si muove: Net Neutrality Wins a Key Supporter Score one for media reform. Net Neutrality wins a key supporter. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) opened the FCC oversight meeting by singing Net Neutrality's praises and pledging to co-sponsor the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, which would make Net Neutrality the law. Fiorello

Sept. 18, 2009

Fwd: Public consultation on the future of Europeana

by Eleonora Panto

Penso possa essere di vostro interesse- ============== Public consultation on the future of Europeana In the context of its Digital Libraries Initiative, the European Commission has now launched a public consultation on the next steps for Europeana, Europe's digital library, archive and museum. It is based on the Communication "Europeana - Next Steps", adopted on 28 August. The questions of the consultation deal amongst others with the way in which the private sector can be involved in the further development of Europeana through public private partnerships, and how in-copyright content can be made searchable through Europeana. We would invite you to participate in this consultation and to express your opinion about the future of the European digital library. You can find the relevant texts on the homepage of the digital libraries initiative, scrolling down to 'last news and further information': <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_…> ----- Fine messaggio inoltrato ----- Eleonora Panto' CSP - ICT Innovation +390114815139 - +393486086090 ______________________________________________

Sept. 17, 2009

[Fwd: [Oa-italia] 5 università firmano uno statement per sostenere il modello author-pays]

by J.C. DE MARTIN

-------- 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/

Sept. 17, 2009

R: 40esimo compleanno di Internet festeggiato a UCLA

by Fiorello Cortiana

Grandi Mariella e Angelo R. ;-) Fiorello -----Messaggio originale----- Da: nexa-bounces(a)server-nexa.polito.it [mailto:nexa-bounces@server-nexa.polito.it] Per conto di Mariella Berra Inviato: giovedì 17 settembre 2009 13.26 A: J.C. DE MARTIN; nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Oggetto: Re: [nexa] 40esimo compleanno di Internet festeggiato a UCLA Regalino Buon compleanno a Internet da Mariella Berra e Angelo r. Meo ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin(a)polito.it> To: <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:31 AM Subject: [nexa] 40esimo compleanno di Internet festeggiato a UCLA > http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html > > ciao, > > juan carlos > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Sept. 17, 2009

We Must Protect Net Neutrality in Europe! - Open letter to the European Parliament

by Philippe Aigrain

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/we-must-protect-net-neutrality-in-europe-ope… letter-to-the-european-parliament Signed by 17 Organizations in 9 European Member States, including AltroConsumo, UnaRete and the Free Hardware Foundation in Italy. More needed! -- Philippe Aigrain

Sept. 17, 2009

Re: [nexa] 40esimo compleanno di Internet festeggiato a UCLA

by Mariella Berra

Regalino Buon compleanno a Internet da Mariella Berra e Angelo r. Meo ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin(a)polito.it> To: <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:31 AM Subject: [nexa] 40esimo compleanno di Internet festeggiato a UCLA > http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html > > ciao, > > juan carlos > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Sept. 17, 2009

