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Report: "Using regulation as a last resort?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 8, 2015

Nov. 8, 2015

La 'self-regulation' funziona? Secondo questo report (pare il primo del suo genere) no, nell'82% dei casi la 'self-regulation' _non_ funziona. juan carlos Articolo di presentazione: http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/409329-relying-on-voluntary-measures-wont-solve… *Using regulation as a last resort?** */Assessing the performance of voluntary approaches/ PDF (2.1 MB): http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/usingregulation_tcm9-408677.pdf

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Parlamento Italiano - Disegno di legge S. 2058 - 17ª Legislatura
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2015

Nov. 7, 2015

Modifiche al codice dei beni culturali in materia di riproduzione dei beni bibliografici e archivistici http://www.senato.it/loc/link.asp?tipodoc=SDDLITER&tipo=testi&leg=17&id=459… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Amazon Books is All About the Data | The Digital Reader
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2015

Nov. 7, 2015

http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/11/06/amazon-books-is-all-about-the-data/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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The FCC says it can’t force Google and Facebook to stop tracking their users - The Washington Post
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2015

Nov. 7, 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/11/06/the-fcc-says-i… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Richard Barbrook with Andy Cameron, The Internet Revolution: From Dot-com Capitalism to Cybernetic Communism
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 6, 2015

Nov. 6, 2015

Richard Barbrook with Andy Cameron The Internet Revolution: From Dot-com Capitalism to Cybernetic Communism Raccolta di due saggi degli anni '90 - THE CALIFORNIAN IDEOLOGY Richard Barbrook & Andy Cameron - CYBER-COMMUNISM: HOW THE AMERICANS ARE SUPERSEDING CAPITALISM IN CYBERSPACE Richard Barbrook <http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-10-the-internet-revolution-f…> Con una interessante introduzione: By reading this book, you are travelling back to a very different time when the Net was still a magical technology. At the beginning of the 1990s, France was the only country on the planet where people outside the academy had easy access to computer-mediated communications. By distributing the terminals of its Minitel system for free, the nationalised telephone company had created the infrastructure for a multiplicity of online services. [...] On that spring evening, Andy now had another brilliant idea: ‘Why don’t we both write an article exposing the follies of Wired magazine? If nothing else, it would be our manifesto for the Hypermedia Research Centre which differentiates us from the West Coast neoliberals!’ Over the next few weeks, with the aid of plenty of beer and weed, we worked hard on creating the opening essay of this pamphlet. [...] The two essays from the 1990s in this book are a small contribution to formulating the escape from our contemporary predicament. Today, for many of its formr enthusiasts, the utopian promises of the information society have been fatally betrayed by the corporatisation and militarisation of the Net. However, although The Californian Ideology anticipated their critical attitude to Silicon Valley hype, Andy and I also emphasised that there was nothing inevitable about the ascendency of hi-tech neoliberalism. In its conclusion, our article pointed out that the Minitel system was built upon a different political economy than its American rival. Contradicting Wired magazine’s horror at the leading role of a state-owned telecommunications monopoly, the French version of packetswitched networking was able to commodify all of its online services by delivering them through premium phone lines. Ironically, as my Cyber-communism piece celebrated, it is the made-in-the-USA internet which has always had difficulties in applying the dogmas of bourgeois economics within its virtual world. User-generated content and open source software are the creations of voluntary labour. A.

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European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Commission issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers and urges the swift establishment of a new framework following the ruling in the Schrems case
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 6, 2015

