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Anton Vorykhalov

'Snooper's charter' bill becomes law, extending UK state surveillance | World news | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...xtending-uk-state-surveillance

regulatory DMD DeathOfPrivacy

shared by Anton Vorykhalov on 05 Dec 16 - No Cached
  • 'Snooper's charter' bill becomes law, extending UK state surveillance
  • The new surveillance law requires web and phone companies to store everyone’s web browsing histories for 12 months and give the police, security services and official agencies unprecedented access to the data.
  • “The government is clear that, at a time of heightened security threat, it is essential our law enforcement and security and intelligence services have the power they need to keep people safe. The internet presents new opportunities for terrorists and we must ensure we have the capabilities to confront this challenge. But it is also right that these powers are subject to strict safeguards and rigorous oversight.”
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  • He said the legislation was debated and passed while the public, media and politicians were preoccupied with Brexit: “Now that the bill has passed, there is renewed concern about the extent of the powers that will be given to the police and security agencies.
  • Home secretary hails ‘world-leading’ laws, which include forcing web and phone companies to collect browsing histories
  • Anton Vorykhalov on 05 Dec 16
     
    British Yarovaya law
Irina Marchenko

Russia starts censoring internet suicide content after passing child protection law - 0 views

www.theverge.com/...s-down-on-online-suicide-pages

Legislation Kids Safey

shared by Irina Marchenko on 06 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Irina Marchenko on 06 Aug 13
     
    Last year Russia passed a law giving the government powers to control and blacklist certain websites that it deemed to be harmful to children Outgoing FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has said the legislation signals "a troubling and dangerous direction" for the internet in Russia, and speaking to the Times, journalist Anton Nosik called the laws "absurd, harmful, and absolutely unnecessary" - while playing down the likelihood of a broader enforcement across the web. The government, for its part, argues that the bill was designed to protect children from harm by blocking pages on drugs, suicide, or child pornography.
al_semenchenko

Artificially Intelligent Lawyer "Ross" Has Been Hired By Its First Official Law Firm - 0 views

futurism.com/-hired-first-official-law-firm

Technology Social economy robots ai digital workforce Human vs Machine

shared by al_semenchenko on 13 May 16 - No Cached
  • Law firm Baker & Hostetler has announced that they are employing IBM’s AI Ross to handle their bankruptcy practice, which at the moment consists of nearly 50 lawyers.
  • Ross, “the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney” built on IBM’s cognitive computer Watson, was designed to read and understand language, postulate hypotheses when asked questions, research, and then generate responses (along with references and citations) to back up its conclusions. Ross also learns from experience, gaining speed and knowledge the more you interact with it.
  • “At BakerHostetler, we believe that emerging technologies like cognitive computing and other forms of machine learning can help enhance the services we deliver to our clients.”
Maria Gurova

online piracy in Norway falls says report - 1 views

www.worldipreview.com/...all-in-online-piracy-in-norway

Political anti-piracy legal copyright Norway

shared by Maria Gurova on 29 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • 210 million songs were illegally downloaded last year, compared to more than a billion four years ago.
  • Earlier this month, strict new laws aimed at tackling piracy were introduced which give rights holders the power to monitor suspected infringers and potentially order the government to shut down sites.
  • claims and has said on its website that income from online use of music, including legal streaming services, has risen.
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  • TONO also
  • “As high-speed internet capacity has become normal and often included in mobile subscriptions, illegal download and use of music has decreased,”
  • “The new legislation is in my opinion not sufficiently technology neutral, as it is clearly designed to serve as a tool to prevent P2P file sharing and not, for example, illegal streaming services, which may become a problem in the years to come.”
  • Maria Gurova on 29 Jul 13
     
    Norway continue to tighten the copyright laws in the advantage of the IP owners. Though the approach is based on strong preventive measures rather then transparent, easy to use, relatively inexpensive access to content it seems to work
zolotarev

Britain Proposes Broad New Powers to Regulate Internet Content - The New York Times - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...tain-internet-regulations.html

content regulation western countries

shared by zolotarev on 14 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • Britain is proposing sweeping new government powers to combat the spread of violent and extremist content, false information and harmful material aimed at children.CreditHenry Nicholls/Reuters
  • Australia passed a law last week that threatens fines for social media companies and jail for their executives if they fail to rapidly remove “abhorrent violent material” from their platforms. New Zealand is also considering new restrictions.
  • In Singapore, draft legislation was introduced last week that supporters said would restrict the spread of false and misleading information.
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  • Germany last year began prohibiting hate speech
  • The rules would apply to social media platforms, discussion forums, messaging services and search engines.
  • Western democracies
  • are becoming more willing to intervene.
Maria Gurova

