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Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
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Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 03-Feb-2012 23:04
Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz
(Reuters)
Cuban blogger says government bars trip to Brazil
(Reuters)
Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers
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Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 03-Feb-2012 21:04
Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking
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Apple to resume full online sales in Germany
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Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age - By Philippe Aigrain Paris, February 3rd, 2012 – Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age is out! Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of La Quadrature du Net, in collaboration with Suzanne Aigrain, describes the creative contribution, a financial model designed to sustain an expanding creative economy in a context where sharing is recognized as a right. To break away from the repressive war on the sharing of culture online, exemplified by the SOPA/PIPA bills in the US or the ACTA agreement on a global scale, Sharing makes a case for the legitimacy and usefulness of non-market sharing between individuals of digital works. Taking stock of recent economic knowledge about the culture economy, it models and describes a financing model (coined as the “creative contribution”) designed to sustain an expanding creative economy in a context where sharing is recognized as a right. Philosophical, legal, and institutional aspects are also discussed. The creative contribution (a term that Aigrain has been using since 2008) is a flatrate mechanism with original features based on social rights, rewards and remuneration for artists as well as financing of future works, data collection for rewards based on voluntary provision using automated recording on user machines and under their sole control, and more. Sharing is published under a hybrid publishing model with 4 components:
all under a CC-By-NC-ND license,
“At a time when the copyright lobbies stick to ruthless repression, this book is a contribution to the democratic debate on how to positively reform copyright and paves the way for a new cultural economy. It should serve as a wake-up call to all the policy-makers who keep advocating brutal copyright enforcement, and as a source of inspiration for those looking for constructive proposals to foster access to culture and cultural diversity on the Internet while protecting fundamental freedoms.” said Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. Useful links:
Source : www.laquadrature.net | 03-Feb-2012 12:04
House ready to consider insider trading ban
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Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand
(Reuters)
Madonna launching video on billboards, online
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Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 03-Feb-2012 06:34
Google tightens security in Android app store
(Reuters)
Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs
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AOL's Huff Post to launch live streaming network
(AP)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 22:38
U.S. shuts 16 sports piracy websites pre-Super Bowl
(Reuters)
Update for Google Docs app adds offline support, amps up tablet features
(Appolicious)
Analysis: Facebook's daunting Asian challenge
(Reuters)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 20:11
Facebook's Zuckerberg to keep iron grip after IPO
(Reuters)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 19:29
NY Times adds digital subscribers, but ad revenue shrinks
(Reuters)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 19:13
New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video
(Appolicious)
Amazon makes India debut with Junglee.com
(AP)
Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers
(Reuters)
Online video firm Youku sues rival Tudou: report
(Reuters)
Amazon launches online shopping service in India
(Reuters)
Facebook's Zuckerberg to keep iron grip after IPO
(Reuters)
All-time top 10 IPOs for Internet companies
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Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 06:08
Summary Box: Facebook to go public, raise $5B
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Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 06:06
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads
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EA sells 2 million units of "Star Wars", shares up
(Reuters)
All-time top 10 IPOs for Internet companies
(AP)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 00:08
Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B
(AP)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 02-Feb-2012 00:03
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads
(AP)
Mint.com?s updated app brings better functionality for Android tablet users
(Appolicious)
Washington D.C. steps back from Internet gambling launch
(Reuters)
Google defends change to privacy policies
(Reuters)
Shopkick app combats barcode readers through loyalty offers
(Appolicious)
Hackers attack Brazil's largest state-run bank
(AP)
Ukraine government websites attacked after piracy crackdown
(Reuters)
Petition asks for ?ethical? iPhone 5 from Apple
(Appolicious)
Ukraine shuts down leading file-sharing site
(AP)
ACTA: Commissioner De Gucht Lies to the EU Parliament Paris, February 1st 2012 – The EU Commission “Trade” Directorate-General is lobbying the EU Parliament, presenting a one-sided and plainly distorted view of ACTA to face the growing citizen opposition. The EU's executive branch, which negotiated ACTA behind citizens' backs, is now shamelessly relaying the copyright industries' lobbying pitch, in yet another sign of its collusion with business interests.
In response, La Quadrature du Net has created a participative document3 to help citizen debunk one after the other the lies of the EU Commission, which keeps denying the evidence that ACTA is a dangerous and illegitimate agreement. The opposition to ACTA is not mere media hype, as Commissioner De Gucht seems to believe. For months, its dangers have been repeatedly stressed by leading legal scholars4, an independent study commissioned by the EU Parliament itself5, winners of the Sakharov Prizes6, the Senate of Mexico7, broadcasters and telecoms trade associations8, global NGOs such as OXFAM9, Doctors Without Border10 or Article 1911, but also some of the EU's main trading partners and many others (see our wiki page compiling the criticism of ACTA12). “By pretending that ACTA is inoffensive, Commissioner De Gucht is trying to hide the European Commission's immense responsibility in initiating a negotiation process circumventing democratic arenas. The 18 July 2007 discussion paper submitted in interservice consultation in the European Commission for the negotiating mandate13 included the criminalization of non-for-profit sharing by individuals. This is the truth behind ACTA and European citizens are taking to the streets because they have understood it.” , declared Philippe Aigrain, co-founder of the citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. “EU Commissioner Karel De Gucht is so close to the global copyright industry's lobbies that he remains blind to the legitimate concerns that have been expressed against ACTA for years. To get ACTA ratified, he is ready to lie to the European Parliament, dismissing all evidence showing that ACTA is actually a threat to free speech online, access to medicine, but also to innovation and competition. Such obscurantism clearly brings into question his ability to work for the EU's public interest and should resonate as a call for the Parliament to reject ACTA.” , said Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson for La Quadrature du Net.
Source : www.laquadrature.net | 01-Feb-2012 11:11
Amazon 4Q results, outlook sends stock lower
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Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 01-Feb-2012 02:21
Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate
(Reuters)
Amazon 4Q results disappoint, stock tumbles
(AP)
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 31-Jan-2012 23:23
VC firm Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B to invest
(AP)
Hackers attack large Brazilian bank
(AP)
Why Social Recommendation Services Need to Get Even More Personal
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AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
AP - Saboteurs have hacked into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.
AP - Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin'.
AP - AOL and the Huffington Post are launching a live video network that aims to combine broadcast news with social media.
Reuters - Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.
Reuters - Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion, but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say.
Reuters - The New York Times Co, which is grappling with sinking advertising revenue and a recent change in the top management, said it continued to add subscribers for its digital products in the fourth quarter.
AP - Facebook is hoping to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It would be the largest IPO ever for an Internet company. Here are the top 10 so far, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO investment adviser:
AP - GOING PUBLIC: Facebook files paperwork for its much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. It hopes to raise $5 billion, the most ever for an Internet IPO.
EU Commissioner for International trade, Karel De Gucht, has sent a 
AP - Shoppers spent more money online this holiday season than ever before, and yet, Amazon _the world's largest Internet retailer_ failed to meet Wall Street's sales expectations with its latest financial results.- Ressources
- CyberScience
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