[HacktionLab] Some ideas for Hacktionlab Jan 2012

[Alan Dawson]

Hi,

Regarding the upcoming 1-in-12 Hacktionlab, 

Some not completely formed thoughts on discussion areas

Social Contract for Communications Providers
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The Social Contract for Communications Providers is a work in progress that's being developed
"... to improve users' understanding and awareness of privacy matters, as well as the privacy levels offered by tech collectives and groups".  The actual name is not finalised completely, another working alias is "Providers Commitment to Privacy"

It was recently released at the 28C3 in Berlin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCuKCWRoIw 
With a web site  http://and.nothingtohide.is/

At the recent rebellious media conference there was some discussion on the viability of ranking the "security" of different providers. ( I put "security" in inverted commas, as I think the concept is pretty vague and ill defined, certainly as used at #RMC )
We have also talked about a badging or co branding schemes regarding projects/services that we place in the TTA booklet.

The SCCP would be a measured and meaningful way we could further develop these ideas.


Political Responses to the ACTA and upcoming Digital Repression
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ACTA was passed by the EU Council of Ministers on 16th December
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement

I guess we will now see a similar situation as we did with EU Data Retention Directive, 
where it will be passed by the European Parliament and then into national laws.

ACTA will force communications providers to become responsible for the content
that they deliver, and allow states and corporations to block and remove content
from the internet.

http://mediakit.laquadrature.net/formats/19/716_big.webm

It also brings in criminal sanctions for "aiding and abetting" infringement which could also be used against Internet technical intermediaries and technology providers as a way to force them into accepting "cooperation" with rightsholders.

How can we work with our digital rights lobby organisations ( Pirate Parties, OpenRightsGroup ) to raise awareness of the coming clampdown?   
How can the digital rights lobby groups support the local radical communications providers ?


Watch Some 28C3 Sessions
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Another year, and I'm still not able to get to Berlin for the CCC :-(
Again I sit lonely at home, ignoring the rest of the festive celebrations
instead watching youtube packets buffer at my anonymity providers gateway.
The video stops and starts as the my stream fights for bandwidth with the 
leachers torrenting the latest bollywood blockbuster.

So to blow away the seasonal blues maybe we could watch some of the 28C3 lectures
in a social situation ?

Cory Doctorow gave a good speech http://youtu.be/HUEvRyemKSg
I hear the that Telecomix was good too http://youtu.be/3no7CXVl24A

What ya think ??


Regards,

Alan Dawson
-- 
"The long revolution is creating small federated microsocieties, true guerilla 
 cells practising and fighting for this self-management. Effective radicality  
 authorises all variations and guarantees every freedom. "  
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