"Internet Manifesto"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://www.internet-manifesto.org/ Internet Manifesto How journalism works today. Seventeen declarations. Deutsche Fassung <http://www.internet-manifest.de> | Version française <http://owni.fr/2009/09/09/un-manifeste-internet-traduction/> | Versión en español <http://uberblogged.com/periodismo/como-funciona-el-periodismo-hoy-manifiest…> | Versione in italiano <http://mediablog.corriere.it/2009/09/il_giornalismo_ai_tempi_di_int.html> | Versão em português <http://manifesto-internet.org/> | C(eská verze <http://www.internet-manifest.cz/> | Srpsko-Hrvatski <http://www.blogowski.eu/2009/09/15/internet-manifest/> | Türk Versiyon <http://blog.akgul.web.tr/?p=30> | ???????? ?????? <http://www.news247.gr/a/5%21101128> |??????? ?????? <http://journalism.com.ua/archives/359> | Versiunea in limba romana <http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-media_publicitate-6119844-moartea-ziaristu…> | ???? <http://peer2peer.blog79.fc2.com/blog-entry-1552.html> | ??? ?? <http://capcold.net/blog/4629> | ??????????? <http://www.fringer.org/?p=446> | ?????? ??????? 1 <http://www.al-khabar.info/%D8%A8%D9%80%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3…> | ?????? ??????? 2 <http://owni.fr/2009/09/12/%D8%A8%D9%80%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3…> 1. The Internet is different. It produces different public spheres, different terms of trade and different cultural skills. The media must adapt their work methods to today's technological reality instead of ignoring or challenging it. It is their duty to develop the best possible form of journalism based on the available technology. This includes new journalistic products and methods. 2. The Internet is a pocket-sized media empire. The web rearranges existing media structures by transcending their former boundaries and oligopolies. The publication and dissemination of media contents are no longer tied to heavy investments. Journalism's self-conception is---fortunately---being cured of its gatekeeping function. All that remains is the journalistic quality through which journalism distinguishes itself from mere publication. 3. The Internet is our society is the Internet. Web-based platforms like social networks, Wikipedia or YouTube have become a part of everyday life for the majority of people in the western world. They are as accessible as the telephone or television. If media companies want to continue to exist, they must understand the lifeworld of today's users and embrace their forms of communication. This includes basic forms of social communication: listening and responding, also known as dialog. 4. The freedom of the Internet is inviolable. The Internet's open architecture constitutes the basic IT law of a society which communicates digitally and, consequently, of journalism. It may not be modified for the sake of protecting the special commercial or political interests often hidden behind the pretense of public interest. Regardless of how it is done, blocking access to the Internet endangers the free flow of information and corrupts our fundamental right to a self-determined level of information. 5. The Internet is the victory of information. Due to inadequate technology, media companies, research centers, public institutions and other organizations compiled and classified the world's information up to now. Today every citizen can set up her own personal news filter while search engines tap into wealths of information of a magnitude never before known. Individuals can now inform themselves better than ever. 6. The Internet changes improves journalism. Through the Internet, journalism can fulfill its social-educational role in a new way. This includes presenting information as an ever-changing, continual process; the forfeiture of print media's inalterability is a benefit. Those who want to survive in this new world of information need a new idealism, new journalistic ideas and a sense of pleasure in exploiting this new potential. 7. The net requires networking. Links are connections. We know each other through links. Those who do not use them exclude themselves from social discourse. This also holds for the websites of traditional media companies. 8. Links reward, citations adorn. Search engines and aggregators facilitate quality journalism: they boost the findability of outstanding content over a long-term basis and are thus an integral part of the new, networked public sphere. References through links and citations---especially including those made without any consent or even remuneration of the originator---make the very culture of networked social discourse possible in the first place. They are by all means worthy of protection. 9. The Internet is the new venue for political discourse. Democracy thrives on participation and freedom of information. Transferring the political discussion from traditional media to the Internet and expanding on this discussion by involving the active participation of the public is one of journalism's new tasks. 10. Today's freedom of the press means freedom of opinion. Article 5 of the German Constitution does not comprise protective rights for professions or technically traditional business models. The Internet overrides the technological boundaries between the amateur and professional. This is why the privilege of freedom of the press must hold for anyone who can contribute to the fulfillment of journalistic duties. Qualitatively speaking, no differentiation should be made between paid and unpaid journalism, but rather, between good and poor journalism. 11. More is more -- there is no such thing as too much information. Once upon a time, institutions such as the church prioritized power over personal awareness and warned of an unsifted flood of information when the letterpress was invented. On the other hand were the pamphleteers, encyclopaedists and journalists who proved that more information leads to more freedom, both for the individual as well as society as a whole. To this day, nothing has changed in this respect. 12. Tradition is not a business model. Money can be made on the Internet with journalistic content. There are many examples of this today already. Yet because the Internet is fiercely competitive, business models have to be adapted to the structure of the net. No one should try to abscond from this essential adaptation through policy-making geared to preserving the status quo. Journalism needs open competition for the best refinancing solutions on the net, along with the courage to invest in the multifaceted implementation of these solutions. 13. Copyright becomes a civic duty on the Internet. Copyright is a cornerstone of information organization on the Internet. Originators' rights to decide on the type and scope of dissemination of their contents are also valid on the net. At the same time, copyright may not be abused as a lever to safeguard obsolete supply mechanisms and shut out new distribution models or license schemes. Ownership entails obligations. 14. The Internet has many currencies. Journalistic online services financed through adverts offer content in exchange for a pull effect. A reader's, viewer's or listener's time is valuable. In the industry of journalism, this correlation has always been one of the fundamental tenets of financing. Other forms of refinancing which are journalistically justifiable need to be forged and tested. 15. What's on the net stays on the net. The Internet is lifting journalism to a new qualitative level. Online, text, sound and images no longer have to be transient. They remain retrievable, thus building an archive of contemporary history. Journalism must take the development of information, its interpretation and errors into account, i.e., it must admit its mistakes and correct them in a transparent manner. 16. Quality remains the most important quality. The Internet debunks homogenous bulk goods. Only those who are outstanding, credible and exceptional will gain a steady following in the long run. Users' demands have increased. Journalism must fulfill them and abide by its own frequently formulated principles. 17. All for all. The web constitutes an infrastructure for social exchange superior to that of 20th century mass media: When in doubt, the "generation Wikipedia" is capable of appraising the credibility of a source, tracking news back to its original source, researching it, checking it and assessing it---alone or as part of a group effort. Journalists who snub this and are unwilling to respect these skills are not taken seriously by these Internet users. Rightly so. The Internet makes it possible to communicate directly with those once known as recipients---readers, listeners and viewers---and to take advantage of their knowledge. Not the journalists who know it all are in demand, but those who communicate and investigate. /Internet, 07.09.2009/ * Markus Beckedahl <http://www.netzpolitik.org/> * Mercedes Bunz <http://www.mercedes-bunz.de/> * Julius Endert <http://www.blinkenlichten.com/> * Johnny Haeusler <http://www.spreeblick.com> * Thomas Knüwer <http://blog.handelsblatt.com/indiskretion/> * Sascha Lobo <http://www.saschalobo.com/> * Robin Meyer-Lucht <http://www.carta.info> * Wolfgang Michal <http://www.autoren-reporter.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23…> * Stefan Niggemeier <http://www.stefan-niggemeier.de> * Kathrin Passig <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrin_Passig> * Janko Röttgers <http://www.lowpass.cc/> * Peter Schink <http://www.peter-schink.de/> * Mario Sixtus <http://www.elektrischer-reporter.de/> * Peter Stawowy <http://www.xing.com/profile/Peter_Stawowy> * Fiete Stegers <http://www.netzjournalismus.de/> /Translated from the German by Jenna L. Brinning <http://brinning.net/>/ *Leave a comment on the internet manifesto! <http://www.internet-manifesto.org/manifest/feedback-english/162/> 90 comments have been made so far.* 2009 CC-BY <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/>

