As you are likely aware Internet Society North America Bureau Director Paul Brigner’s previous job was CTO to the MPAA. Since “switching sides” in March 2012 he has strongly pursued a program of increasing communication and engagement between the Internet community and big content, including recruiting the MPAA, the RIAA, and Disney as organizational members. This week he has led a foray by ISOC staff to visit major Hollywood studios – a listening tour. Accompanying him were Leslie Daigle (ISOC’s CTO), Markus Kummer (VP of Public Policy), and Konstantinos Komaitis (Policy Advisor). Today, September 27 2012, the group reported to the North America Chapter leaders via Google Hangout. Video is here or below.
The increasing importance of the Internet, Web and related information and communication technologies, such as social media, has made it ever harder and ever more important to understand their history. Many authors have traced the timelines of technical developments, and a growing number of books have been written about the social history of the innovations that comprise and enable this network of networks. Scholars disagree over the very definition of the Internet and its history as a set of protocols, a large technical system, an infrastructure, or ensemble of technologies.
The editors invite original, scholarly treatments of the history of the Internet that critically examine common assumptions about its origins and developments over the decades. Submissions could take any number of approaches, including:
Broad historical perspectives on the Internet’s development;
Historical case studies of particular developments, such as ARPANet, TCP/IP, the World Wide Web, or Facebook;
Accounts of computer and communication networks, such as Open Systems *Interconnection, online services, the European Informatics Network, and digital mobile telephone networks that contributed to or anticipated aspects of today’s Internet but did not use Internet technologies;
Regional histories of Internet adoption or innovation;
Studies of an institution, such as ICANN, W3C, or Internet Governance Forum;
Explorations of an event, such as the dotcom bubble;
Critical analyses of scholarly or popular narratives about the Internet’s history.
These are only illustrative of possible approaches, creative approaches to the history of the Internet that go beyond these specific examples are welcomed.
Full papers should be from 6,000 to 10,000 words, including all notes and bibliography. Shorter or longer papers might be considered in exceptional cases, based on the merit of the case. The editors expect to publish 4-6 papers in the special issue, with any additional papers that merit publication scheduled for journal issues that will appear after the special issue.
Today, Wednesday September 19 2012, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a discussion “Long Term Challenges for Internet Governance” in Washington DC. Speakers include Internet Society Senior Manager of Public Policy Sally Shipman Wentworth, and Veni Markovski of ISOC Bulgaria. CSIS webcast the event live, the archive is below.
What: Long Term Challenges for Internet Governance Where: CSIS B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 When: Wednesday September 19 2012 9am-noon EDT | 1300-1600 UTC Webcast: See below Twitter: #WCIT | @CSIS
On Thursday September 20 2012, the Internet Society’s Washington DC Chapter (ISOC-DC) will webcast live its discussion “The Elections and Internet Policy“.
The 2012 Presidential and Congressional elections are less than two months away. While Internet policy is not a “hot button” issue, the platforms for both parties devote paragraphs to Internet issues such as Net Neutrality, cybersecurity, and Internet freedom–and there are significant differences.
Join us for a lively roundtable discussion on questions such as: How would Internet policy change in a Romney Administration? What will be the most pressing issues facing the President and the Congress in 2013? If the Republicans win the Senate, will we see new approaches to telecommunications and Internet policy?
What: The Elections and Internet Policy Where: Google DC, 1101 New York Ave., N.W., Second floor, WDC When: Thursday September 20 2012 – 6.30pm-8.00pm EDT | 2230-0000 UTC Webcast: http://www.isoc-dc.org/isoc-dc-tv/ Twitter: #ISOCDCSpeakers:
Phil Bond, Petrizzo Bond (and former CEO of TechAmerica and former Undersecretary for Technology at the Department of Commerce during the Bush Administration)
John Kneuer, JKC Consulting (and former head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
Eddie Lazarus, former Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission from 2009 to 2012
As the WCIT approaches the ETNO (the former state telco’s in Europe) have issued ‘contribution 109′ arguing that they should be compensated by content owners for carrying their traffic – an end run around net neutralirty. The European chapters of the Internet Society have reacted with this statement (below or PDF)
ISOC DC – Musicians 2025 – the Future of Music – Aug. 16 2012.
The Internet has completely disrupted the music industry from what it had been 20 years ago. Much in-depth analysis of music online has been produced from the tech and business perspectives. But what has the Internet meant for musicians, the most critical part of the music ecosystem? .
Moderator:
Ann Chaitovitz – USPTO
Panelists:
Dick Huey – Founder – Toolshed
Kristin Thompson – Co-Director, Future Of Music Coalition
Patricia Polach – Associate General Counsel, American Federation of Musicians
Presented by the Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society and George Washington University’s School of Law, Intellectual Property Program
The Internet Society Deploy360 Programme issues a call for speakers for a series of upcoming global ION Conferences.
ISOC welcomes submissions from IPv6 and DNSSEC experts to speak at any of the following ION conferences:
Mumbai, India – Thursday, 11 October 2012 – Co-located with Interop Mumbai
Ljubljana, Slovenia – Friday, 19 October 2012 – Co-located with Slovenian IPv6 Summit
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Wednesday, 5 December 2012 – Co-located with Internet Infrastructure Week
San Diego, California – Tuesday, 11 December 2012 – Co-located with Large Installation Systems Administration (LISA) Conference
If interested in presenting on the topic of IPv6 or DNSSEC, please submit your name, title, company, biography, summary of experience working with IPv6 or DNSSEC, past speaking engagements, and ION Conference location preference(s) to Christine Carlson, Wireside Communications, at ccarlson@wireside.com.
The Deploy360 Programme aims to bridge the gap between the IETF standards process and final adoption of those standards by the global operations community. The ION Conference series is part of Deploy360. These conferences bring network engineers and leading industry experts together to discuss emerging technologies including IPv6 and DNSSEC. For additional information about the ION Conferences, please visit http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ion/.
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) that has occurred annually since 2004. This year’s NYC event will be at NYU ITP this Saturday Sep 15 2012. For events in other locations check the map.
Coinciding with, and as part of, Software Freedom Day, WikiMedia NYC is organizing Wikipedia Takes Manhattan 2012 (WTM-4) – a scavenger hunt and photo contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles covering the wondrous sights of the isle of Manhattan, as part of the wider Wiki Loves Monuments USA.
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