The Public Costs of Private Distribution Strategies: Content Release Windows as Negativ... - 0 views

www.project-disco.org/...dows-as-negative-externalities

Theatrical windowing strategy Political policy legal Copyright content production piracy Pirates don't Surrender

shared by Maria Gurova on 08 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • “copyright extremism” – a term he used to describe extended delays in content distribution, which often result in content reaching foreign markets months after it is released in the United States.
  • Essentially, “extremism” is another way of saying that piracy is more a business model problem than a policy problem. 
  • The strategy of windowing has long been practiced because it is believed to maximize revenue opportunities for a given film.  By giving successive distribution channels exclusive rights to the work, a film distributor aims to extract maximum revenues from licensees in each channel.
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  • Even if film distributors were to reject the conventional wisdom of windowing, those windows are jealously guarded by their respective sectors.  The theatrical exhibition window is particularly so
  • announced in September 2014 that they would distribute a sequel to the 2000 hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon simultaneously via Netflix and IMAX theaters worldwide, movie theater chains swiftly circled the wagons and announced a boycott of the Weinsteins’ film.
  • “value of ownership for the consumer” is a euphemism for “consumer willingness-to-pay.”  The longer a consumer must wait before they can watch a movie on their Netflix subscription, the likelier that consumer is to pay for a DVD
  • numerous industries have attempted to insulate themselves from disruption by persuading lawmakers to prescribe their exclusive industrial role in public laws, including auto dealers and beer distributors
  • windowing has been widely criticized as contributing to piracy, and “leaving money on the table.”  Empirical evidence bears that out.  Content producers are not unaware of this data; their calculus is that the revenues attributable to aggressive windowing (and avoiding friction with their distributors) exceed losses associated with piracy.
  • Windowing alienates consumers and arguably undermines respect for copyright in countries that receive content late
  • In the content distribution example, compensation might involve repayment for government resources expended on attributable piracy, perhaps based on a user-fee model that various government agencies already have.  If the windowed release distribution model generated more revenue than the costs it incurs, it would continue, taxpayers would be made whole, and the externality would be “internalized.”
alexbelov

Unauthorized use of some inventions will not be considered patent infrigement in Russia - 0 views

vc.ru/fas-patents-rus

technology Social economy intellectual property

shared by alexbelov on 17 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Федеральная антимонопольная служба (ФАС) подготовила законопроект с поправками в Гражданский кодекс, которые создают механизм принуждения владельцев патентов к передаче прав на свои изобретения третьим лицам. Бизнес считает такие методы «рейдерством на уровне государства»,
  • Согласно задумке ФАС, принуждать к передаче патентов можно будет владельцев прав на создание «социально необходимых товаров», причём к этой категории могут относиться как лекарства, так и любые другие продукты. Разработанный ведомством механизм позволяет передавать права по решению суда, если владелец патента ограничивает производство таких товаров и создаёт дефицит на рынке.
  • законопроект не нарушает международные нормы, так как соглашение по торговым аспектам прав интеллектуальной собственности позволяет использовать объект патента без согласия правообладателя, если это допускает национальное законодательство страны-члена ВТО
  • alexbelov on 17 Mar 16
     
    The projected change in the patent law will allow to ignore patent protection of inventions, if they cause shortage of "socially valuable" products on the market, including but not limited to drugs.
Irina Marchenko

Child internet safety - Department of Education - 0 views

www.education.gov.uk/...child-internet-safety

Internet Safety Kids Protection

shared by Irina Marchenko on 06 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Irina Marchenko on 06 Aug 13
     
    Children learn about internet safety in school, as it is taught as part of the National Curriculum, and Safer Internet Day is widely promoted in February each year. In addition, the Government has pressed for progress through the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS). UKCCIS is a group of more than 200 organisations across the government, industry, law enforcement, academia and charity sectors, who work in partnership to help keep children safe online. The UKCCIS board is chaired by ministers. UKCCIS achievements include the creation of:
Maria Gurova

В. Путин подписал закон о защите авторских прав в Интернете. - Новости дня - ... - 2 views

