Houston, we have a problem: Google ordered to the "case Vividown"

On Wed, February 24, 2010, in Case interesting , by Ernesto Belisario

It 's news of a few minutes ago: three Google executives were convicted by the Criminal Court of Milan for breach of privacy in the notorious case "Vividown" concerning the publication of a video showing a child with Down syndrome and insulted beaten by four students. Still do not have the motivation of [...]

Foxelli of transparency? No, sites respectful of the privacy

On Mon, February 22, 2010, in E-Government , Privacy , by Ernesto Belisario

Transparency operation, as many know, is not the title of the last James Bond movie, but the name of one of the first acts done by the Minister for Public Administration and Innovation Renato Brunetta Hon. The operation was launched in May 2008 with the publication on the website of the Ministry of personnel data, [...]

Open Source in Public Administration: do we reckon?

On Wed, February 17, 2010, in Copyright & Open Source , E-government , read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

The Open Source in Public Administration is one of the historical arguments of the right of public science and technology, on which scholars and experts from a decade practicing in speeches and publications (I caught myself thinking how much time went by some items). Several state bills and laws [...]

When it's future?

On Thu, February 11, 2010, in E-Government , Miscellaneous , by Ernesto Belisario

More and more frequently speak and write of "Digital Public Administration", of "Government 2.0" and - more generally - the introduction of IT and new technologies in the public sector. Often some of these I say "this is the future!", Meaning that the Italian Administration is still tightly bound to paper or trying to convince itself that the [...]

The Pirate Bay, seizing 2.0

On Tue, 9 February 2010, in Copyright , Reports , Judgments interesting , by Ernesto Belisario

Sunday, commenting on the news last decision of the Court of Review of Bergamo on the case "The Pirate Bay," had been easy prophet in predicting that it would not take much to see a new sequestration popoarissimo torrent tracker file. In fact, after the necessary time to fulfill the obligations of ritual, "thepiratebay.org" was [...]

The copyright wars no signs of ending: Italy is still obscure The Pirate Bay

On Sun, February 7, 2010 in Copyright , Reports , Judgments interesting , by Ernesto Belisario

Site subject to seizure. This could be the screen that in a few days the Italian users see when they try to reach The Pirate Bay, a popular torrent tracker file, long been the focus of numerous reviews around the world for copyright issues. In Italy, you will recall, the legal battle began [...]

Government 1.0

On Sun, February 7, 2010, in Copyright & Open Source , E-government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

A few months ago, I greeted the announcement with enthusiasm, given by the Minister for the simplification of legislation on the project to develop an online database that would allow the free consultation to all applicable laws. The portal, created by the Mint State, is on line for several days (in beta) and - [...]

In Naples we speak of law 2.0

On Tue, February 2, 2010 in Blogging , E-government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

In the coming days I will be in Naples twice, within a few hours of each other, to talk about issues dear to readers of this blog. On February 4 to attend an interesting conference on "Role of the Judicial Process in Electronic" to be held at the Tiberio Palace Hotel (You can download the brochure and see [...]