Sept. 17, 2009

40esimo compleanno di Internet festeggiato a UCLA

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html ciao, juan carlos

Sept. 16, 2009

n. 2 assegni di ricerca sul tema: "Internet, anonimato, privacy e innovazione"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (DAUIN) (http://nexa.polito.it) nell'ambito delle proprie attività di ricerca istituzionale, cerca ricercatori/ricercatrici motivati e brillanti interessati alla selezione per n. 2 assegni di ricerca (AR243/2009) di durata annuale sul tema: "Identificabilità delle persone sulla rete Internet: analisi tecnica, giuridica ed economica delle conseguenze sulla privacy, sulle libertà fondamentali, sull'innovazione e sui modelli di business". Sede di lavoro: Centro NEXA su Internet & Societa', Torino. Scadenza per la presentazione delle domande: 30 settembre 2009 I requisiti nonche' le modalità esatte di presentazione delle domande sono descritti nel bando: http://www.swas.polito.it/services/concorsi/assric.asp?id_documento_padre=5… Si prevede che la ricerca abbia inizio il 1 novembre 2009. English summary available here: http://nexa.polito.it/job-openings/anonymity-privacy-access Restando a disposizione per eventuali chiarimenti o integrazioni, porgo i piu' cordiali saluti, juan carlos de martin prof. juan carlos de martin co-director / nexa center for internet & society politecnico di torino http://nexa.polito.it tel: +39 011 564 7215/5956/5954 fax: +39 011 564 7216 (si prega di scusare l'eventuale ricezione di copie multiple di questo messaggio)

Sept. 15, 2009

NY Times: "‘Athens’ on the Net"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

‘Athens’ on the Net By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS Published: September 12, 2009 PERHAPS the biggest big idea to gather speed during the last millennium was that we humans might govern ourselves. But no one really meant it. What was really meant in most places was that we would elect people to govern us and sporadically renew or revoke their contracts. It was enough. There was no practicable way to involve all of us, all the time. The headlines from Washington today blare of bailouts, stimulus, clunkers, Afpak, health care. But it is possible that future historians, looking back, will fixate on a quieter project of Barack Obama’s White House: its exploration of how government might be opened to greater public participation in the digital age, of how to make self-government more than a metaphor. [...] Continua: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/weekinreview/13giridharadas.html

Sept. 13, 2009