[DDN] Gang Warfare in the Chatrooms

[Cedar Pruitt]

The topic today on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program was 
gang warfare. Gang membership in the United States is rapidly increasing, 
and disenfranchised youth and ex-cons in cities across the country are 
finding (and defining) their sense of direction, purpose, and community 
through gangs in record numbers. 

One thing we've been talking about recently at the Center for Media & 
Community are the surprising and important new uses of new media. For 
instance, documenting a traffic accident with a cell phone camera changes, 
in some ways, the dialogue and power structure of a community's 
relationship to traffic court.

A footnote in today's show was about the climb of *virtual* gang warfare, 
the kind that now plays out frequently in chatrooms, which a sociologist 
said was not without danger but, as he pointed out, "the nice thing is no 
one gets shot on the Internet." I can only imagine that SMS text messaging 
also plays a role in this kind of interaction. What does this mean for the 
digital divide? Is there a way to take this kind of technical comfort 
level to a nonviolent end, with means that emphasize just about anything 
besides divisive violence? Without assuming that this complex, tragic and 
destructive social problem is easy to understand, relate to, or fix, I'm 
interested in addressing the future of gang warfare within the emerging 
structure of new media, and with some hope that these tools can provide 
information beyond rival threats. I'd love to hear what other people 
think.

The show can be heard here: 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4509988 
(Specifically about the Internet: 13:00)

A related link:
http://www.gangwar.com/items/items43.htm

Cedar Pruitt
Online Content Manager
EDC Center for Media & Community
http://cmc.edc.org
cpruitt @ edc.org
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[DDN] Announcements from the Global Knowledge Partnership

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Dear Members and Friends, 

Greetings from the GKP Secretariat! 

Announcements: 

  1.. Panos /GKP Media Awards 2004 - 'Information Society' Journalism Awards 
Highlight Potential of ICTs for Democracy 
  2.. APC WNSP/GKP Gender and ICT Awards 2005 - Applications are now open! 
  3.. Can ICTs make a difference in reducing poverty? - The Chennai Statement 
on Up-scaling Pro-Poor ICT Policies and Practices is now open for comments 
  4.. NEW Up-scaling Pro-Poor ICT-Policies Practices - Joint publication by 
MSSRF and SDC 
  5.. Towards building Communities of Practice (CoPs) for achieving the 
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 



'Information Society' Journalism Awards Highlight Potential of ICTs for 
Democracy 

A columnist from the Philippines, an Indian national based in Singapore writing 
for a Kenyan newspaper, a Hanoi correspondent for the Saigon Times and a 
news-wire journalist reporting from Nigeria are the winners of the 2nd Panos 
/GKP Media Awards. 

The winners were selected by an international jury for journalistic work that 
explored issues around the theme - 'Transparency, good governance and democracy 
- does information technology increase accountability?' 

Co-ordinated by the Panos Institute (London) and the GKP, the awards aim to 
encourage and bring international recognition to thoughtful and incisive 
reporting on developing countries' progress to becoming 'Information 
Societies'. The four winners will each receive US$1,000. 

Find out more about the winners and their articles at 
http://www.globalknowledge.org/mediaawards2004 or go to 
http://www.panos.org.uk/press/news_releases.asp?newsid=1408 

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Gender and ICT Awards (GICT) 2005 - Applications are now open! 

Applications for the GICT Awards for 2005 are now open to civil society 
organisations, community-based groups, women's organisations and networks and 
social movements based in the Asia Pacific region. 

The GICT Awards is an initiative of the Association for Progressive 
Communications Women's Networking Support Program (APC WNSP)  
and the GKP. The awards aim to honor and bring international recognition to 
innovative and effective projects by women to use ICTs for the promotion of 
gender equality and/or women's empowerment. 

Two winners will be awarded a cash prize of USD8,000 each. 

To find out more, go to http://www.globalknowledge.org/gict2005. To apply, go 
to http://www.genderawards.net. The closing date for applications is April 30, 
2005. 

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Chennai Statement on Up-scaling Pro-Poor ICT Policies and Practices - Your 
comments are invited 

The statement was recently debated at a panel discussion on Promoting WSIS-MDG 
Synergies: Up-scaling Pro-poor ICT-Policies and Practices, The Chennai 
Statement, hosted by GKP, MSSRF and SDC. The discussion, a side event at WSIS 
Prepcom II in Geneva, was highly successful, with participants providing 
substantial input and positive feedback. 

