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9th Circuit: It’s a federal crime to visit a website after being told not to visit it
by Alberto Cammozzo July 13, 2016

July 13, 2016

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has handed down a very important decision on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, /Facebook v. Vachani/ <https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/07/12/13-17102.pdf>, which I flagged just last week. For those of us worried about broad readings of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act <https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030>, the decision is quite troubling. Its reasoning appears to be very broad. If I’m reading it correctly, it says that if you tell people not to visit your website, and they do it anyway knowing you disapprove, they’re committing a federal crime of accessing your computer without authorization. I think this decision is wrong, and that it has big implications going forward. Here’s a rundown of the case and why it matters. I’ll conclude with a thought about a possible way to read the case more narrowly, as well as why I’m not convinced that narrow reading is correct. *I. The Facts* Steve Vachani is the chief executive and founder of Power Ventures, which had a website at Power.com. (I’ll refer to Vachani and Power Ventures collectively as “Power.”) Power had a service that let users aggregate their contacts on different social media sites. Power’s software allowed Facebook users to authorize Power to go into their Facebook accounts and gather information for them for use at Power’s website. Power users also authorized the software to send Facebook messages to other Facebook users for them. Facebook didn’t appreciate this, and it sent a “cease and desist” letter to Power telling the company to stop. The cease-and-desist letter told Power that it was violating Facebook’s terms of use and warned Power that it may have violated federal and state law. Facebook also blocked Power’s IP addresses. Power just changed IP addresses and continued operating. Facebook then sued, claiming that Power’s conduct violated the CFAA, a somewhat similar California unauthorized access statute and the CAN-SPAM Act <https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compl…>. Just to keep things simple, I’ll focus this post only on the claims brought under the CFAA. *II. The New Decision* In the new decision, the court holds that Power violated the CFAA when it continued to access Facebook’s computers with users’ permission after receiving the cease-and-desist letter. Oddly, Judge Susan P. Graber’s explanation for why Power violated the CFAA focuses almost exclusively on Power’s state of mind rather than what Power did. The CFAA prohibits intentionally accessing a computer without authorization. Instead of explaining what counts as access “without authorization,” Judge Graber focuses mostly on whether Power had a culpable state of mind with respect to whether it was doing something unwanted. [] <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/07/12/9th-cir…>

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Anna Masera direttrice del master di giornalismo, "web oriented" nella nuova edizione
by Diego Giorio July 13, 2016

July 13, 2016

Congratulazioni ad un'amica storica di Nexa e di e-privacy! D. http://www.lastampa.it/2016/07/13/italia/cronache/anna-masera-nuova-direttr… [http://www.lastampa.it/rf/image_webevidenza/Pub/p4/2016/07/13/Italia/Foto/R…]<http://www.lastampa.it/2016/07/13/italia/cronache/anna-masera-nuova-direttr…> Anna Masera nuova direttrice del Master di giornalismo di Torino<http://www.lastampa.it/2016/07/13/italia/cronache/anna-masera-nuova-direttr…> www.lastampa.it Il Master di Giornalismo "Giorgio Bocca" di Torino si rinnova. Per la settima edizione punta sui nuovi media e il giornalismo digitale: dallo storytelling all'headline editing, dal data-journalism al

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88° Mercoledì di Nexa - 13 luglio 2016
by Giuseppe Futia July 12, 2016

