Re: [DDN] The Human Virus found in a School based Telecenter in Bangladesh
Andy, this is such a wonderful story on so many levels ... thought you might enjoy this capsulation ... http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/18481720,,,1141262504,,search,,view.html --- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talk about deja vu... Andy Carvin wrote: Hi Nazrul, As soon as I saw the title of this email, I knew exactly whom you were talking about. When I visited that telecentre in Comilla, a small crowd of people were standing around Sagar as he worked at lightning speed on his computer. He's even featured a lot in my photos and video of the telecentre: photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andycarvin/sets/1285642/ video: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/10/scenes_from_a_b.html Thanks for such a pleasant flashback. :-) Donobad, andy Nazrul Islam (RI-SOL/BNGD) wrote: Hi all, Recently we have found a Human Virus in one of our school-based telecenter in Bangladesh. I am inviting you to read the inspiring story here: http://www.connect-bangladesh.org/content/view/252/101/ We have also featured The Human Virus in our February issue of monthly newsletter, if you are interested. Here is the web link to the newsletter: http://www.connect-bangladesh.org/content/view/52/59/ Happy reading ! Nazrul Islam -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Criticize by creating. Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Deborah Phelan FluidArts San Francisco, CA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Important Statement to Review for Signing
Hello folks, Please review the important joint statement below, related to the WIPO Broadcaster's Treaty, and consider adding your signature if you are an American citizen. Also make sure those you know who should sign are also given the opportunity. Andy Oram has written a good letter to the US Delegation to WIPO on the subject: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/01/13/the-problem-with-webcasting.html?page=2 CPTech Links on the Treaty: http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/bt/index.html#Coments Electronic Frontier Foundation Links: http://www.eff.org/IP/WIPO/broadcasting_treaty/ IP Justice Links: http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/broadcasters.shtml Union for the Public Domain Links: http://www.public-domain.org/?q=node/47 The Latest Draft of the Treaty: http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/sccr12.2rev2.doc A survey of relevant links: http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/wipo_and_the_war_against_the_i.html If you choose to sign, please send your name along with an affiliation or appropriate short phrase to attach to your name for identification purposes, to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If your organization endorses the statement, please indicate that separately, so your organization will be listed under that header. Thank you for consideration. Seth Johnson Corresponding Secretary New Yorkers for Fair Use Joint Statement to Congress: Dear (Relevant Congressional Committees) (cc the WIPO Delegation): Negotiations are currently underway at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to develop a treaty giving broadcasters power to suppress currently lawful communications. The United States delegation is also advocating similar rights for webcasters through which the authors of new works communicate them to the public. Some provisions of the proposed Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations would merely update and standardize existing legal norms, but several proposals would require Congress to enact sweeping new laws that give private parties control over information, communication, and even copyrighted works of others, whenever they have broadcast or webcast the work. The novel policy areas addressed by this treaty go beyond ordinary treaty-making that seeks worldwide adherence to U.S. policy. Instead, this initiative invades Congress prerogative to develop and establish national policy. Indeed, even as Congress is debating how best to protect network neutrality, treaty negotiators are debating how to eliminate it. The threat to personal liberties presented by this treaty is too grave to allow these new policy initiatives be handed over to an unelected delegation to negotiate with foreign countries, leaving Congress with the sole option whether to acquiesce. When dealing with policies that are related to copyright and communications, Congress's assigned powers and responsibility under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution become particularly important. We urge two important steps. First, the new proposed regulations should be published in the Federal Register, with an invitation to the public to comment. Second, the appropriate House and Senate committees should hold hearings to more fully explore the impact of these novel legal restrictions on commerce, freedom of speech, copyright holders, network neutrality, and communications policy. Americans currently enjoy substantial freedoms with respect to broadcast and webcast communications. Under the proposed treaty, the existing options available to commercial enterprises and entrepreneurs as well as the general public to communicate news, information and entertainment would be limited by a new private gatekeeper who adds nothing of value to the content. Communications policies currently under discussion at the FCC would be impacted. Individuals and small businesses would be limited in their freedom of speech. Copyright owners would find their freedom to license their works limited by whether the work had been broadcast or webcast. The principle of network neutrality, already the subject of congressional hearings, would be all but destroyed. As able as the staff of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Library of Congress may be, it was never intended that they alone should stake out the United States national policy to be promoted before an unelected international body in entirely new areas abridging civil liberties. Congress should be the first to establish Americas national policies in this new area so that our WIPO delegation will have sufficient guidance to achieve legitimate objectives without impairing Constitutional principles such as freedom of speech and assembly, without impairing the value of copyrights, and without granting to private parties arbitrary power to suppress existing freedoms or burden new technologies. We cannot afford for Congress to wait for the Senate to be presented with a fully formed treaty calling for the enacting of domestic law at odds with fundamental
[DDN] ICTe Africa 2006 Conference (May 17-21, Nairobi): Call for Participation
Dear Friends, Hello and see below an exciting opportunity called ICTe Africa 2006. Hope some of you can attend! With all best wishes, Janet (Feldman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ICTe Africa 2006 Conference and Tutorials Call for Participation Kenyatta, International Conference Centre (KICC) NAIROBI, KENYA May 17-21, 2006 On behalf of all our colleagues at NEPAD Council, it gives us great pleasure to invite you to Africas second annual conference on Information and Communication Technology, ICT. ICTe Africa is a continental event for the presentation of technologies appropriate to development of ICT in Africa and for the discussion of a broad range of challenges and potential relevant solutions. The 2006 conference will feature presentations on next generation networks, infrastructure projects, Internet applications/solutions, rural telephony, ICT policies, ICT financing and solar energy for powering rural networks. The event will also feature professional development courses in fiber optics, broadband access, VoIP and other emerging technologies. By working in collaboration with NEPAD Kenya, Africa Telecommunications Union (ATU), IEEE Communication Society (COMSOC), NEPAD Council expects to attract Industry leaders, policy makers, financiers, leading engineers and scientists from Africa and the rest of the world. Registration: To take advantage of our online early registration and save up to $100, please visit the registration site: https://icm3.ieee.org/eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp?eventcode=g1j Accommodation: Rooms are being held for the conference at the following hotels, Nairobi Hilton, Nairobi Safari Club, Grand Regency Hotel, Stanley Hotel, Pana Afric Hotel and Hotel 680. May is very busy this year because of several other conferences taking place and we recommend that bookings should be made as soon as possible. For more details refer to Holiday Plus, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact us: For more information about the conference, kindly see the attached document and visit the conference website at: http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ICTeAfrica2006. For all general questions about the conference and tutorials, please contact: Miss Alida Phielix Conference Secretary 2006 NEPAD Council Port Elizabeth, South Africa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nepadcouncil.org/ICTeAfrica2006 ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Wikipedia surpasses one million articles
Hi everyone, Yesterday, Wikipedia reached a major milestone, surpassing one million articles for the first time. The one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station, was posted just after 23:00 GMT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhill_railway_station Amazingly, the article has been edited more than 400 times in less than 24 hours by the Wikipedia community. Press release: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_Publishes_Millionth_Article I also blogged about it here: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/03/wikipedia_surpasses_1.html ac -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