The Chennai Statement presents the insights of development practitioners and 
policy makers who met for a MSSRF/SDC* sponsored expert group meeting in 
Chennai in November 2004. It is intended to serve as an input into the on-going 
global debate on the role of ICTs for development, particularly in view of the 
poverty reduction oriented agenda for the implementation of the World Summit on 
the Information Society ( WSIS) Principles and Action Plan in the context of 
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Click here to view the Chennai 
Statement. 

We now invite you to share your opinions or thoughts on the Chennai Statement. 
To submit your input, please click here. The input will be shared with the GKP 
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ICTs can make a difference in reducing poverty and reaching the MDGs. This 
potential contrasts, however, with the relatively modest pro-poor ICT 
implementation level. What key barriers impede the implementation of 
declarations? How can we multiply, upscale and replicate successful pilot 
projects? 

This study on 'Up-scaling Pro-Poor ICT-Policies and Practices', a joint 
publication by MSSRF and SDC provides answers to such pertinent questions. The 
study, presented recently at a side event at WSIS Prepcom II in Geneva, 
contributes to a multi-dimensional poverty reduction agenda for the 
implementation of the WSIS Principles and Action Plan, to be closely

Re: [DDN] Copyrights

[Ross Gardler]

Debbee Williams wrote:
OK...to quote my frustrated 5 year old nephew, "I need help."
I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started providing
digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, etc.
As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we are
doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We
started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the
year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to
creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at a
conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where we
want to showcase what we are doing.
I have tried to locate if this is legal, if it falls under fair use, or
what...but really haven't been able to navigate the US copyright laws
very well.
This is not legal. You are publically broadcasting copytighted material. 
To do this you need license (in the UK it is called a Performing Rights 
Society license, I think that in the US the equivalent is ASCAP 
http://www.ascap.com/about/).

However, if you contact the copyright owners and explain your use you 
will probably find that most will be willing to allow you to do this. 
But to be legal you *must* have this in writing.

Ross
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[DDN] Telecenters for Seniors; Social - Distance and Local

[Taran Rampersad]

Life always brings interesting things to the fore if you pay attention.
Today, after visiting my mother here in St. Petersburg, Florida for a
while, has been an eye opening experience for this 33 year old
technology-wielding sojourner... and Circuit Rider (Hello Debbie).

My mother is in charge of opening the 'computer room' in Graham Park - a
home/apartment center run by the State of Florida (I believe) for senior
citizens. So I went down with her this morning to the computer center.
People in wheelchairs showed up, checking email, playing games, and so
forth. It was a very eye opening experience.

Many of the people who use the computer have their own computers. But
they go down to the telecenter for very social reasons; there are
usually a line of people waiting to get in to use the 8 computers. One
of the computers was reportedly giving trouble, but it didn't crash when
I started it up and opened up a bunch of applications - nobody knew what
was wrong with it, and nobody could really explain to me why it wasn't
being used.

What's cool about all of this is that my mother is writer; a senior
citizen who is disabled; indeed, installing Mozilla for her was a big
deal. She has her own weblog ( http://soapboxpapers.blogspot.com/ ), and
I'm encouraging her to join in and give her perspective - through her
weblog, and perhaps through this list. I'll be blogging about it as well
as time permits because as I explain things to her that I have taken for
granted, I learn how better to explain it to others. Maybe someday I
shall get it right.

But the importance of Telecentres in this context is not too different
from other telecenters - it's mainly social. This has lead me to believe
that there are two discernible aspects of telecenters which may be worth
acknowledging - local social and distance social.

Local social is a matter of meeting people in the context of the
Telecenter, and even gossiping about what happened yesterday.

Distance social is a matter of interacting with people that are
geographically separate.

I suppose when I see someone in a wheelchair, I do not look away - I see
a mind on wheels. And I'll be talking with a few of these people and,
more importantly, listening. They have a lot to tell us. If there are
any resources for this sort of telecenter that people are aware of,
please let me know. It would be nice to have more of these minds telling
us what they need and what they want.

-- 
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RE: [DDN] Copyrights

[K Wong \(UVic\)]

>From my limited knowledge of US intellectual property laws, the issues
you raise fall under "synchronization rights." When you take a song and
"synchronize" the music to a film or presentation, you need to clear
rights with an agent of the artist or whoever owns the copyright to the
song. The Harry Fox agency used to do this but it seems that they no
longer clear synchronization rights, instead they suggest that you
contact the publishers directly. More info is available below.

