ISOC-NY is the Greater New York Metropolitan Area chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC).
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- Founded:
- 1997
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- Eben Moglen - Freedom In The C...
Warren Weaver Hall NYU - Rm.109
Friday, February 5 at 7:00pm - ISOC-NY Event: Patent Law at a...
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Monday, November 2 at 12:00pm - ISOC-NY Event: JEFFERSON’S MOO...
The Princeton Club
Thursday, October 22 at 12:00pm - ISOC-NY Forum - Civic Represen...
Warren Weaver Hall NYU
Thursday, October 8 at 6:45pm
Congress has insisted that the national broadband plan specifically address “national purposes” – job creation and economic growth, consumer welfare, civic participation, public safety and homeland security, health care, energy independence and efficiency, and other issues.
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Report from the Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee to the 37th Meeting of ICANN in Nairobi, Kenya: PDF | PPT
During the 37th ICANN Meeting that took place March 7-12 in Nairobi, Kenya, the At-Large Community was represented by a total of 25 members from all five At-Large r
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CircleID is publishing a series of on-the-spot interviews at ICANN 37 in Nairobi.
In this one Avri Doria details her arguments against the EoI “pre-registration” proposal for new gTLDs.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/10/eu-parliament-votes.html
The European Parliament resoundingly voted against the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), in a resounding 663 to 13 tally. The parliamentarians defied the EU executive and threatened to take the issue t
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A joint effort by the both the Art Law and the IP Law Societies at Cardozo School of Law, this Feb. 24 2010 panel set out to consider the implications/possibilities of the Google Books Settlement model as applied to the music industry.
The ISOC meeting alongside ICANN 37 in Nairobi will take place 8:00 – 9:30 am (NYC time) on Thursday 11 March.
Draft agenda:
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. ISOC 2010 Plans for Chapter Development and Support – Dawit Bekele
3. ISOC Participation in ICANN – Bill Graham (TBC)
4.
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Nairobi is 8 hours ahead of NYC.
* Full Schedule
* Remote Schedule
* Remote services
Sunday:
ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Session (00.30-11.30 EST)
* Agenda
* Audiocast
* Virtual Meeting Room
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The U.S. Senate held a hearing on ‘Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law, Part II‘ last week. Wary corporate invitees stayed away in droves, with the notable exception of Google who sent VP Nicole Wong.
Erica Newland of CDT reports:
Ms. Wong and fellow witnesses Rebecca Mac
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Kevin Goldberg reports on the ongoing case in which webcaster Live365 is challenging the constitutionality of the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), and with it the recently confirmed statutory webcasting rates.
Last year an opinion by Judge Kavanaugh opened the door. Live 365 jumpe
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A report about an FCC transparency meeting last week:
As a result of the clubby atmosphere of Washington telecom circles, the FCC is considered by some to be one of the most heavily lobbied agencies in the federal government and has been widely criticized for the revolving door
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Netgear announced this week at CeBIT two new HomePlug AV-certified Powerline kits, including the Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001) and the Powerline AV+ 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5501).
Powerline networking kits allow you to expand your local network via the electrical wirin
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Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, Washington DC
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy and the Technology Policy Institute have convened experts from industry, academia and government to pro
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Announcing an important meeting in support of a public interest .nyc TLD.
What: The dotNeighborhoods Initiative
When: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:30 PM
Where: Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 E 11th St New York, NY 10003
(212) 228 2781
This is the fourth meeting of our dotNe
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Ukunda, Kenya, February 27, 2010 – For the first time, a Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) has been installed for rural youth empowerment in Africa. Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development (VOA4SD) is building the capacity of local youth to empower themselves through the Internet a
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GALAPAGOS ARTSPACE, BROOKLYN
THURSDAY MARCH 4 2010
DOORS: 6:30PM ($10.00 DONATION) | SHOW: 7:45PM
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In talks that are exactly five minutes long, Ignite NYC presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. Igni
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For the first time, indigenous Amazonian tribesmen, long isolated by their location deep within the rainforest, will have access to the internet and telephone. The system, which includes a VSAT satellite dish, was installed by the System of Protection of the Amazon (SIPAM) to ena
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The new issue of the IETF Journal – Volume 5, Issue 3 – is available at http://ietfjournal.isoc.org/
Among others it contains articles on Bandwidth on the Internet, the RFC Editor transition, Congestion Exposure and the Kantara Initiative.
You can read this publication online or
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An NY Times article – Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy reports general consensus that the traditional “notice and choice” method of web-user privacy protection doesn’t cut it any more. As noted yesterday the NTIA and FCC have launched an initiative to consider regulation, b
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----------ISOC-NY PLANNING MEETING-------- After postponing last Thursdays planned planning meeting one week, we nowplan to meet tomorrow Tuesday! ...
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What: ISOC-NY Movie Night : Copyright CriminalsWhere: Rm. 109, Warren Weaver Hall NYU, 250 Mercer St NYCWhen: Friday Mar 5, 7:00pm,Who: Public Welcome. Admission Free.Sponsors: ISOC-NY, FreeCulture NYU, NYU ACM, Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic, tech@nyu
As we know Steve Jobs and other Apple execs have recently condemned the Flash plugin as too CPU intensive for use in their products, instead suggesting everyone follow their lead in moving to h.264 playback in html5. Jan Ozer of the Streaming Learning Center has run some compari
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Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, gave a speech The Internet: Evolving Responsibility for Preserving a First Amendment Miracle at The Media Institute in Washington DC on February 24, 2010.
In it he suggests that we are no
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As ICANN’s new GTLD process grinds forward, one aspect specified is that new applications should be compared to benchmarks. This required that such benchmarks be established by research. The resulting KPMG study has just been published.
Some of the findings include:
* Most use o
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For an in-depth look at current ICANN Policy topics, go to the January Policy Update at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-feb10-en.htm
A summary of latest developments can be found below
Transitions
Denise Michel, ICANN Vice President of Policy, has accepted the new
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This audio podcast from ICANN’s Policy Team explains one issue per episode, answering basic questions such as “What is it?”, “Why does it matter?”, and “What can I do about it?” If you are new to ICANN or to Internet governance, Start will help you understand your role in realizi
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Quoting from Larger Threat Is Seen in Google Case – NYTimes.com.
ROME — Three Google executives were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws on Wednesday, the first case to hold the company’s executives criminally responsible for the content posted on its system.
In Milan
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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft AFACT today lodged an appeal against the legal judgment which found Australian Internet provider iiNet was not responsible for illegal movie downloads by its customers, arguing the Federal Court had erred on 15 grounds
“The court
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Cisco said on Wednesday it will unveil technology on March 9 that will “forever change the Internet.” On , t
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Internet Society - New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) ISOC-NY Film Night!
Location:NYU Warren Weaver Hall
Time:7:00PM Friday, March 5th
The 48th meeting of the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) is underway in Austin Texas. Tune in to the webcast on Wednesday 10am (11am EST : 4pm UTC) for a panel discussion on deploying DNSSEC in the Root Zone.
Web browser embedded flash player:
http://nanog.iristra
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