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Fwd: Announcement: 3rd Digital Rights Management Conference 2005
by Dan L Burk 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Of possible interest. DLB On 21 Oct 2004, Stefan Bechtold wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT > > 3rd DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2005 > > 13th-14th January 2005 > Berlin, Germany > > Conference web site: http://digital-rights-management.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Keynote speaker: > Prof. Hal Varian > University of California at Berkeley > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > The conference program and registration information > are available at the web site: > > http://digital-rights-management.org > > The deadline for registration is 20th December 2004. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Digital Rights Management promises novel business models > for the distribution of and access to all kinds of digital > content - from music and movies to text and software - > while ensuring that the interests of rights holders are > protected. Over the last year, DRM systems have been > introduced in the U.S. as well as in various European > markets with great success. Increasingly, open standards-based > DRM systems play a vital role in the mobile sector. In autumn > 2003, the German Parliament implemented the European Copyright > Directive of 2001, establishing the legal framework for > DRM systems. Further reforms of European and German > copyright law are imminent. > > Thus, the time is ripe for the 3rd Digital Rights Management > Conference 2005. This conference is the third in a series of > leading DRM conferences in Europe. It will summarise the > present debate about DRM on a national and international > level. It will also create an interdisciplinary forum to > discuss economic, business, legal, technical and scientific > questions as well as policy issues surrounding DRM and the > future of digital content. Representatives of the media and > IT industries, governments, user associations, libraries, > collecting societies, as well as artists, attorneys, > scientists, privacy and consumer protection advocates from > Germany, other European countries and the U.S. will discuss > controversial issues and proposed solutions in the areas of > Digital Rights Management, Trusted Computing and alternative > compensation systems. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Programme Committee: > Dr. Stefan Bechtold, Universitaet Tuebingen/Stanford University > Prof. Dr. Eberhard Becker, Universitaet Dortmund > Dr. Willms Buhse, CoreMedia AG, Germany > Dirk Guennewig M.A. Pol.Wiss., Universitaet Dortmund > Dipl.-Inf. Niels Rump, Rightscom Ltd., Germany > Prof. Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > The conference is organised by the > > Ministry of Science and Research of the State > Northrhine Westfalia, Germany; > University of Dortmund, Germany; > Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of > California at Berkeley, USA; > Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, > Germany; > Alcatel SEL Foundation/Competence Center Information > Society, Germany > > Cooperation Partners: > CoreMedia AG, Germany > Rightscom Ltd., UK > Secure.it nrw, Germany > Berlecon Research GmbH, Germany > eurobits, Germany > Computer und Recht, Germany > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > We would appreciate it if you could forward this information > to interested parties. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > # Stefan Bechtold stef(a)n-bechtold.com Tuebingen, Germany # > # http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/bechtold # > # http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/bechtold # > > Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011

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Re: [Air-l] indymedia -- clarification wanted
by Art McGee 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

> What is really known; what is supposition? Here is where you can follow and get updates: http://www.indymedia.org/en/static/fbi.shtml http://solidarity.indymedia.org.uk Art

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Re: [Air-l] Working Group on Online Components to AoIR Conferences
by Lilia Efimova 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Nancy, would be nice if from time to time intermediate results of the group discussions are posted at this list as well, so the broader community can react. Personally I'd love to contribute, but can't engage regularly due to all other commitments... Lilia Efimova blog.mathemagenic.com On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:32:03 -0500, Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ku.edu> wrote: > In response to the many concerns and ideas raised on this list, we > have created a working group to investigate the possibilities for > online components to our conferences and figure out how to impliment > what can be done in Chicago for 2005 and in the long term. Tracy > Kennedy of the University of Toronto will be chairing this working > group. The charge is this: > > _________________________________________________________ > > Charge to the Working Group on Online Components to AoIR Conferences: > > There is considerable interest in providing some form of online > accompaniment to our physical conference in Chicago and in years to > come. This working group is charged with: > > 1. Determining the audience or audiences for such an online system, > taking into account the means of internet access they may have and > any limitations they may have on access (e.g. slow connections, old > processors, disabilities, etc). > > 2. Coordinating with AoIR's Conference Management Committee, and in > particular Steve Jones the local host, to determine the *realistic* > possibilities for integrating an online component into the event in > 2005. > > 3. Proposing a specific plan for 2005 which includes an analysis of > the expense and determines how that cost is to be covered and who > will provide the labor to make it happen. > > 4. Determining a long range plan for developing online dimensions of > the conference beyond 2005, with attention to cost and labor as > above. Include specifications of what technologies a conference venue > must have in order to impliment this plan > > 5. Following up after the 2005 conference to assess the success of > what was done and modify future recommendations accordingly. > > __________________________________________________________ > > If you are interested in participating in this group, please > subscribe to the working group discussion list by visiting this URL: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-virtual-conf-wg-aoir.org > > Thank you in advance for your willingness to assist the association > in this important matter. > > Nancy > > -- > Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym > Communication Studies, University of Kansas > Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA > Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org > _______________________________________________ > The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://aoir.org/airjoin.html >

