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The Public Domain Manifesto
Written by Alessandro Cozzutto
Thursday, 04 February 2010 18:44
"The public domain, as we understand it, is the wealth of information that is free from the barriers to access or reuse usually associated with copyright protection, either because it is free from any copyright protection or because the right holders have decided to remove these barriers. It is the raw material from which new knowledge is derived and new cultural works are created.
After decades of measures that have drastically reduced the public domain, typically by extending the terms of protection, it is time to strongly reaffirm how much our societies and economies rely on a vibrant and ever expanding public domain. The role of the public domain, in fact, already crucial in the past, it is even more important today, as the Internet and digital technologies enable us to access, use and re-distribute culture with an ease and a power unforeseeable even just a generation ago. The Public Domain Manifesto aims at reminding citizens and policy-makers of a common wealth that, since it belongs to all, it is often defended by no-one. In a time where we for the first time in history have the tools to enable direct access to most of our shared culture and knowledge it is important that policy makers and citizens strengthen the legal concept that enables free and unrestricted access and reuse.
We invite you to read the Manifesto and sign it, if you wish to show your support. We also invite you to share this site (http://publicdomainmanifesto.org) with your contacts and friends. The Public Domain Manifesto is also on Facebook. Also remember to celebrate the Public Domain Day every year on New Year's Day."
Dot 2.0, Virtual Department of Political and Social Studies, has joined this initiative: because public domain matters..
Torino - 23 Gennaio 2010: il Comitato torinese per l'Acqua Pubblica organizza un sit in per fare pressione sul Consiglio Comunale affinché deliberi in favore della proposta di iniziativa popolare, affinché l'acqua sia definita nello statuto della città 'bene privo di rilevanza economica'. Dot 2.0 è andato a seguire la manifestazione e ha realizzato questo servizio.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 11:33
McMafia - Misha Glenny on organized crime
Written by El loco
Saturday, 30 January 2010 13:21
Misha Glenny is the author of "McMafia", an international best-seller reportage on the world-wide connections of contemporary organized crime. Like Saviano, his work aims at demonstrating the intricate relation between legal and illegal economy, in particular since the fall of the Berlin wall, which have created an increasing grey dimension where illecit traffics are free to flow.
Can the struggle against criminal networks be separated from a daily work of communication? That is what Glenny and Saviano are: they are not magistrates, they are not cops nor politicians, even if their commitment has a high political value. They are journalists, for the death of paper journals is not the death of journalism. They give information, they communicate, as they are convinced that informed people is the greatest resource against the mafie.
"..we have to know that organized crime impacts all sort of areas of our life", he says at the end of the video we have brought here to you, "you don't have to sleep with prostitutes or to take drugs in order to have a relationship with organized crime: they affect our bank accounts, they affect our communication, our pension funds, they even affect the food that we eat. And our governance.
This is no longer an issue of Sicilians from Palermo or New York, there's no romance involved with gangsters in the 21th century. This is a mighty industry and it creates instability and violence wherever it goes, it is a major economic force and we need to take it very very seriously".
Last Updated on Thursday, 04 February 2010 18:46
The future of the Italian university
Written by Alessandro Cozzutto
Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:40
What's the future of the Italian university after the so-called Gelmini reform?
Several distinguished professors of the university of Turin, those from the departments of Political Studies and Social Sciences, among the others, have been discussing such topic last week, during a three-hour meeting that Dot 2.0 decided to film.
Many voices spoke about the need for innovation, rationalization and new kinds of connection. We hope that the project of a Virtual Department of Political and Social Studies may be taken into account, in order to develop renouveled and effective policies within the Italian academic life.
Kwnoledge is not, of course, the only resource that should be shared within our institutions. The future of the Italian university concerns, first of all, life and future career of those who already work for it, although they seem not to be completely regarded as part of it, like the PhD students.
The present contribution aims at highlighting, within the project Dot 2.0, their need for being heard.
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