www.rbc.ru/...20130703144405.shtml

Political anti-piracy legal CIS internet KE copyright

shared by Maria Gurova on 25 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • определяются особенности привлечения к ответственности
  • информационных посредников (интернет-провайдеров, хостинг-провайдеров), меры по защите гражданских прав, требование о применении которых может быть предъявлено информационному посреднику (удаление информации, ограничение доступа к ней)
  • интернет-провайдер не несет ответственности, если он не является инициатором передачи и не определяет получателя материала
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  • хостинг-провайдер освобождается от ответственности, если он не знал и не должен был знать, что использование материала неправомерно
  • институт предварительных обеспечительных мер защиты интеллектуальных прав в информационно-телекоммуникационных сетях
  • правообладатель на основании судебного акта вправе обратиться в Роскомнадзор с заявлением о принятии мер по ограничению доступа к информационному ресурсу, неправомерно распространяющему указанную информацию
  • Роскомнадзор в течение трех дней должен определить хостинг-провайдера и направить ему уведомление с требованием принять меры по удалению такой информации.
  • Хостинг-провайдер в течение суток с момента получения уведомления должен довести его до владельца информационного ресурса, который еще в течение суток обязан информацию удалит
  • При получении судебного решения об отмене ограничения доступа к информационному ресурсу Роскомнадзор в течение трех рабочих дней с этого момента должен уведомить об этом хостинг-провайдера и операторов связ
  • Maria Gurova on 25 Jul 13
     
    clarification on the new anti-piracy law in Russia
al_semenchenko

Нотариусы стали заверять факты троллинга в интернете, что поможет начать суде... - 0 views

izvestia.ru/616327

Technology Social digital law Political trolling social networks

shared by al_semenchenko on 02 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • По словам представителей ФНП, документ необходим, чтобы оскорбленный смог попытаться выиграть иск о компенсации морального вреда. Как рассказали в ФНП, потенциально такую услугу готовы оказать все 8 тыс. нотариусов. 
  • заверение фактов троллинга в соцсетях является логичным расширением деятельности нотариусов в эпоху быстрого развития интернета
  • В ФНП не сомневаются, что спрос на услугу будет значительным. 
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  • Истец сможет отсудить у оскорбителей минимум 15 тыс. рублей. Максимальная сумма иска законодательно не закреплена, ее можно установить на любом уровне.
Anton Vorykhalov

Kuwait Makes Registration Mandatory For DNA Database | Digital Trends - 0 views

www.digitaltrends.com/...tory-dna-database-reigstration

Medical

shared by Anton Vorykhalov on 24 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Citizens of Kuwait must now register their DNA with the government or face hefty fines
  • In a bold and controversial move, Kuwait has just passed a new law that makes it mandatory to register your DNA with the government. Starting soon, the 1.3 million citizens and 2.9 million foreign residents of Kuwait will have to enter their individual DNA profiles into a government database.
  • Since the program is being mandated, the government of Kuwait will spend the equivalent of about $400 million to subsidize the DNA testing and management. Refusal to comply or DNA tampering could result in fines as high as $33,000, and even time in prison.
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  • The hope is that capitalizing on the availability of DNA technology in today’s market will help deter criminal acts in the future, as well as expedite arrests and investigations when incidents do occur.
Anton Vorykhalov

Taylor Swift and other big names join the music industry's campaign against YouTube | T... - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...taylor-swift-dmca-letter

DMD Legal Content

shared by Anton Vorykhalov on 21 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • DEAR CONGRESS: THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA) IS BROKEN AND NO LONGER WORKS FOR CREATORS
  • One of the biggest problems confronting songwriters and recording artists today is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This law was written and passed in an era that is technologically out-of-date compared to the era in which we live. It has allowed major tech companies to grow and generate huge profits by creating ease of use for consumers to carry almost every recorded song in history in their pocket via a smartphone, while songwriters’ and artists’ earnings continue to diminish. Music consumption has skyrocketed, but the monies earned by individual writers and artists for that consumption has plummeted.
  • The DMCA simply doesn’t work.
Ekaterina Nurieva

Russia seeks skilled workers, tweaks migration laws - 1 views

http://rbth.ru/politics/2013/08/05/russia_seeks_skilled_workers_tweaks_migration_laws_28659.html

3.5 million illegal foreign workers in Russia; Vacancies will be offered to local residents during the first month all Russians second and only after that foreigners;Before they were either fined or deported; now both penalties apply social Political

started by Ekaterina Nurieva on 05 Sep 13 no follow-up yet
Maria Gurova

4 | These Sideways Skyscrapers Reimagine A City That's About Livability, Not Height Rec... - 0 views

www.fastcoexist.com/...-livability-not-height-records

urbanization city community public spaces city planning ecology green city vertical farming environment social

shared by Maria Gurova on 15 May 14 - No Cached
  • what if there was a kinder kind of high-rise?
  • PinkCloud.dk entered renderings that showed horizontal neighborhoods flipped on their sides
  • FLIP/CITY, green space would connect workplaces, shops, and residences for people of various incomes on a vertical scale.
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  • . The architects argued that flipping a landscape vertically, so that public space connects homes, schools, and workplaces within one building, would create more mixed use communities than high-rises with hundreds of rooms simply stacked on top of one another.
  • developers are rarely enthused about building diverse communities--often, it's more profitable for them to build new, luxury towers that act like gated communities for the rich. A project like FLIP/CITY would likely require political will, too, and zoning laws would have to adapt to the new mixed-use shapes and needs created by them.
  • Maria Gurova on 15 May 14
     
