[DDN] Access to Knowledge conference, April 21-23
Access to Knowledge Conference Yale Information Society Project April 21-23, 2006 Yale Law School http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2kconfmain.html The information revolution holds great promise for development, freedom, and justice, but this potential is fragile. Without a coherent framework for why access to knowledge matters and an agenda how to achieve it, this potential could be undermined by the growing propertization and regulation of knowledge. The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School invites you to help determine the future of A2K. From April 21st to April 23rd, 2006, join policy makers, activists, industry leaders, and academics at Yale Law School for a conference addressing this topic in areas such as intellectual property policy, telecommunications, education, culture, science, and health care. Leading thinkers and advocates from North, South, East and West will focus on generating cutting edge research agendas, concrete policy solutions, and strategic partnerships for the next decade. Please register from the conference website at http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2kconfmain.html. Plenary Panel defining Access to Knowledge include: -- Framing A2K in human rights and development -- Political economy of trade treaties and intellectual property -- The economics of information -- Privacy, national security, and free expression -- Innovative public and private solutions to knowledge access and knowledge production in developing countries Policy Panel topics include: -- Measuring Access to Knowledge -- Wireless Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and A2K -- Traditional Knowledge -- Access to Scientific Knowledge -- Network Neutrality in the Developing World -- Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright -- Access to Medicines: India and TRIPS -- Peer Production and Education -- Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Globalization -- Agriculture, and Genetically Modified Crops -- Licensing Frameworks for Access to Knowledge -- Open Archives (OA), OA Publishing and Libraries For a full conference description and list of speakers, please visit the conference website at http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2kconfmain.html. Space is limited, so please register soon. Eddan Katz Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School Executive Director, Information Society Project http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ ___ 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] PC Magazine reviews $159 Linspire computer
and gives this computer a general thumbs up. see http://digg.com/linux_unix/PC_Magazine_Reviews_$159_Linspire_Computer - phil fry's electronics has stores in northern california, southern california, texas, and a few stores in arizona, georgia, illinois, indiana, nevada, oregon, and washington. i don't think fry's sells mail order, though. see http://www.frys.com it's useful to note that the fry's electronics store in renton, washington, is 14 miles south of microsoft's offices in redmond, washington. rook to queen 5. -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro http://digg.com/users/pshapiro/submitted http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html Wisdom starts with wonder. - Socrates Learning happens through gentleness. ___ 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] video blog about the Fon wifi network
Hi everyone, I've just posted a seven-minute video blog featuring Martin Varsavsky, the founder of the Fon wifi network (www.fon.com), who spoke last week at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet Society. Fon is a new global network of individuals who provide free or low-cost wifi to their neighborhoods. Those who provide a hotspot may in turn access any other Fon hotspot for free. If you charge users for access, you must limit their access fees to USD $2 a day, and share the revenue with local broadband providers. In the video blog, Varsavsky talks about Fon and foneros, the volunteers who make up the network. He also compares and contrasts Fon with municipal wifi networks like the one being deployed in Philadelphia. http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/03/fon_the_global_wifi.html The video is a Quicktime file, available in three formats. The high resolution version is just under 40 megabytes, the medium res version is around 15 megabytes, and the low-res version is just over two megabytes. Meanwhile, for those of you who use digg.com, I've submitted a summary of the video here: http://digg.com/technology/Video_Blog_about_Fon,_the_new_global_wifi_network thanks, andy -- -- 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.