Nov. 6, 2015

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6015_en.htm (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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"Artificial Intelligence: Should You Be Worried?" - Prof. Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford), 10 novembre ore 17
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/2015/11/lfloridi> NEXA Martedì 10 novembre 2015, ore 17.00 - 19.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/2015/11/lfloridi Artificial Intelligence: Should You Be Worried? Speaker Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford) Prof. Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford & Trustee of the Nexa Center for Internet & Society (DAUIN)) will discuss: Artificial agents can outsmart us, outperform us, and replace us in an increasing number of tasks. Yet the problem is not a dystopian future, in which some Super-AI will dominate or lives, for this is science fiction. It is rather how we are going to re-interpret who we are, our roles in life, and our still exceptional nature in the universe. BIOGRAFIA - e informazioni supplementari [Maria Bottis] LUCIANO FLORIDI is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he is the Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute, Governing Body Fellow of St Cross College, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, and Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy of the Department of Computer Science. Outside Oxford, he is Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C. More information available at: http://nexa.polito.it/2015/11/lfloridi. Letture consigliate e link utili: * L. Floridi, /The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality/ (Oxford University Press, 2014 * L.Floridi, /The Ethics of Information/ (Oxford University Press, 2013) * L.Floridi, /The Philosophy of Information/ (Oxford University Press, 2011) 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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pornografia - House of Lords
by Guido Noto La Diega Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Se volete divertirvi, diretta del dibattito sul divieto di pornografia http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/667e22e7-c184-4d12-a33a-07a0e9737a… -- *Guido* Dr. Guido Noto La Diega <http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/staff/notoladiega.html>, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Cloud Computing Law <http://www.cloudlegal.ccls.qmul.ac.uk/project/researchers/index.html> - Queen Mary University of London <http://www.mccrc.eu/Pages/Research-Team.aspx> President of Ital-IoT <http://italiot.altervista.org/about-us/> - Centre of Multidisciplinary Research on the Internet of Things Avvocato <http://www.studioperrino.it/intro/index.asp> (Commercial and IP/IT Lawyer) Cultore della materia in Civil Law and Intellectual Property <http://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/n/guido.notoladiega> - University of Palermo 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3JB g.notoladiega(a)qmul.ac.uk +44(0)2078823386 @guidonld https://it.linkedin.com/pub/guido-noto-la-diega-ph-d/6/614/669 This e-mail and any attachment hereto are strictly confidential and are exclusively intended for the person above identified. Without intended recipient’s entitlement, use, copy and dissemination of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received it in error, please advice us immediately by telephone and return the documents received to the above address, deleting the files. Thank you. Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestaettet. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Danke. Il presente messaggio di posta elettronica ed ogni eventuale allegato contengono informazioni strettamente riservate e sono indirizzati esclusivamente al soggetto sopra indicato. In mancanza di autorizzazione del destinatario, ne sono vietati l’uso, la riproduzione e la divulgazione. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, siete pregati di avvisarci immediatamente per telefono e di restituirci i documenti ricevuti all’indirizzo sopra indicato, distruggendo i file. Grazie. *BE ECO-FRIENDLY: Unless necessary, please do not print this e-mail *