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Fwd: 1st Bi-annual European Conference ICT, the Knowledge Society and Changes in Work
by Michel J. Menou 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

===8<==============Original message text=============== Apologies for cross-posting ************************ ICT, the Knowledge Society and Changes in Work 1st Bi-annual European Conference The Netherlands, 9 & 10 June 2005 Social and Cultural Planning Office, The Hague Conference website <http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_64PB8P> Changes in ICT and work offer the framework for the conference. First and foremost among those changes is the emergence of the information society, in which production and employment are increasingly geared to the development of information and the creation of knowledge. Secondly, there is the growing importance of ICT-tools at the workplace. As a consequence, the work process and the organization of work are also undergoing major changes. Of course, not only does ICT have an impact on work, but also the other way around: social forces (the social dialogue, institutional shaping, transitional labour markets) influence technological developments. The relationship between ICT and work is reciprocal. The focus of the conference is on the impact of ICT and the knowledge society on work, the quality of work and new forms of work organization (networks, virtual teams). Special attention will be paid to the development of skill and competencies, the role of institutions, social actors and regulation and on new groups at risk (see also the preliminary programme and the subthemes). The conference is organized by SISWO/Social Policy Research <http://www.siswo.uva.nl/angloam/index1.html> in close co-operation with (and funded by) NWO-MES <http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_5V6M2M_Eng> (The Dutch 'Society and the Electronic Highway' research funding programme) and the Dutch Cultural Planning Office SCP <http://www.scp.nl/english/index.shtml>. Book your place for the conference using the online registration form <http://www.nwo.nl/interact.nsf/pages/NWOP_65HKG9?OpenDocument>. Abstract (at least three A4-pages) for a thematic workshop hase to be send to the convenor of that workshop. ===8<===========End of original message text===========

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STS (R)Evolutions - 2nd Call for Papers
by jeremy hunsinger 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

