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Open Jobs: Anonymity, Privacy and Internet Access

The NEXA Center for Internet & Society seeks two researchers for the following project: Identifying Internet users: technical, legal and economic analysis of the consequences on privacy, fundamental freedoms, innovation and business models.

The NEXA Center for Internet & Society intends to study these issues and their social and economic impact, with the goal of reaching a deeper understanding of the interrelationship between anonymity, privacy and Internet access.

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Copyright Collective Management: NEXA position paper su file sharing e licenze collettive estese

The NEXA Center for Internet and Society of the Politecnico di Torino - a multidisciplinary research center on the impact of the Internet on society, with a focus on technical, economical and juridical issues - on yesterday published a position paper on file sharing and extended collective licenses.

NEXA’s attempt to over turn the piracy debate with a solution that try to accommodate authors’ and users’ needs, following the example of Nordic European Countries.

Read the full paper (PDF, Italian), a result of NEXA’ Wednsdays.

Creative Commons Italia: Coping with European Copyright Collecting Societes

Creative Commons Italia and SIAE - an Italian private organization that acts as the Italian collecting society for authors and publishers - on the 23th of December created a legal working group comprising members of both organizations.

Deborah De Angelis (Creative Commons Italia, lawyer) will take part to all meetings along with another CC member and SIAE’s representatives. Meetings will be held every second week, the took place yesterday in Rome.

Italian authors adhering to SIAE to protect their works and interested in use CC licenses are recommended to follow the future progress via Creative Commons Italia blog (Creative Commons Italia is a Nexa’s project).


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