    another idea for a eco conscious city planning
Maria Gurova

The Airbnb vs. New York hearing: Lots of yelling, no decisions - 0 views

mashable.com/...airbnb-new-york-city-council

Political entrepreneurship shared economy Economy airbnb travel

shared by Maria Gurova on 22 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • The City Council's Housing and Buildings Committee heard testimony Tuesday from residents, housing advocates, city officials and companies about the effects of the growing industry on the city.
  • In November 2014, about 15,300 New York City listings were entire homes or apartments representing about 59% of the available listings on the site that month, according to Slee. There were also 9,704 listings for private rooms, and 753 listings for shared rooms. The analysis also showed that 2,764 users were renting out two or more units, which opponents have cited as evidence the service is helping illegal hotels. More than 200 users were renting out five units or more
  • Airbnb is calling for "smart regulation," which it has had success with in cities including Portland, Oregon; San Jose and San Francisco, California; Amsterdam; and Paris. Airbnb collects lodging tax directly from hosts in those cities, and several local governments have passed laws that allow short-term rentals in some form.
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  • Both sides agreed on seemingly only one thing: That a discussion and regulation of short-term rentals in New York City is overdue.
al_semenchenko

Knightscope releases fleet of autonomous crime fighting security robots - Interesting E... - 2 views

interestingengineering.com/crime-fighting-security-robots

crime fighting Social Technology security robots

shared by al_semenchenko on 12 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • The 5 feet, 300 pound scooting robot is stacked with quite the resume of capabilities and because it delivers real-time data to a secure monitored location, it will minimize threats for human security officers that take on these dangerous jobs.
  • this venture gets some backing as security companies are looking for more innovative solutions to counter their turnover rates, some as high as 400%, Knightscope reports.
  • hese autonomous patrol units are doing the jobs that may be too dangerous for people and doing them better, backed with day and night 360-degree video capture, infrared and thermal scanning, proximity sensors, radar for real-time 3D mapping, and optical character recognition, allowing the K5 to never forget a face. Knightscope confirmed though that K5s are NOT intended to replace law enforcement, instead “to help and assist officers, improve response times and keep them out of harm’s way if possible.”
  • al_semenchenko on 12 Jan 16
     
    Robots assisting police officers in monitoring dangerous areas. Also available for home security.
alexbelov

Ending patent wars will be a huge boon to the tech industry | TechCrunch - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...huge-boon-to-the-tech-industry

Technology patents law science Economy

shared by alexbelov on 11 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Because of these patent wars and patent trolls, technology companies are divesting huge resources to defend themselves rather than advancing their innovations. This is the equivalent of nuclear arms race and is a lose-lose situation.
  • do we even need patents in an era in which technology is advancing so rapidly that it makes entire computing platforms obsolete in less time than it takes to be awarded a patent?
  • This happens in the pharmaceutical industry when a company is allowed to exclude competitors for a fixed period of time to recoup its sizable investment in research.
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  • However, if a patent isn’t helping innovation get to consumers, it is not helping society.
  • it is clear that patents are not fulfilling the purpose for which they were intended. The often-cited defense ofpatents, that patent rights encourage inventions that would not otherwise occur, is no longer grounded in reality.
  • In this era of exponentially advancing technologies, the only protections that really matter are speed to market and technological obsolescence. The underlying technologies are changing so fast, that by a time a patent is filed, it loses its innovation value.
  • alexbelov on 11 Mar 16
     
    Patents are no longer serving society needs. Today they hinder the progress. Chances are that patents are going to be abolished or will take some different form.
Maria Gurova

Norway gives powers to rights holders in piracy battle - 1 views

www.worldipreview.com/...t-amendments-go-live-in-norway

Political copyright legal Norway Technology anti-piracy

shared by Maria Gurova on 29 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • companies will be able to order the scanning of suspected copyright infringements and also target Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
  • “If you are an entity and feel you have IP rights and are the subject of piracy, what the law allows you to do is to start collecting suspected Internet addresses.  At the point when you have enough evidence you can then approach the court to get the ISP to reveal their identity
  • Once the entity has that address it’s up to them whether they want to bring a copyright case to the court or write to the person behind the website
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  • It appears to be designed to serve as a tool for rights holders to intervene against illegal file sharing by the use of peer-to-peer technology and web sites
  • “It is still an open question whether the rights holders will be able to use the legislation as a tool against copyright infringements that employ different technology, such as cloud-based storage and sharing of infringing material.
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