[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY news: Google/Verizon | webcasts | upcoming events

Fri Aug 13 02:33:18 PDT 2010

Yes it's the weekend again, a little cooler, and another ISOC-NY
newsletter, very cool!

We have a hot topic, a bunch of webcasts and some great upcoming events..

==Google/Verizon net neutrality proposal==

The break up of the FCC's 'secret talks" and the publishing of the
Google/Verizon joint legislative proposal has certainly stirred up a
net neutrality hornets nest. Just what "differentiated services" do
they have in mind? Is wireless realy out the window?

Read the full seven point proposal, our pick of the pundits, and the
official Internet Society position.

http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1112

==Video: David Solomonoff – Taking Back the Edge: Freedom and the
Internet Model==

ISOC-NY's President gave a talk at the August 2010 monthly meeting of
the Manhattan Libertarian Party. David’s theme was ‘Taking Back the
Edge: Freedom and the Internet Model’. The meeting took place in the
back room of the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant (famous in
alternative music circles as the site of a legendary New Order show in
November 1981). David spoke about the importance of maintaining the
end-to-end principle and the open internet, threatened today by
repressive political forces and monopolistic interests. There was some
lively discussion with the libertarians about whether regulation was
preferable to unwelcome consolidation. David emphasized the bottom-up
standards making process that has stood the test of time.

Video/audio: http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=1655

==Video: hackNY Demofest==

Fellows of the hackNY program, which placed students with NYC tech
firms over the summer, demonstrated the results of their efforts at
the Courant Institute NYU on Jul 30 2010. Support from fiscal sponsor
ISOC-NY with funding from the Kauffman Foundation.This is some very
interesting viewing, giving a glimpse of the cogs behind the latest
developments in some of NYC's leading tech firms.

Vdeo/audio: http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=1651

==Video: Hunter Newby – Introduction to Allied Fiber==

Another reminder to, if you haven't already, spend an hour with Mr.
Newby as he expounds on the benefits of the Allied Fiber open-access
model that could open up swaths of the hinterland to cheap high speed
internet.*

Video/audio: http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=1637

*You can also catch this on the ISOC-NY tv program on Manhattan
Neighborhood Network Ch.56 next Wednesdat Sep 18 at 11.30am

==WordPressNYC meetup : August 17 2010==

Next week's WordPressNYC will be a live demo: - ‘Installing WordPress
and BuddyPress from scratch’  - all the nuts and bolts on how to start
up your very own facebook beater right out of the box. This will
probably sell out so get in quick!

http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1094

==Wiki-Conference NYC : August 28-29 2010==

The 2nd annual Wiki-Conference NYC will be held over the weekend of
August 28-29 2010, hosted by ITP at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts,
and also supported by Free Culture @ NYU and Wikimedia New York
City.There's still plenty of time to join a panel, or to propose a
lightning talk or an open space session.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference

Register here: http://bit.ly/wikinyc It's free!

==OneWebDay 2010 : September 22 2010==

OneWebDay 2010 will take place on September 22 2010 around the world.
Our NYC event will happen at NYU at 4.30pm. Our twin themes are the
'End to End Principle' and Open Internetworking'. What you can do
right now is visit the OneWebDay stories site and contribute your own
Internet tale! What it means to you, where you think its going.
Anything! Or just trot along and see what everybody else has written.
There's a contest for the best entries!

http://onewebday2010.org/

==Open Hardware Summit September 23 2010==

As an opening gambit to the NYC Maker Faire, and located right there
at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, the Open Hardware Summit
will be a venue to present, promote and discuss the ongoing open
source hardware movement. There is work to be done in nailing down the
definition of the term and producing a real, and enforceable license,
much like the Creative Commons License does for artistic creations and
the GPL does for software.

http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1119

==Innovate/ Activate Unconference September 24-25 2010==

The Institute for Information Law & Policy at New York Law School is
proud to present Innovate / Activate, a two-day unconference,
cosponsored by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School,
where IP practitioners and activists will share their ideas and
experiences in order to transform the landscape of activism.

Many communities have formed around issues such as free speech vs
copyright; the importance of fair use; alternative licensing regimes
such as Creative Commons or free and open source software; patent
protection of software and business methods; and patents vs downstream
innovation of critical pharmaceuticals. It’s time to reexamine our
approaches to improving global welfare by identifying new and existing
IP-related challenges to activism, developing strategies for
overcoming IP obstacles, and delivering practical solutions to spur
social, political, environmental, scientific, technological and legal
change.

http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1009

All events are listed on the ISOC-NY Calendar
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ngq6h52eiecr1uqnq93pbplvj8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

By the way, if you are not a full member of ISOC-NY, it's easy to
join, and free!
http://isoc-ny.org/join

Lastly, don't forget to 'like' our facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Society-New-York-Chapter-ISOC-NY/148919638537

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