July 12, 2016

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-88> NEXA 88° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledi 13 luglio 2016, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Politecnico di Torino http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-88 Verso i bigdata giudiziari? Problemi di privacy e copyright nella diffusione di sentenze sul web Speakers Simone Aliprandi (avvocato, fondatore del Progetto JurisWiki.it) Nel ruolo di discussant Carlo Blengino (avvocato, fellow Centro Nexa) This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Le sentenze e in generale i provvedimenti giurisdizionali rappresentano documenti particolarmente delicati; infatti da un lato sono l'espressione di una fondamentale funzione pubblica (la gestione della giustizia), dall'altro riportano vicende in buona parte private. Questa "dualità" pone alcune serie problematiche nella gestione della *privacy*, soprattutto in un mondo come quello di oggi fortemente rivolto alla raccolta, rielaborazione, diffusione di grandi masse di dati (il cosiddetto fenomeno del "*big data*"). Qual è il confine dell'*interesse pubblico* a conoscere l'operato della macchina della giustizia? E quale il confine dell'*interesse privato* a mantenere riservate vicende giudiziarie non sempre piacevoli? Un equilibrio davvero difficile da raggiungere. A questo livello di criticità se ne aggiunge anche un altro, indipendente ma comunque sovrapposto: quello del *copyright*. Buona parte di questi documenti, infatti, pur essendo senza dubbio di pubblico dominio e fuori dalla tutela del copyright, sono raccolti in grande banche dati proprietarie commercializzate (spesso a caro prezzo) dalle case editrici. BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [ALIPRANDI - BLENGINO] SIMONE ALIPRANDI è un avvocato da sempre impegnato nella ricerca e divulgazione su temi di frontiera nell'ambito del diritto della proprietà intellettuale e del diritto delle nuove tecnologie. Ha scritto varie pubblicazioni su questi argomenti e tiene regolarmente conferenze e seminari in giro per l'Italia. Nel 2015 ha lanciato JurisWiki.it <http://juriswiki.it/>: piattaforma collaborativa per la pubblicazione e condivisione di sentenze e altri provvedimenti in ottica open. Blog: http://aliprandi.blogspot.it/. Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonealiprandi. CARLO BLENGINO, avvocato, svolge la professione esclusivamente nel settore penale, in particolare nel settore dei reati colposi, delle responsabilità professionali e del penale dell'economia, con una particolare attenzione alla proprietà intellettuale ed alle criticità legate all'informatica, alle nuove tecnologie ed alla tutela della riservatezza e dei dati personali. Collabora con alcune riviste on-line tra cui medialaws.eu, Nova.ilsole24ore.com ed ha pubblicato con Giappichelli Editore, UTET Giuridica, EGEA ed Aracne. E' fellow del Nexa Center for Internet & Society del Politecnico di Torino ed ha un blog personale sul quotidiano on-line ilPOST.it. Letture consigliate e link utili: * Come conciliare trasparenza e privacy sulle sentenze <Come%20conciliare%20trasparenza%20e%20privacy%20sulle%20sentenze,%20il%20caso%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09JurisWiki,%20di%20Simone%20Aliprandi,%20disponibile%20online%20su%0Ahttp://www.forumpa.it/pa-digitale/giustizia-juriswiki-e-il-libero-accesso-alle-sentenze-sul-web-tra-trasparenza-e-problemi-di-privacy>, il caso JurisWiki, di Simone Aliprandi * Il progetto JurisWiki. Qualche informazione di background sulla prima piattaforma aperta per l’informazione giuridica <http://juriswiki.it/news/il-progetto-juriswiki-articolo-di-simone-aliprandi…>, di Simone Aliprandi, “Informatica e diritto”, Vol. XXIII, 2014, n. 2, pp. 139-143 * Privacy nelle sentenze: un caso di “abuso di diritto 2.0”? <http://www.mysolutionpost.it/blogs/it-law/piana/2016/06/privacy-sentenze.as…>, di Carlo Piana * Il futuro della giustizia? Big data e algoritmi (e negli USA è già realtà) <http://thenexttech.startupitalia.eu/1395-20150623-il-futuro-della-giustizia…>, di Bernardo Parrella * SentenzeWeb: ricerca libera tra le sentenze della Corte <http://www.medialaws.eu/sentenzeweb-ricerca-libera-tra-le-sentenze-della-co…>, di Monica Senor * Le sentenze on line violano la privacy, "questa non è trasparenza" <http://www.forumpa.it/pa-digitale/giustizia-sentenze-on-line-non-e-traspare…>, di Monica Senor * JurisWiki, così un avvocato ha reso open le banche dati giudiriche <http://www.chefuturo.it/2015/05/juriswiki-cosi-un-avvocato-ha-reso-open-le-…>, di Andrea Zanni Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e “Nexa Lunch Seminar” Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter

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approvato il Privacy Shield
by Alessandro Mantelero July 12, 2016

July 12, 2016

Approvato (fra le critiche) il nuovo accordo European Commission - PRESS RELEASES http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-2461_en.htm commenti: https://edri.org/privacy-shield-privacy-sham/ http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/privacy-shield-the-new-eu-rules-on-transa… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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Abolizione monopolio SIAE e concorrenza (quale?)
by Giuseppe Mazziotti July 12, 2016

July 12, 2016

Ciao a tutti, in un breve pezzo per Nova, uscito domenica scorsa, ho cercato di chiarire le conseguenze della possibile abolizione del monopolio legale SIAE: http://nova.ilsole24ore.com/progetti/braccio-di-ferro-sui-diritti-dautore/ Si è scritto e detto molto sulle possibili ricadute positive in termini di concorrenza sul mercato dell'intermediazione dei diritti, ma senza chiarire quali potrebbero essere le conseguenze (sia positive sia negative) per gli autori e gli editori e per gli utilizzatori di opere protette. E' ciò che ho tentato di fare in poche righe. Un caro saluto, G. -- Giuseppe Mazziotti Mobile: +39 347 3018306 Skype: giuseppe.mazziotti Website: http://mediartis.it

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consultazione Codice di amministrazione digitale
by Mauro Alovisio July 11, 2016