If you want to avoid all the hassles, you could simply limit your
artists to using music loops that are public domain. A well known
resource for Flash developers is called FlashKit.

As a caveat, one of my past clients (a non-profit community agency) once
commissioned an unknown artist to create a work for an calendar. The
commission was a modest $150. Subsequently they used the art in a poster
under the same program and the artist threatened to sue them and kicked
up a real fuss. In the end, the artist negotiated a fee of $700 for the
poster. I advise all my clients to clear and manage intellectual
properties as if they were desks, cars, or any other asset. Would you
allow your employees to drive around unlicensed in an unregistered car?
Of course not. It can end up sucking scarce resources when you expect it
least.

Harry Fox Agency
http://www.harryfox.com/public/hfaPurpose.jsp

FlashKit
http://www.flashkit.com/loops/

Kelvin Wong
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

-Original Message-
Subject: [DDN] Copyrights

I have tried to locate if this is legal, if it falls under fair use, or
what...but really haven't been able to navigate the US copyright laws
very well.


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Re: [DDN] Copyrights

[Claude Almansi]

Taran Rampersad wrote:
(...)
>>Debbee Williams wrote:
(...)
>>>I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started providing
>>>digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, etc.
>>>As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we are
>>>doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We
>>>started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the
>>>year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to
>>>creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at a
>>>conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where we
>>>want to showcase what we are doing.
But there is another option: CreativeCommons makes all sorts of material
available under Creative Commons copyrights licenses which allows the
uses you appear to need, without having to keep a big stack of letters.
Video, audio, text... http://www.creativecommons.org
Taran, I was going to suggest the same thing when my computer crashed, 
lol. Debbee You can also search for specific content under a Creative 
Commons license, either from the search window in Firefox, or directly 
from the http://creativecommons.org/find/ page, where the search engine 
works with multiple entries.

BTW, the fact that you thank your sponsors doesn't make your 
presentation commercial.

You reminded me that the flash presentation of "Percorso Arianna" 
(http://www.vallemaggia.movingalps.ch/arianna/arianna1.html 3.3. Mb - a 
Gender and IT training project) that can be downoladed from 
http://www.vallemaggia.movingalps.ch/arianna/arianna.html also uses 
recorded and probably copyrighted music: they first made a CD-rom of it 
they used in the same way as you, then they slapped the mammoth online. 
I'd better let them know too, so thank you.

cheers
Claude
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www.adisi.ch
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Re: [DDN] Copyrights

[Andy Carvin]

Glad you mentioned this, Taran; I also wanted to share the URL for the
creative commons search tool:

http://search.creativecommons.org/index.jsp

This tool allows you to search the Internet for content issued under
creative commons licenses, including audio. I've used it to find music for
use in my podcasts, for example.

I'd also recommend downloading the songs from the Wired/Creative Commons
CD:

http://creativecommons.org/wired/

A dozen or so performers, including the Beastie Boys, Chuck D, David Byrne
and others, agreed to release songs on the CD under a creative commons
sampling license, so Internet users could remix, sample and perform the
songs. I used the CD for all the tracks on my recent podcast about an
interview I did with CNN, and the music made a big difference in how the
podcast turned out:

http://www.andycarvin.com/podcasts/cnn-interview.mp3

thanks,
ac
-
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org

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But there is another option: CreativeCommons makes all sorts of material
available under Creative Commons copyrights licenses which allows the
uses you appear to need, without having to keep a big stack of letters.
Video, audio, text... http://www.creativecommons.org

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Re: [DDN] Copyrights

[Colin Mutchler]

I would add that this is not such a simple issue.  While I am not a 
lawyer, there are several who have told me that fair use can be applied 
to a much larger degree that we currently think.  The legal grey area 
that you find yourself in is one of the failures of our current 
copyright system, and one that many youth media organizations across 
the country are facing.

The Listen Up! network (where I am Web Producer, http://listenup.org) 
is currently challenging our groups to use music and footage that they 
have the rights to, precisely so that they can choose to license their 
work with a Creative Commons license ( http://creativecommons.org ) so 
that future generations will not have to deal with this ridiculous 
wrench in the creative process, especially for non profit educational 
organizations like yours.

I have put together a multimedia performance about these issues, which 
I'm taking on a "Free Culture Tour" this Spring to colleges and youth 
media organizations in the US.  Description and details below and at: 
http://freeculturetour.org .

