BitTorrent demo’s P2P live video streaming at CES #webcasting
At CES in Las Vegas BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen demo’d a P2P live streaming system , a component of Project Chrysalis – a planned “complete home entertainment platform”.
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Is there such a thing as “criminal contributory infringement”? #ICE #copyright #dns #freeculture
Mike Masnick of techdirt argues that recent seizures of domain names by Homeland Security’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) group have dubious legal validity. Even the Supreme Court’s embrace of the concept of “inducement as contributory infringement” in the Grokster case didn’t contemplate it as criminal activity.
The actual seizure itself was handled clumsily, using outside contractors. The tracking of visitors to the seized sites contrary to government policy led many observers to initially conclude the whole thing was an elaborate hoax. This was compounded by the ICE delaying public statements so they could make a splash on “Black Monday”. Techdirt further noted in December just how inept and flimsy the case against one site – torrent-finder – was. If the standard – commercial sites that link to web items that advocate or facilitate filesharing – was applied across the board, the ICE would have to seize a large portion of the entire web!
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Jan 19:
ICE director John Morton said Tuesday. In “every single case,” federal investigators were able to obtain materials that infringe copyright from the websites that had their domain names seized, Morton said during a speech at the Congressional Internet Caucus’ State of the ‘Net conference.
The operators of Torrent-finder.com, a BitTorrent search engine, and two hip-hop music blogs, have questioned why their domain names were seized. ICE and the DOJ “spent a lot of time” examining the websites, and the agencies did not honor all of the requests to take action that they received from copyright holders, Morton said.
The owners of those sites can challenge the seizures in court, Morton added. The seizures have also started a lively debate about copyright protections in the U.S., and “that’s a good thing,” he added.
[Source: Computerworld
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The video of this is now online:
Morton starts talking about domain takedowns at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWZY_LujUhc&feature=player_detailpage#t=328s
- In all cases they obtained illicit goods via the sites before obtaining warrants.
- He says they served the registries.
- All seizures can be challenged in federal court.
- After they seized 8 sites in June, 81 more sites shut down voluntarily.
- One re-emerged under a different name. Working with UK police it was again shutdown.
- Seizure banners have received 25m hits. Some sites got more hits after seizure.
- After 131 referrals from industry they enforced 81 in November. (81 obviously a magic number)
- Pirates don’t pay taxes or health care, invest in America.
- Criticism provides publicity which is helpful..
- Not interested in limiting speech or due process
- Internet is not above the law.
Then, in answer to question, about whther this set a bad example for Internet freedom in other countries.
- All except 5 sites were selling counterfeit hard goods.
- In the case of the 5 sites, special care taken to establish 1) content is illicit, and 2) knowingly supplied, in order to obtain court order.
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‘Copyright Criminals’ screening next Wed, 1/19 #nyc #freeculture
The New York Law School IP Society will present a screening of the film Copyright Criminals next Wednesday 1/19/2011. After the film there will be a panel discussion.
Remixes and sampling are part of our musical culture, but what’s the legality behind them? Copyright Criminals delves into this question by looking at the intersection between musical expression and copyright law. The film showcases different artists who sample, artists who have been sampled, and the legal scholars and practitioners who argue over how the law should control it all.