July 11, 2016

Gent.me/mi segnalo interessante iniziativa di consultazione on line pubblica in materia di codice di Amministrazione Digitale http://www.techeconomy.it/2016/07/08/codice-amministrazione-digitale-consul… a presto Mauro Alovisio

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NYT: "Solving All the Wrong Problems"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 11, 2016

July 11, 2016

"the impulse to conflate toothbrush delivery with Nobel Prize-worthy good works is not just a bit cultish, it’s currently a wildfire burning through the so-called innovation sector. Products and services are designed to “disrupt” market sectors (a.k.a. bringing to market things no one really needs) more than to solve actual problems, especially those problems experienced by what the writer C. Z. Nnaemeka has described as “the unexotic underclass” — single mothers, the white rural poor, veterans, out-of-work Americans over 50 — who, she explains, have the “misfortune of being insufficiently interesting.” If the most fundamental definition of design is to solve problems, why are so many people devoting so much energy to solving problems that don’t really exist? How can we get more people to look beyond their own lived experience?" *Solving All the Wrong Problems** * Allison Arieff JULY 9, 2016 […] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/solving-all-the-wrong-prob…

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Time: "When Can Police Use a ‘Bomb Robot’ to Kill a Suspect?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 9, 2016

July 9, 2016

*When Can Police Use a ‘Bomb Robot’ to Kill a Suspect?** * Haley Sweetland Edwards @haleybureau July 8, 2016 Late Thursday night, Dallas police attached an explosive device to what’s known as a “bomb-disposal robot,” rolled it into an area where one of the suspected shooters was holed up, and detonated the bomb, killing him on the spot. The move marked the first time that civilian police have used a robot to kill an American suspect on American soil, according to several legal and robotics scholars, raising major questions about the use of such machines in domestic stand-offs. “The situation definitely raises interesting questions,” said Peter Asaro, an assistant professor at the New School for Public Engagement in New York City and a co-founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control. “Who was controlling the bomb? Who was controlling the robot?” Not to mention: Was this the best use of force in this case? What does it mean for the use of robots in future instances? […] Continua qui: http://time.com/4398196/dallas-shooting-bomb-robot/

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Privacy Shield agreement signed off
by Alessandro Mantelero July 8, 2016

July 8, 2016

Privacy Shield agreement signed off despite vote abstentions http://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/privacy-shield-agreement-signe… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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Fwd: EU Tech Policy Brief: June Recap
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 8, 2016