Free Culture is a multimedia performance and lecture by artist and 
intellectual Colin Mutchler that mixes music, images, and spoken word, 
drawing from his personal experience and the internet, that 
demonstrates the complex and entertaining cross section between 
cultural property and freedom.

Take care,
Colin
On Feb 23, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Taran Rampersad wrote:
Agreeing with Ross, and more...
Ross Gardler wrote:
Debbee Williams wrote:
OK...to quote my frustrated 5 year old nephew, "I need help."
I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started 
providing
digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, 
etc.
As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we 
are
doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We
started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the
year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to
creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at 
a
conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where 
we
want to showcase what we are doing.

I have tried to locate if this is legal, if it falls under fair use, 
or
what...but really haven't been able to navigate the US copyright laws
very well.

This is not legal. You are publically broadcasting copytighted
material. To do this you need license (in the UK it is called a
Performing Rights Society license, I think that in the US the
equivalent is ASCAP http://www.ascap.com/about/).
However, if you contact the copyright owners and explain your use you
will probably find that most will be willing to allow you to do this.
But to be legal you *must* have this in writing.
Ross
Concur. In fact, any country with a TRIPs agreement (I think the whole
world...), these laws stick. As Ross suggested, there is a need to get 
a
legal 'license' from the owner of the copyright - which is usually not
the creator (artist, etc) of the work.

But there is another option: CreativeCommons makes all sorts of 
material
available under Creative Commons copyrights licenses which allows the
uses you appear to need, without having to keep a big stack of letters.
Video, audio, text... http://www.creativecommons.org

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Listen Up! - http://www.listenup.org
Listen Up is a youth media network that connects young video producers 
and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to 
develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass 
media.

Learning Matters, Inc.
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[DDN] OII News [2005.02.23]: Critical Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): Civil Society Participation and Issues

[Lars Hasselblad Torres]

>From the Oxford Internet Institute
--
lars hasselblad torres
art + technology + democracy

http://tagstudio.net

-- Forwarded Message

Dear Colleague,
 
Please may we bring your attention to the following forthcoming event:
 
Critical Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS):
Civil Society Participation and Issues
Date: 04 March 2005, 09:30 - 17:00
Location: Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS
Speakers: 
Michael Best, MIT; 
Barbara Crow, York University;
Leslie Regan Shade, Concordia;
Sharon Stover, University of Texas;
Hernan Galberin, Annenberg School;
Paul Foley, De Montfort University;
Panayoita Tsatsou, London School of Economics
 
This event will focus on systematic and critical case studies of initiatives
designed to narrow 'digital divides' - within developing countries and
between developing and developed countries - relating to the use of the
Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs). Where
possible, contributions will offer individual or comparative case studies
providing insight into the most significant divides and how they can be
closed, or which question the significance of digital divides.
 
The final session of the day between 4 and 4.30pm will be webcast, for those
of you not able to make it in person.  To view the webcast, please visit:
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/webcast
 
For further information on this event, including speakers' papers, please
visit: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/collaboration/?rq=seminars/20050304
 
Attendance: This seminar is open to the public but places are limited so you
must register by e-mailing your name and affiliation, if any, to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
For further information on all OII events, please refer to our website at:
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
 
We hope to see you there.
 
Kind Regards
 
Laura Oultram
Events Assistant
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
1 St. Giles
Oxford
OX1 3JS



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Re: [DDN] Copyrights

[Taran Rampersad]

Agreeing with Ross, and more...

Ross Gardler wrote:

> Debbee Williams wrote:
>
>> OK...to quote my frustrated 5 year old nephew, "I need help."
>>
>> I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started providing
>> digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, etc.
>> As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we are
>> doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We
>> started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the
>> year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to
>> creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at a
>> conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where we
>> want to showcase what we are doing.
>>
>> I have tried to locate if this is legal, if it falls under fair use, or
>> what...but really haven't been able to navigate the US copyright laws
>> very well.
>
>
> This is not legal. You are publically broadcasting copytighted
> material. To do this you need license (in the UK it is called a
> Performing Rights Society license, I think that in the US the
> equivalent is ASCAP http://www.ascap.com/about/).
>
> However, if you contact the copyright owners and explain your use you
> will probably find that most will be willing to allow you to do this.
> But to be legal you *must* have this in writing.
>
> Ross

Concur. In fact, any country with a TRIPs agreement (I think the whole
world...), these laws stick. As Ross suggested, there is a need to get a
legal 'license' from the owner of the copyright - which is usually not
the creator (artist, etc) of the work.