WHEN: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
WHERE: New York Law School, Rm W201, 185 West Broadway NYC
RSVP: This event is open to the public. RSVP to Naomi Allen at naomi.allen@nyls.edu by January 12, 2011.MODERATOR
• Professor Dan HumterPANEL:
• Tony Berman ’91: Founder of Berman Entertainment and Technology Law
• Stephen Block: Vice President of Business Affairs and Senior Counsel for Harry Fox Agency
• Lou Carlozo: Record Producer and Entertainment and Culture Journalist
• Hope Carr: Clearance Consultant for Clearance 13’-8”-
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- ISOC-NY had the film’s producer Kembrew Mcleod as a guest in March 2010:
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New York Tech Council Events next week- Software Patents / Cloud Payment Methods
The New York Tech Council is presenting two events next week:Tuesday:
Patent Protection Update: Software and Financial Method Patents
Has the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos significantly altered the landscape for business method patents for software and financial processes?PANEL:
Charles B. “Chuck” Meyer – i2i Resolutions Group
Richard Raysman – Holland & Knight
David Bomzer – Day PitneyWHEN: Tuesday January 18, 2011, 6:00 PM
WHERE: Herman Miller Design Center, 1177 Ave of the Americas, 17th Fl., NY, NY 10036
RSVP: https://www.nytech.org/event-details.php?eid=1025 ($20)Wednesday:
Payment Card Security Compliance in the Cloud
PCI-DSS compliance in a cloud environment is a complex subject, fraught with ambiguities. In this event, we explore this issue critical to anyone doing business in the cloud.SPEAKER:
Matt Tavis – Amazon Web ServicesWHEN: Wednesday January 19, 2011, 6:00 PM
WHERE: Eisner Amper, 750 Third Ave., Fl. 16. NY, NY 10017
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- The Bilski issue was extensively explored by Eben Moglen at an ISOC-NY event in Nov. 2009.
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Today’s New York Law Journal discusses Bilski including an analysis of the USPTO’s Interim Guidance issued subsequent to the decision.
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Acouple of patent-related Techdirt articles from last week:
- 1/13/11 US Patent Office Grants Massively More Patents Than Ever Before
- 1/13/11 Reddit, Digg, Fark, Slashdot, TechCrunch & Others Sued Over Ridiculous ‘Online Press Release’ Patent
and, speaking of ridiculous patents:
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Webcast: FCC decision on Net Neutrality is today #netneutrality
Earlier this month, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski released a draft proposal on “net neutrality,” a strategy that aims to address concerns about the way large Internet service providers manage their networks. Today, the FCC will hold a meeting to consider adopting Genachowski’s plan. It can be watched live at http://fcc.gov/live, or with better quality, at C-SPAN. -
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NY Technical Community Holiday Party 2010 – Tuesday 12/21 6.30pm
Once again ISOC-NY is happy to be a community sponsor of the annual New York Technical Community Party, co-hosted by Bootup and Girls in Tech NYC, taking place this year at Suspenders, 111 Broadway NYC on Tuesday 21 December at 6.30pm. This event always draws a large crowd and is a lot of fun.To attend, you must RSVP
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Melissa C. Beckman
I’m attending the NY Technical Community Party Dec. 21.
Melissa C. Beckman
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Wikipedia Day 10th Birthday Bash NYC – 1/15 ITP NYU
The Wikipedia Day 10th Birthday Bash NYC is a celebration and mini-conference to be held on Saturday, January 15, 2011, hosted by ITP at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and also supported by Wikimedia New York City, Free Culture @ NYU and other Free Culture Alliance NYC partners.The NYC celebration is one of a number of Wikipedia 10 events (“Wiki X”) being held worldwide <http://ten.wikipedia.org>, commemorating the founding of the project in 2001.You can register for the Wiki-Conference here:See full event details and schedule (and add your own lightning talk!) at:-
Joly MacFie
Here is a Wiki X promo video featuring Jimmy Wales:
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EFF: Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment #privacy
Kevin Bankston of the EFF reports a landmark decision issued today in the criminal appeal of U.S. v. Warshak, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the government must have a search warrant before it can secretly seize and search emails stored by email service providers. Closely tracking arguments made by EFF in its amicus brief, the court found that email users have the same reasonable expectation of privacy in their stored email as they do in their phone calls and postal mail.The court held,
Given the fundamental similarities between email and traditional forms of communication [like postal mail and telephone calls], it would defy common sense to afford emails lesser Fourth Amendment protection…. It follows that email requires strong protection under the Fourth Amendment; otherwise the Fourth Amendment would prove an ineffective guardian of private communication, an essential purpose it has long been recognized to serve…. [T]he police may not storm the post office and intercept a letter, and they are likewise forbidden from using the phone system to make a clandestine recording of a telephone call–unless they get a warrant, that is. It only stands to reason that, if government agents compel an ISP to surrender the contents of a subscriber’s emails, those agents have thereby conducted a Fourth Amendment search, which necessitates compliance with the warrant requirement..