July 8, 2016

FYI -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: EU Tech Policy Brief: June Recap Resent-Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:00:56 +0200 Resent-From: d004620(a)polito.it Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 06:00:54 -0400 From: Center for Democracy & Technology <info(a)cdt.org> Reply-To: info(a)cdt.org To: demartin(a)polito.it EU TECH POLICY BRIEF CDT <https://cdt.org> /This is the monthly EU Tech Policy Brief from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT). It highlights some of the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe, the US, and internationally, and gives CDT's perspective on them. Our aim is to help shape policies that advance our rights in a digital world./ /Please do not hesitate to contact our team in Brussels: Jens-Henrik Jeppesen <mailto:jjeppesen@cdt.org>, Jorge Castro <mailto:jcastro@cdt.org>, or Scott Craig <mailto:scraig@cdt.org>, and connect with us @CenDemTech <https://twitter.com/CenDemTech> and @JensJeppesenCDT <https://twitter.com/JensJeppesenCDT>./ /We welcome feedback on the issues we deal with. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, please unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of this email./ *Intermediary Liability: Letter to European Commission on Code of Conduct for Illegal Hate Speech Online* CDT sent a letter <https://cdt.org/insight/letter-to-european-commissioner-on-code-of-conduct-…> to European Commissioner for Justice Vĕra Jourová asking a number of questions and raising various concerns about the Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online <http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/files/hate_speech_code_of_co…>. The European Commission developed the Code together with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft, and announced it on 30 May. It is one of many initiatives governments and authorities in Europe and elsewhere are taking to restrict various types of content. Our letter questions whether the practices laid down in this Code of Conduct are sufficient to ensure that the free expression rights of internet users are protected and respected. We ask how courts or other independent arbiters will be involved in determining what is and what is not /illegal/ hate speech, and what standards will be applied. We ask about what appeal mechanisms or remedies will be available for internet users whose speech has been censored under this regime. Finally, we ask how the Code will ensure transparency and safeguards against misuse. *Intermediary Liability: JHA Council adopts conclusion on improving criminal justice in cyberspace and European Commission presents new communication on radicalisation* This month, EU Ministers on Justice and Home Affairs adopted Council conclusions on improving criminal justice in cyberspace <http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10007-2016-INIT/en/pdf>, setting out three priorities: Enhancing cooperation with service providers, streamlining Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) proceedings, and reviewing rules on enforcement jurisdiction in cyberspace. The conclusions mandate the European Commission to develop several initiatives and to report on their progress from December 2016. CDT has consistently <https://cdt.org/blog/law-enforcement-without-borders/> called <https://cdt.org/insight/microsoft-ireland-case-can-a-us-warrant-compel-a-us…> for improvements <https://cdt.org/insight/mlat-reform-a-straw-man-proposal/> to the MLAT system for access to data by law enforcement authorities because, although imperfect, the system respects the rule of law and decreases the risk of improper access to data. The European Commission should present the first deliverables on these initiatives by June 2017. Together with the Council conclusions, the European Commission presented a new "Communication on supporting the prevention of radicalisation leading to violent extremism <http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/publications/2016/communication-preve…>". No new initiatives are proposed, but the Communication outlines the roles of the European Commission, Member States, and relevant stakeholders in preventing and tackling radicalization and violent extremism online. *Digital Copyright: Ancillary rights — unnecessary barriers for innovation and free speech* CDT submitted its input <https://cdt.org/blog/cdt-responds-to-european-commission-consultation-on-an…> to the European Commission's public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the "panorama exception", restating our objections <https://cdt.org/blog/ancillary-wrongs-in-spains-ley-de-propiedad-intelectua…> to the introduction of ancillary rights in copyright laws in Europe. Our chief concerns are negative effects of such rights on smaller publishers, citizen journalism and, more importantly, freedom of information. Firstly, ancillary rights negatively impact publishers by creating barriers to access to their works by adding transaction costs and legal uncertainty for individuals or organisations wishing to link to online publications, resulting in decreased traffic to publishers' own sites. A decrease in traffic to publishers' online offerings would disproportionately affect smaller publishers and those who operate primarily online. Secondly, creating a neighbouring right for publishers would negatively impact authors by adding barriers between their works and their audiences as well as between authors and published works they might wish to reference. Thirdly, issues may arise from a right dependent on defining a class of persons or entities as "publishers." In the online context, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to define such a class without either making the class too broad or too narrow. Creating a new right for a vaguely-defined group will lead to both confusion as to who may claim the right and abuses by those who would improperly claim it. The European Commission is expected to present its second set of proposals on copyright after the summer, most probably in September. We hope the European Commission recognises the negative effects for innovation and free speech online that an ancillary right would have. *Open Internet: BEREC publishes its draft Net Neutrality guidelines and US FCC wins court appeal* The Body of European Regulators on Electronic Communications (BEREC) published its long-awaited draft Guidelines on the Implementation by National Regulators of European Net Neutrality Rules <http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/public_co…>. The guidelines will aim to ensure consistent application of the Telecoms Single Market (TSM) Regulation by providing NRAs with recommendations on particular issues such as zero-rating, traffic management techniques, and specialised services. BEREC invited public comments <http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/press_rel…>, and will issue final guidelines by 30 August. This is the deadline by which the TSM Regulation instructed BEREC to lay down implementation guidelines. CDT is currently working on its input to the public consultation. In addition, moving to the US, in a resounding victory for net neutrality advocates and consumers alike, CDT welcomes <https://cdt.org/blog/d-c-circuit-decision-in-us-telecom-v-fcc-a-win-for-pre…> the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in /US Telecom v. FCC//./ In the landmark ruling, the court clearly upheld the FCC's authority to classify broadband as a Title II common carrier, which will prevent broadband providers from leveraging their market power to discriminate against or block lawful content. *Internet Governance: IANA Transition Proposal meets NTIA criteria necessary to advance* Another major milestone has been reached <https://cdt.org/blog/iana-transition-proposal-meets-ntia-criteria-necessary…> in the IANA transition with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announcing in a report <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2016/iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-a…> that the community proposal "meets the criteria necessary to complete the long-promised privatization of the IANA functions." With regard to the criteria that the proposal should not replace the US Government role with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution, the report clearly states that "the naming community firmly grounds its proposal in multi-stakeholder bodies, processes, and decision making" and that "the proposed structure of participation does not allow any opportunity for dominance by governments or any other single stakeholder community." The NTIA's comprehensive report confirms that the methodical — at times belaboured — approaches that the community undertook to address the challenges of replacing the clerical and stewardship roles of the US Government and enhancing ICANN's accountability were ultimately the right ones. *Tech Talk: CDT's monthly podcast* Do not forget to listen to our new podcasts on staying secure online while traveling <https://soundcloud.com/cdt-tech-talk/fake-atms-at-defcon-staying-secure-onl…>, fairness in algorithms and privacy-smart wearable companies <https://soundcloud.com/cdt-tech-talk/algorithmic-fairness-embedded-privacy-…>, and what's next in US government surveillance reform <https://soundcloud.com/cdt-tech-talk/section-702-what-it-means-why-needs-re…>. 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