But there is another option: CreativeCommons makes all sorts of material
available under Creative Commons copyrights licenses which allows the
uses you appear to need, without having to keep a big stack of letters.
Video, audio, text... http://www.creativecommons.org

-- 
Taran Rampersad

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RE: [DDN] Copyrights

[Bob J]

Debbee,
I believe you should contact BMI or ASCAP.
They can arrange a 'fee' for playing copyrighted music
in public venues.
Bob Johnson
Community Services Director
Productive Alternatives, Inc.
Fergus Falls, MN

-Original Message-
From: Debbee Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:43 PM
To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group'
Subject: [DDN] Copyrights



OK...to quote my frustrated 5 year old nephew, "I need help."

I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started providing
digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, etc.
As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we are
doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We
started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the
year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to
creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at a
conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where we
want to showcase what we are doing.

I have tried to locate if this is legal, if it falls under fair use, or
what...but really haven't been able to navigate the US copyright laws
very well.

We aren't using the music for direct financial gain (not selling
anything we create or charging admissions to see), but one could argue
that when we create special thank yous for sponsors to see at the end of
an event or develop digital brochures that tell about programs we are
doing - that in the end we are seeking money/resources to make these
programs happen. Am I making sense? Are you still with me? My concern is
that as we get more involved, we will find out we are doing the wrong
things or that there are some steps in asking for permission or
providing credits that need to be happening.

If anyone knows about copyright laws, where I can find specific
information to assist me or how to explain the laws that may apply to my
situation, I am MORE then interested in hearing from you. I can be
reached at this email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] through Friday,
February 25, and then at [EMAIL PROTECTED] after that.

Thanx for your assistance,

Debbee Williams
AmeriCorp *VISTA Technology Programs Coordinator
Boys & Girls Club of Tulare County
215 W. Tulare Avenue
Visalia, CA 93277
559-625-4422 tel
559-625-1379 fax

www.bgclubtc.org

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[DDN] Re: [wsisaccra] India and ICANN...

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Dear Johnson and friends:
Unless all of us stake our claims the Internet will continue to be goverrned 
and dominated by a few in the advanced countries, especially the United 
States. Our governments, civil societies, intellectuals and professionals 
should take some interest in Internet governance and similar other public 
good issues and work in unison to win what is rightfully due to us.

I am working hard, with a group of similarly motivated friends around the 
world, to make the entire world's scientific and scholarly journal 
literature freely available on the Internet to anyone who wants to access 
it. We call it the Open Access movement. In simple terms, there are two 
parts to Open Access. One is to make all the journals freely accessible on 
the Internet as soon as they are published. More than 1,200 journals are 
already available under this model and the University of Lund in Sweden 
maintains an electronic Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). This 
method may take many many years before even 50% of the journals become open 
access. Publishers - both commercial and some society - will resist. The 
second and easily achievable option is for institutions to set up their own 
interoperable archives in which all researchers of the institutute can 
deposit their research papers (the final version that would appear in a 
professional journal). The technology and software for such software are all 
in place and training can be organised.

The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India, has such an archive. A 
few other Indian institutions will soon have their own interoperable 
archives. Most African higher educational institutions and research labs 
should follow the IISc model. Institutions such as the Kofi Annan Centre can 
host a common archive for all of Africa or Western Africa.

What is the benefit of such open archives, one may ask. There are many. For 
one, the research that we do in the developing world can be read by a very 
large number of people. Right now, most of the journals we publish have very 
poor circulation - often only a few hundred copies. Archiving our papers 
will bring us a larger audience and greater visibility. Our researchers can 
access a much larger volume of current literature than our impoverished 
libraries provide now.

Let us all work together in ushering in an era of open access to scientific 
and scholarly literature. Those interested in bringing in this revolution 
may please read the voluminous and lucid writings of Stevan Harnad, Peter 
Suber, and Leslie Chan. A simple search on these names will lead you to a 
vast amount of literature on open access.

Best wishes.
Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]
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Subject: FW: [wsisaccra] India and ICANN...

Hello Colleagues,
This is from India about ICANN, one of Internet governing bdies.  We got 
it
from Prof Arunachalam, and we are greatful to him.