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EDRI: "Launch of the EU Internet Forum – behind closed doors and without civil society"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Dal 5 agosto, mi era sfuggito. Qualcuno ha per caso aggiornamenti? jc https://edri.org/launch-of-the-eu-internet-forum-behind-closed-doors-and-wi… Launch of the EU Internet Forum – behind closed doors and without civil society <https://edri.org/launch-of-the-eu-internet-forum-behind-closed-doors-and-wi…> By Kirsten Fiedler The European Commission has confirmed to EDRi that it is preparing to partner with US online companies in order to plan the arbitrary monitoring and censorship of European citizens and, contrary to previous assurances, will exclude civil society from these discussions. More disturbingly, this is happening at the same time as the US is preparing the “Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act” (CISA), which grants US companies a “safe harbour” from liability for any damage they cause when enacting counter-measures against security risks. Last monthwe reported <https://edri.org/eu-commission-rebrand-failed-cleanit-project/> that, from time to time, the European Commission launches talks with the Internet industry to encourage companies to take “voluntary” action to fight against allegedly illegal or unwanted online activity. Very often, however, these projects seem to be launched or financed without any consideration for lessons learned from past (and mostly failed) enforcement initiatives. Take, for example, theCleanIT project <https://edri.org/rip-cleanit/>, which proposed that online companies should prevent anonymous use of online services, implement automated detection systems and remove content on the simple request of law enforcement authorities “without following the more labour-intensive and formal procedures for ‘notice and action’”. In March 2015, a European Union document on the “fight against terrorism” (pdf <http://www.statewatch.org/news/2015/mar/eu-council-cosi-terrorism-riga-stat…>) charged the Commission with the creation of a “Forum with the Internet service providers community” in order to contribute to Europol’s work (even though this project had beenlaunched a year earlier <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-304_en.htm>). Since then, no information has been made public as regards the progress of this “EU Internet Forum”. Obviously, we wanted to know more and sent an “access to documents” request to the European Commission.In May, the Commission responded <https://edri.org/eu-commission-rebrand-failed-cleanit-project/>, claiming that no documents existed since the forum was not set up at the time of our request. A couple of exchanges and months later, the Commission sent us some – not all – of the requested documents. We received: * The response from the Commission:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_reply_Fiedler_2015-3658.pdf * The report of the preparatory meeting on 7 May 2015:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_report_meeting_20150507.pdf * The draft agenda for a preparatory meeting on 7 May 2015:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_meeting_20150507.pdf * The invitation for the first awareness raising meeting to prepare the launch of the Internet Forum 24 July:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_Invitation_awareness_raising_20150724… * The draft agenda 24 July:https://edri.org/files/ForumISPs_Agenda_awareness_raising_20150724.pdf These documents reveal that the Commission organised two meetings of the Forum to prepare the official launch of the EU Internet Forum scheduled for the end of the year. These preparatory meetings took place on 27 May and 24 July. Companies were invited to discuss “challenges and scope of engagement in countering online terrorism activity” by, for example, “reducing accessibility” and by challenging “the terrorist narrative online”. An earlier Communication on the EU’s Agenda on Security also stated the objective to explore “the concerns of law enforcement authorities on new encryption technologies” (pdf <http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/documents/basic-documents/do…>). Among the planned activities of the forum are awareness-raising activities for Member States, training sessions and workshops, as well as “reaching out to smaller companies” to enable them to respond to removal requests. A preparatory meeting took place on 27 May and a meeting to “raise awareness” on 24 July. Despite the fact that the European Agenda on Security initially announced the launch of this “EU-level Forum with IT companies to bring them together with law enforcement authorities*and civil society*” (emphasis added), we learn from the documents that the Commission did not contact any civil society groups to take part since “it does not directly communicate with community groups or citizens”. The Commission does not explain further why only industry was invited while human rights organisations and NGOs in the field of information technology were ignored. It seems the idea to have civil society on board has been dropped entirely. However, the Commission refers tolinks on the website of the Radicalisation Awareness Network <http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/radicalisation_awa…>– apparently in the hope that this would be sufficient to make citizens aware of DG Home’s activities. In its reply to us, the Commission unfortunately refused to grant us access to preparatory documents of the Forum as it considers that this “could seriously undermine the ability of the Commission and other involved stakeholders to freely exchange their views concerning actions and initiatives to be taken within the IT Forum”. It is clear that discussions regarding activities by online services will directly affect the communications of their customers and therefore ultimately have an impact on citizen’s fundamental right to the freedom of expression. However, human rights organisations and experts in the field of information technologies from academia or civil society do not seem to be considered to be “relevant stakeholders” nor even “interested parties”. The Commission also argues that it wants to remain “free from external pressure” to explore potential policy options, but some policy options seem already decided, such as including the issue of “detection and removal” of alleged terrorist material (meeting report 7 May) in the upcoming meetings. The EU’s Home Affairs Commissioner DimitrisAvramopoulos is now planning a trip to Silicon Valley <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-5342_en.htm>to discuss the upcoming launch of the EU Internet Forum – with US service providers. It is strange that the Commission wishes to remain “free to consider all policy options” while at the same time asking US businesses how online communications should be regulated in Europe. It is even more kafkaesque, when these same US businesses are about to receive near-blanket immunity for activities covered by the draft CISA. This draft Bill grants two new powers to US companies allowing them to launch countermeasures to “cybersecurity threats” and to monitor information systems. The Bill gives immunity to companies for these monitoring activities and whenever they wish to share private data of their customers (including EU customers) with US government agencies – with wide-ranging protection from liability for any damage that they may cause in the process. EDRi-members EFF and Access as well as Fight for the Future are currently campaigning <https://www.stopcyberspying.com/>to stop this fatally flawed Bill. This is a disturbing approach by the US government because, until now, online intermediaries have had little interest in adopting law enforcement roles due to unclear legal protections (“safe harbours”) offered to them in cases where their networks are used for illegal activities. Ever since the failed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) three years ago, the US government has been attempting to change this situation. In Europe, Member States have the obligation to respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights. However, if measures are applied “voluntarily” by private companies, governments’ obligations under the Charter are not active.Many case studies have shown <https://edri.org/files/EDRI_CoE.pdf>, private companies limiting fundamental rights in the online space continue, flouting the principle that restrictions on civil and human rights must be based on law (Articles 8 and 10, European Convention on Human Rights; Article 52, European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 19, International Convention on Civil and Political Rights). To avoid another failed project pushing for a privatised law enforcement activities through online service providers, we believe that the Commission should seek expert input to examine whether and how regulation of the European online space by US companies has an impact or unintended consequences for the fundamental rights of European citizens. In January, the EU’s Ministers of Interior emphasised the need to safeguard the Internet, “in scrupulous observance of fundamental reedoms, [as] a forum for free expression, in full respect of the law.” We agree. Does the Commission? Also see EDRi’s booklets on the topic: Human rights and privatised law enforcement https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/EDRi_HumanRights_and_PrivLaw_we… The slide form “self-regulation” to corporate censorship https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/selfregualation_paper_20110925_…

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Reuters: "U.S. government approves Italy's request to arm its drones"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Business | Wed Nov 4, 2015 6:38pm EST *U.S. government approves Italy's request to arm its drones** * WASHINGTON | By Andrea Shalal The U.S. State Department has approved a longstanding request from Italy to arm its two MQ-9 Reaper drones with Hellfire missiles, laser-guided bombs and other munitions, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Wednesday. This would be the first effective sale of armed drones approved since the U.S. government established a policy in February for exports of the new type of weapons that have played a key role in U.S. military actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen. [...] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/04/us-italy-usa-drones-idUSKCN0ST1VI…

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