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Doemdenken? Annotatie bij Rb. Amsterdam 21 maart 2016 (Van Huut / CRI Residence Amstelveen)

Tegen totale vernietiging van de door eiser ontworpen gevel van gebouw De Bovenlanden kan de architect zich niet met een beroep op zijn persoonlijkheidsrechten verzetten. Nu de eigenaar een zwaarwegend belang heeft bij de transformatie van het gebouw is er ook geen sprake van misbruik van recht. Vordering tot verbod van sloop en transformatie van het gebouw afgewezen. 

Stepping stones and stumbling blocks – Research on the life cycle of Internet-Startups in Berlin

In our research we have identified the main enabling and hindering factors for internet-enabled startups in Berlin. Deriving from interviews with about 200 startup teams we were able to find... MORE

Twelve principles for open innovation 2.0

Martin Curley in Nature: “A new mode of innovation is emerging that blurs the lines between universities, industry, governments and communities. It exploits disruptive technologies — such as cloud computing, the Internet of Things and big data — to solve societal challenges sustainably and profitably, and more quickly and ably than before.

Policy Compass

“The Policy Compass helps you to utilise, interact, visualise and interpret the growing amount of publicly available Open Data. By offering easy to use and web-based data processing tools, it opens up the potential of Open Data for people with limited knowledge about technology. By doing so, it enables journalists, scientists and citizens to easily execute transparent and accountable policy evaluation or analysis.

Radio Berkman 237: The Chilling Effect

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Does the feeling of being surveilled or judged on the internet make you less likely to engage in perfectly legal, socially beneficial activities? Today on the podcast we talk to a researcher who investigates chilling effects online.

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Council of Europe prepares Study on Human Rights and Algorithms, Ben Wagner appointed Rapporteur

Council of Europe prepares Study on Human Rights and Algorithms, Ben Wagner appointed Rapporteur

Vacancies: PhD candidates & Postdoc researcher

We know where you live

MIT News Office: “From location data alone, even low-tech snoopers can identify Twitter users’ homes, workplaces….Researchers at MIT and Oxford University have shown that the location stamps on just a handful of Twitter posts — as few as eight over the course of a single day — can be enough to disclose the addresses of the poster’s home and workplace to a relatively low-tech snooper.

El Máster en Comunicación Política y Corporativa, finalista en los Victory Awards

El Máster en Comunicación Política y Corporativa, finalista en los Victory Awards
La entrega de premios tendrá lugar en Washington D.C. el próximo 6 de agosto

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Santiago Soriano

City planners tap into wealth of cycling data from Strava tracking app

Peter Walker in The Guardian: “Sheila Lyons recalls the way Oregon used to collect data on how many people rode bikes. “It was very haphazard, two-hour counts done once a year,” said the woman in charge of cycling policy for the state government.“Volunteers, sitting on the street corner because they wanted better bike facilities. Pathetic, really.”

Kserokopia #36 (4-17 maja)

W tym numerze Kserokopii piszemy zarówno o kwestiach z Polski (ustawa antyterrorystyczna, odpowiedzialność dyscyplinarna za copyright trolling czy konferencja w Senacie nt. prawa autorskiego), ale też o sprawach z areny międzynarodowej: kolejnych konsultacjach Komisji Europejskiej dotyczących reformy prawa autorskiego, dyskusji o potrzebie reformy ochrony własności intelektualnej w Australii czy wyroku w sprawie odpowiedzialności pośredników z Włoch. Ponadto zachęcamy do lektury inspirujących tekstów o tym, kto jest twórcą w XXI wieku i jak otwartość może nam pomóc pokonać raka.

Kserokopia #36 (4-17 maja)

W tym numerze Kserokopii piszemy zarówno o kwestiach z Polski (ustawa antyterrorystyczna, odpowiedzialność dyscyplinarna za copyright trolling czy konferencja w Senacie nt. prawa autorskiego), ale też o sprawach z areny międzynarodowej: kolejnych konsultacjach Komisji Europejskiej dotyczących reformy prawa autorskiego, dyskusji o potrzebie reformy ochrony własności intelektualnej w Australii czy wyroku w sprawie odpowiedzialności pośredników z Włoch. Ponadto zachęcamy do lektury inspirujących tekstów o tym, kto jest twórcą w XXI wieku i jak otwartość może nam pomóc pokonać raka.

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Matrículas abertas: curso online “Liberdade de expressão e responsabilidade civil”

Curso de extensão ao vivo e online
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Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy

The University of Washington School of Law is delighted to announce a public workshop on the law and policy of artificial intelligence, co-hosted by the White House and UW’s Tech Policy Lab. The event places leading artificial intelligence experts from academia and industry in conversation with government officials interested in developing a wise and effective policy framework for this increasingly important technology. The event is free and open to the public but requires registration. -May 24, 2016Seattle, WA

Ars Technica Live #2 - Surveillance

If you're in the Bay Area, come out to the filming of our second episode of Ars Technica Live, a monthly interview series with fascinating people who work at the intersection of tech, science, and culture. Join us this Wednesday, May 18, in Oakland, California, from 7 to 9pm for a discussion with law professor Elizabeth Joh about technology, surveillance, and law enforcement.

Ars Technica Live #1: Anthropologist Krish Seetah on humanity's relationship with butchery.

May 18, 2016San Francisco

Robot Regulators Could Eliminate Human Error

 in the San Francisco Chronicle and Regblog: “Long a fixture of science fiction, artificial intelligence is now part of our daily lives, even if we do not realize it. Through the use of sophisticated machine learning algorithms, for example, computers now work to filter out spam messages automatically from our email.

Under-connected in America: How Lower-Income Families Respond to Digital Equity Challenges

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with Vikki S. Katz, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University

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Berkman Luncheon Series

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Crowdsourcing A Meeting of Minds: Designing the Future of Work

Tuesday, June 2, 2016, 12:30-2pm, 2 Metrotech Center, 9th Fl, Brooklyn 11201
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Data Protection fit for the digital Age: Interview with Jan Phillip Albrecht

On April 14, 2016, the Plenum of the European Parliament has completed the legislation process for the General Data Protection Regulation. As rapporteur of the European Parliament, Jan Philipp Albrecht... MORE