For your information.
Johnson
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Subject: [wsisaccra] India and ICANN...
Here is a statement by the Indian Government on ICANN. I received it 
through
a mailing list.
Arun

http://at-large.blogspot.com/2005/02/india-our-thoughts-on-icann.html
Still At Large-the last outpost for ICANN's unrepresented masses
Thursday, February 10, 2005
India: Our Thoughts on ICANN
.
The government of India is the first government thus far to submit formal
comments to the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) which is
preparing a report for the World Summit on the Information Society 
(WSIS).
India had this to say about ICANN:

"Presently ICANN is a private organization, working under MoU with US
government. We understand that the MoU is to expire in September 2006.
ICANN's incorporation in the USA implicitly means it will always be
subject to USA law. It is believed that this shall introduce an 
asymmetric
role of the USA Government vis a vis other governments. Today ICANN is 
the
only visible body which exercises any kind of oversight in relation to 
the
internet with a few supporting organisation being responsible for some of
its critical components - such as voluntary root servers, regional
Internet Address Registries , the Domain Name registries. Most of them
have contractual relations with ICANN. At the international level, there
is no single international( Inter-government or private ) organisation
that coordinates all the issues related to the Internet and IP based
Services.

In essence Internet Governance includes collective rules, policies,
standards, procedures that are consistent with the sovereign rights of 
the
states . At present there is little or no role of governments in these
multifarious decision processes and Governments of developing countries
are effectively marginalised. India among the Developing countries is not
at e

[DDN] Impact of ICTs on agriculture

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Friends:

A friend of ours is trying to compile a list of projects in the area of using 
ICTs to benefit agriculture and farming (in India). I will be grateful if those 
of you who are working with such projects could kindly give me the title of the 
project, the key people, and a few lines describing the organization and the 
programme. You may also provide email addresses, contact numbers and the url of 
your website. 

I will be grateful for your help.

Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]
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[DDN] text and podcast of Andy's remarks at the WSIS Prepcom

[Andy Carvin]

Below is the text of my remarks in this morning's intergovernmental plenary
at the WSIS planning meeting in Geneva, on behalf of civl society's
education, academia and research taskforce and the telecentres caucus. I
have published a recording of my remarks, available in OGG and MP3 formats.

http://www.andycarvin.com/podcasts/plenary-carvin.ogg
http://www.andycarvin.com/podcasts/plenary-carvin.mp3

The text is also available on my blog:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/02/andys_prepcom_s.html


A Joint Statement from the Education, Academia and Research Taskforce
and the Telecentres Caucus

Presented by Andy Carvin, Digital Divide Network
Palais des Nations, Geneva
23 February 2005

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Madame Chair, thank you for the opportunity to speak.

We, the members of civil society's education, academia and research
taskforce and the telecentres caucus, have come together to address the
importance of the proper financing of educational ICTs and human capacity
building.  ICTs can be a key tool in achieving universal primary education,
while wired schools and non-formal learning institutions such as
telecenters can play a major role in addressing the development agenda of
the MDGs.

When considering appropriate financing mechanisms for bridging the digital
divide, do not neglect the role that schools, universities and non-formal
educational institutions such as telecentres play as a community hub for
building local knowledge, and integrating marginalized communities into the
information society.

Schools, universities, telecentres, libraries and other learning
institutions all have an existing infrastructure that focus on the future
-- the potential of our children and young people. If properly financed,
this infrastructure can serve as a backbone for bridging the digital
divide.  These institutions offer direct benefit to the young people of the
world, who cannot afford to be left on the wrong side of the digital
divide; their long-term wellbeing and prosperity are at stake.

However, it is not enough to finance infrastructure initiatives only-
educational capacity building such as professional development for teachers
and curriculum development must also be addressed simultaneously. Learners
must have access to curricula that is linguistically and culturally
appropriate, including open courseware.

Moreover, there is a natural synergy that exists between ICT-enabled
schools, telecentres and similar institutions. Schools should be financed
so they too may serve as community-based telecentres, while telecentres can
serve as educational institutions in themselves. This notion of
multi-purposing should be addressed when making decisions on investing
funds to bridge the digital divide.

As digital divide initiatives are financed, communities must have a vested
interest in the success of these institutions if they are to succeed in the
long-term. Financing models that embrace bottom-up approaches will help
foster educational ICT initiatives that address the development needs of
each community.

We also encourage further investment in the development of local open
courseware initiatives. Open courseware offers an educational model for
promoting open access, cultural and linguistic diversity, and a spectrum of
teaching and learning styles. These initiatives should be networked for
worldwide capacity building.