> Distribute Widely > > > STS (R)evolutions > > March 17-20th > > Virginia Tech > > Blacksburg, VA > > > > > Second Call for Papers > > > Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted electronically to > STS_revolutions(a)vt.edu by November 15, 2004. > > > > ** Conference Background ** > > An emerging sense of urgency cuts across recent work and conferences > in the > field of Science & Technology Studies: What role can STS play in > reshaping the > relationships among science, technology and the public(s)? At a time > in which > the politics of scientific and technical knowledge are increasingly > visible to > scientists and non-scientists alike (witness the very public critiques > of the > Bush administration's science practices by the Union of Concerned > Scientists, > for example), the role of science and technology in structuring both > the > boundaries and possibilities of our everyday lives continues to > escalate. STS > scholars are uniquely positioned to address these tensions and to > offer new > insights into the interactions of science, technology, and publics > through > work in both historical and contemporary contexts. Yet, this move > towards a > more interventionist or reconstructivist STS - "a rapproachment > between the > more academic and more activist wings of STS," as Woodhouse, Hess, > Breyman, > and Martin (2002) describe it - has deep historical roots within a > field that > emerged, in part, via the movements of activist scientists working to > produce > science for the public and second wave feminist critiques of science > and > medicine in the 1960s and 1970s. Thus, to pursue a more > interventionist or > reconstructivist STS agenda of research, policymaking, and activism - > and > other future directions - it seems necessary to simultaneously revisit > our > past and the emergence of the field of Science & Technology Studies, > as well > as to assess our current locations. > > > > This conference is part of a year-long celebration of the 25th > anniversary of > STS at Virginia Tech. As part of the conference program, we seek to > include > histories of many of the "official" and "unofficial" sites of STS > throughout > the world. Your assistance in gathering these narratives will be > greatly > appreciated. Email STS_revolutions(a)vt.edu to contribute. > > > > ** Keynote Speakers ** > > Geoffrey C. Bowker, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa > Clara > University > > Steve Fuller, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick > > Sandra Harding, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, > UCLA > > > > ** Call for Papers ** > > We are interested in papers that address the past, present, and > futures of the > field of Science & Technology Studies, particularly those that explore > the > interrelationships of these narratives. Here, we envision possible > topics such > as: > > > > * Histories of STS: Alternative, Competing or Co-existing Lineages? > > * STS and Disciplines: The Politics of Collaboration and > Non-Collaboration > > * STS Outside the Academy: Practices, Promises, and Perils > > * STS in the Global North and South: Divisions, Connections, or Both? > > * "Doing STS" - New Methodological Directions and Practices > > * The Science Wars 10 Years Out: Meanings, Lessons, Ongoing Challenges > > * "So, you have a PhD in STS": The Effects of "Disciplinarity" on the > Field > > * Mainstreaming "Difference": Incorporating issues of difference - > gender, > race, class, nationality, sexual orientation, and so forth - across > STS at > large > > * Science Studies vs. Technology Studies - or is it all Technoscience? > > > > ** New Directions in STS ** > > In addition to these broad discussions, we highly encourage the > submission of > papers that showcase New Directions in STS - papers that identify > emerging > research trends and explore new subject areas from new vantage points > with new > tools. We have identified the following areas of interest, though this > list is > by no means exhaustive: Science, Technology, and Citizenship: Science > and > Technology in a Post 9-11 World; Science and Engineering Education; The > Corporatization of the University; and Activism in Local and Global > Communities. Papers addressing a wide variety of topics are welcome. > > > > ** Roundtables on More Practical Matters ** > > Further, we are interested in coordinating sessions or round-tables > that > discuss more practical matters such as professional development for > graduate > students and new faculty; how to get a job and tenure as an > interdisciplinary > scholar; how to get a job outside the academy; and so forth. > Participants are > welcome to coordinate full sessions or to request that they be part of > specific roundtables that we will organize. > > > > ** Final Details ** > > We especially welcome papers from students and young researchers, > particularly > those from the Global South. Small travel grants will be available on > request > depending upon resource availability. > > > > Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted electronically to > STS_revolutions(a)vt.edu by November 15, 2004. > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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RE: [Air-l] Mapping the net with crawlers/robots
by Van-Couvering,EJ (pgr) 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Hi, I know Mike Thelwall at Wolverhampton has free link analysis software available for just these purposes. At least he promised he did at the last conference. Let's see if I can find a link. Ah yes: http://socscibot.wlv.ac.uk/ Regards, Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Helland [mailto:c_hella@yahoo.com] Sent: 20 October 2004 17:44 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Mapping the net with crawlers/robots Hi Rafel, Touch Graph Google Browser might be able to help you with the project. The software can be found at: http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html Chris > > I am trying to analyze the relationships between > organizations on the > > web. In particular, I want to map the linking > behavior of a set of > > organizations subjectively defined. ===== Christopher Helland, Ph.D. SSHRC Research Fellow Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies Saint Mary's University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 3C3 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~chelland/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org/airjoin.html

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Re: Mapping the net with crawlers/robots
by Alla Genkina 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Rafel, Here is a good web page that describes link analysis: http://linkanalysis.wlv.ac.uk/ Here is a software product that might do what you are looking for, although I have never tried it out myself: http://www.thinkmap.com/ Hope this helps, Alla