The decision essentially invalidates the Stored Communications Act, so it will either be appealed up to the Supreme Court, or Congress shall have to do some fixing.
- Decision pdf
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In another 4th Amendment court decision this week the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Obama administration’s contention that the government is never required to get a court warrant to obtain cell-site information that mobile-phone carriers retain on their customers.
- 12/15 David Kravets Court Rebuffs Obama on Warrantless Cell-Site Tracking (Wired)
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The Future of the Internet Governance Forum – sign the petition to keep it multi-stakeholder! #igf
In an extraordinary meeting on 6 December the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) decided to create a Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (http://www.intgovforum.org/) with a membership made up only of governments.The Internet Society believes this decision sets back the model of multistakeholder cooperation under which the IGF was established, and contradicts the instructions given to the CSTD for the establishment of the Working Group
The Internet Society has joined the International Chamber of Commerce – Business Action to Support the Information Society, the Internet Governance Caucus, and many other Internet, business, and civil society organizations in sending a letter to the CSTD, asking them to retract their previous decision and to establish an appropriately constituted Working Group that ensures the full and active participation of governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and international organizations and forums.
Like the Internet, a multistakeholder approach has been at the core of the Internet Governance Forum’s formation and success. We hope that Internet Society Chapters and Members, as well as other organizations, will join us in signing the letter.
You may read the full letter, and see the growing list of signatories, and indicate your own support here:
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A UN session: Consultations on enhanced cooperation of international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet was webcast on Tue 14 December: See archived audio/video below
Morning: (audio only)
Afternoon:
- List of speakers
- Written contributions
- India-Brazil-South Africa Joint Statement
- Bill Graham Oral remarks (ISOC)
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- 12/15 Bill Graham COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS TOWARDS ENHANCED COOPERATION
PROVIDED TO THE UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL AFFAIRS (ISOC) - 12/17 Vint Cerf Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance (Google)
- 12/17 Tom Gjelten U.N. Delegates Debate Control Of Internet (NPR)
- 12/17 Bianca Bosker UN Mulls Internet Regulation, Draws Criticism From Google, Others (HuffPo)
- 12/15 Bill Graham COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS TOWARDS ENHANCED COOPERATION
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Baher Esmat, ICANN’s Manager, Regional Relations for the Middle East has provided the wording of the CSTD resolution as finalized on Dec 17 2010.
Final Text:
The Chair of the CSTD establishes a Working Group of 15 member states plus the five member states which hosted the IGF meetings plus the two member states which hosted WSIS. This Working Group will seek, compile, and review inputs from all member states and all other stakeholders on improvement of the Internet Governance Forum in an open and inclusive manner throughout the process
The Chair invites the following stakeholders to interactively participate in the Working Group, bearing in mind the the established rules of procedure of the ECOSOC, who will remain fully engaged throughout the process:
5 Business community
5 Civil society
5 Technical and academic community
5 Intergovernmental organizationsPursuant to the ECOSOC decisions 2010 226, 2010 22, and 2010 228, maximum possible assistance, the diversity of ideas, and the equal representation of stakeholders from developing and developed countries in the Working Group should be ensured in consultation with the stakeholders.
The report of this Working Group will be adopted by consensus.
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- 12/20 Nate Anderson Is a UN Internet takeover looming? Not quite (Ars Technica)
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Ken Perlin – The Future of Human/User Interfaces – Mon 12/13 NYU
In the last lecture in the ISOC-NY sponsored Computers & Society speaker series at NYU, Evan Korth presents Ken Perlin on the topic “The Future of Human/User Interfaces” at NYU on Monday 13 December 2010. This event will be videotaped for later webcast.What: Ken Perlin – The Future of Human/User Interfaces
When: Monday Dec 13 2010 : 3.30pm – 4:45pm
Where: Warren Weaver Hall NYU Rm 109, 251 Mercer st NYC
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Michael Dabbene
I will attend Dec 13 330 session
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Michael Dabbene is discussing. 
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