With these ideas in mind, we offer the following amendments to the chapter
regarding financing mechanisms:

Paragraph 14: Change the phrase "capacity building" to educational and
human capacity building;

Paragraph 15, last clause: change to: ...as a tool for the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals.

Paragraph 21, last sentence: change the phrase "poverty reduction
strategies" to "education and poverty reduction strategies";

Paragraph 23a:  Change to: ICT capacity-building programmes, materials,
tools, educational funding, curriculum such as open courseware, and
specialized training initiatives, especially for regulators, educators and
other public sector employees and organizations.

Paragraph 24h, end of the last clause, change to: "especially in the public
sector, including education."

Thank you very much.





-
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
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[DDN] CawdNet was Fortune Digital Divide and Global Leadership

[Pamela McLean]

Njideka/Don Samuelson and all list members 

Ref. Don wrote:
 These types of effortsreally could use some support from the mainsteam U. S. public technology interests.  Would hope that Pam's efforts could connect to that of Njideka, and 
become a critical mass for the help of former Peace Corps Volunteers and others with interests in Nigeria and West Africa.
 

CawdNet is always ready to explore win-win collaborations. We believe we 
have a lot to offer potential supporters and/or partners - but as John 
Hibbs pointed out we have not yet set up a mechanism for press releases 
and publicity to promote our work and attract support. If you, Don, or 
any of your ex-Peace Corps volunteers, or others with interests in 
Nigeria, wish to get more actively involved in our work we would welcome 
closer links with you.

Because the main thrust of CawdNet's work is about sharing information, 
we are able to give good feedback to supporters/partners. This is very 
unusual  amongst community development programmes in rural Nigeria, 
which, by definition, are usually beyond the boundaries of effective 
communication.

CawdNet has established VSAT communication links at two rural locations. 
The locations are Fantsuam Foundation's Community Learning Centre (at 
Bayan Loco, Kafanchan, in Kaduna State, North Central Nigeria, where 
Hausa is the main language) and the Oke-Ogun Community Development 
Network Information Centre (at Ago-Are in Oyo State, where Yoruba is the 
local language).  We would welcome links with Njideka's project 
(especially as it is in Eastern Nigeria where as yet we are not active).

For further information regarding potential links with CawdNet please 
visit the CawdNet Notes blog to see copies of a letter I recently wrote 
to someone planning to visit us
Meeting at "the UK office" - what to expect. 

and a contribution to a recent SocialEdge discussion list<> Feedback for 
funders 

I look forward to hearing more from Don, Njideka and any other list 
members who might like to explore collaborations with CawdNet. Please 
feel free to forward this email to any others who might find it of 
interest.

Pam
Pamela McLean
CawdNet  convenor
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[DDN] Copyrights

[Debbee Williams]

OK...to quote my frustrated 5 year old nephew, "I need help."

I work for a non-profit organization, we have recently started providing
digital arts programs. Creating movies, music, photo manipulation, etc.
As part of the movies and some of the multi-media presentations we are
doing, we are using music from copyrighted CD's as background. We
started doing slide shows at an event highlighting activities for the
year, while playing a CD in the background. Now we have advanced to
creating short videos of the same thing, which are not only shown at a
conference, but shared at board meetings and other gatherings where we
want to showcase what we are doing.

I have tried to locate if this is legal, if it falls under fair use, or
what...but really haven't been able to navigate the US copyright laws
very well.

We aren't using the music for direct financial gain (not selling
anything we create or charging admissions to see), but one could argue
that when we create special thank yous for sponsors to see at the end of
an event or develop digital brochures that tell about programs we are
doing - that in the end we are seeking money/resources to make these
programs happen. Am I making sense? Are you still with me? My concern is
that as we get more involved, we will find out we are doing the wrong
things or that there are some steps in asking for permission or
providing credits that need to be happening.

If anyone knows about copyright laws, where I can find specific
information to assist me or how to explain the laws that may apply to my
situation, I am MORE then interested in hearing from you. I can be
reached at this email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] through Friday,
February 25, and then at [EMAIL PROTECTED] after that.

Thanx for your assistance,

Debbee Williams
AmeriCorp *VISTA Technology Programs Coordinator
Boys & Girls Club of Tulare County
215 W. Tulare Avenue
Visalia, CA 93277
559-625-4422 tel
559-625-1379 fax

www.bgclubtc.org

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