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mapping organizatoina links
by Barry Wellman 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Chris Helland wrote asking how to map organizational links. You can do this easily with social network analysis software -- such as UCINet, NetDraw and Pajek. All low cost and easily searched for on the web. Avoid non-analytic allegedly social network stuff such as Friendster. To know more about the methods and concepts, read Stanley Wasserman & Katherine Faust, _Social Network Analysis_. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________

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Re: indymedia -- clarification
by Liss Jeffrey 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Here is the latest info: From: dhalleck(a)weber.ucsd.edu Indymedia Summary of Facts Indymedia Two Internet servers, known as ahimsa1 and ahimsa2, provided space to over twenty Independent Media Centers in the United States and around the world, offering independent journalists a soapbox upon which to speak in a public forum. Independent Media Centers are autonomous portions of Indymedia, a collective of independent media organizations and thousands of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of news events. IMCs publish information often missed by mainstream media organizations, and offer unique perspectives on world events. The IMC content is a widely read news medium, with the two servers transmitting over 3.2 terabytes of information a month, serving over 18 million page views a month. The Ahimsa servers were hosted by Rackspace Managed Hosting, a San Antonio-based Internet hosting company that provides dedicated servers to customers. Rackspace provided initially one, then two, dedicated servers, supplying the data center, hardware (servers and other devices) and Internet connectivity necessary to operate an online service, but allowed the customer to directly operate the machines. The first server went online in September 2001, the second sever came online in April 2003. The servers were physically located in Rackspaces facility in London, England. Through the Ahimsa servers, Indymedia IMCs had access to Internet services for news websites and an online radio server. The hosted websites included local IMCs from Western Massachusetts, Andorra, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Galzia, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, multiple sites from France and Belgium and popular Indymedia Internet radio streams. The Internet radio streams used the domain radio.uk1.indymedia.org, providing about ten streams to the public. The servers provided email services for BLAG (Brixton Linux Action Group), syndicate.org.uk, and foref.org (For Refugees), and a beta test email service at indymail.org. The servers also contained an archive of the email communications from the ahimsa techs. In addition, the servers hosted www.blagblagblag.org, a website offering BLAG (BLAG Linux And GNU), a version of the Linux operating system, along with technical support and forums for communicating about the software. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing Indymedia's interests. EFF is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. In addition, various particular IMCs are represented by lawyers in their countries, working in cooperation with EFF. The Seizure On or around Thursday, October 7, 2004, Rackspace was served with a Commissioners Subpoena, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 and a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (the Seizure Order). A Commissioners Subpoena is a special subpoena issued by the District Court in which the entity holding the requested information resides. Since Rackspace is based in San Antonio, this would be the Court in the Western District of Texas. Ordinarily, an Assistant United States Attorney for the relevant district is appointed as the Commissioner, and is empowered under the statute to issue a subpoena. While Rackspace has refused to provide a copy of the Seizure Order or even discuss its contents, in an October 7, 2004 email, Rackspace explained that it had received a federal order to provide your hardware to the requesting agency. The hardware was seized the same day, and all of the news media and other material on the Ahimsa servers was silenced around 17:18 GMT on October 7, 2004. On October 8, 2004, Rackspace further explained: "In the present matter regarding Indymedia, Rackspace Managed Hosting, a U.S. based company with offices in London, is acting in compliance with a court order pursuant to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), which establishes procedures for countries to assist each other in investigations such as international terrorism, kidnapping and money laundering. Rackspace responded to a Commissioners subpoena, duly issued under Title 28, United States Code, Section 1782 in an investigation that did not arise in the United States. Rackspace is acting as a good corporate citizen and is cooperating with international law enforcement authorities. The court prohibits Rackspace from commenting further on this matter." Rackspace has refused to provide further explanation, or even the name or contact information of a government representative with whom anyone could discuss the Seizure Order, contending that the case was under seal. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Departments of State and Justice, the U.S. Attorneys Office in San Antonio and the US District Court for the Western District of Texas in an effort to independently determine the origin of the Seizure Order, but no agency has accepted responsibility. On October 12, 2004, Jason Carter, an Account Representative of Rackspace, said that the court order is being complied with and your servers in London will be online at 5pm GMT. Rackspace did not explain why the server was returned, or provide any further explanation of why the server had been seized in the first place. Italy On October 13, 2004, Morena Plazzi, a public prosecutor in Bologna, Italy, admitted -- unofficially -- that the she requested IP address log information from the Italy Indymedia server through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, but did not seek the seizure of the server hardware. Efforts are underway to obtain a copy of this request. While the Servers logged aggregate traffic information, pursuant to the IMC policy of preserving privacy, they were configured never to log the specific Internet Protocol address of the computer that reads or posts news and information to IMC sites. An Internet Protocol address, or IP address, is a unique number used by machines to refer to each other when sending information through the Internet. UK In the United Kingdom, Sheffield Member of Parliament Richard Alan plans to ask a question in the House of Commons to determine what, if any, involvement the Home Office had with the seizure. The answer is due to become public on October 19. The Nantes Dispute On Wednesday, September 22, 2004, the Federal Bureau of Investigation contacted Rackspace regarding some images and material hosted on the Ahimsa servers by the Nantes Independent Media Center. According to Rackspace, the FBI alleged that a particular article on the website nantes.indymedia.org contained personal information and threats regarding two Swiss undercover police officers. Immediately upon receipt of the inquiry through Rackspace, the Ahimsa systems administrator reviewed the article on the Nantes server, and determined that it contained neither threats nor names or address information, finding only photographs of the officers disguised as anti-globalization protesters. Nevertheless, Swiss request was conveyed to the Nantes IMC webmasters, who then digitally masked the faces of the officers in the photos. On Friday, October 1, 2004, the FBI followed up with a visit to Devin Theriot-Orr, the registered agent for the Seattle Independent Media Center. The agents again incorrectly alleged that the Nantes article contained personally identifying information about the Swiss officers including their home address and phone numbers. During this meeting, FBI Special Agent Eric Meuller clarified that they were not contending any laws had been broken, and that there was nothing wrong with the photos of the officers, but were rather passing on a request from the Swiss government. Theriot-Orr informed the agents that the Seattle IMC has no authority regarding the Nantes IMC and that they should direct their request directly to the Nantes IMC. On Tuesday, October 5, 2004, Jennifer OConnell, the Rackspace Acceptable Use Manager, wrote to say I have received no further communications from either the FBI or the Swiss authorities, so I feel like we can close this issue. Accordingly, since the faces were obscured, no threats or personal information were in the article, and the FBI seemed to have forgotten about it, Indymedia considered the matter resolved. While the FBI inquiry and visit suggested that the Commissioners Subpoena could be related to Swiss concerns over the Nantes post, there has been no confirmation that the Swiss government invoked the MLAT in this instance. Indeed, Special Agent Eric Mueller, when contacted by EFF on October 12, 2004, denied any knowledge of the seizure, and inquiries with the Swiss General Attorney in Généve, Switzerland have not led to any confirmation from the Swiss. _______________________________________________ Plenary mailing list Plenary(a)wsis-cs.org http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 7.0.269 / Virus Database: 264.12.0 - Release Date: 19/10/2004

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Mapping the net with crawlers/robots
by rafel Lucea 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi all, I am trying to analyze the relationships between organizations on the web. In particular, I want to map the linking behavior of a set of organizations subjectively defined. I have explored a number of software packages (Website Watcher, Sphinx, MnoGoSearch, issuecrawler...) but they are either not thought for this specific purpose (WW, Issuecrawler) or require coding abilities that are beyond my knowledge (Sphinx -OS). I would be most grateful if someone could indicate me whether there exists some web crawler that allows to define - a set of URLs from where to start the crawl - the depth - how many levels one wants to look in a given target domain - and number of iterations -how far from the original URL domain one wants to go. - and a few filters -limit specific types of pages (pdf for example) and returns either a map, a table of relationships (some sort of adjacency matrix) or both. Thanks in advance, Rafel Lucea MIT - Sloan School of Management

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