Archive for: July 2008
July 29, 2008
 ISOC-NY is happy to announce we have been accepted as an At-Large Structure (ALS) in ICANN’s North American At-Large Community (NARALO). This, along with our longstanding membership of the Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC), will allow for even greater involvement in the vital issues of internet governance.
Members, and others, who are interested in such matters should join our ICANN Special Interest Group.
 On Wednesday, July 30th at 11:00am there will be a briefing from the Mayor’s Office and Diamond Consultants for the Broadband Advisory Committee regarding the Bloomberg Administration’s plans for bridging the digital divide in New York City.
Diamond Consultants was hired by the New York City Economic Development Corporation to determine the breadth of the digital divide in New York City and develop programs and initiatives to provide greater digital inclusion for all residents. Chris O’Brien, a Partner in Diamond’s Public Sector practice, will be detailing Diamond’s findings and its recommendations for the City’s next steps.
July 22, 2008
 ISOC has, for some time, published a monthly newsletter for members. It contains info on chapter activities and other items of interest. Now an rss feed has been established through which news items will be available as they come in. Subscribe at http://www.isoc.org/tools/blogs/membernews/.
July 18, 2008
 Netroots Nation2008 is being held in Austin TX July 17-19 2008. This conference, in its 3rd year, brings together progressive activists, representatives from progressive organizations, elected officials, candidates for office, and bloggers from all over the world to discuss ways and means of online activism.
Agenda
Speakers
Webcast
Twitter stream
Daily Kos Blog roundup
July 15, 2008
 The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report on a Roundtable Discussion on Phishing Education that it hosted in April. Approximately 60 experts from business, government, the technology sector, the consumer advocacy community, and academia met at the FTC to discuss strategies for outreach to consumers about avoiding phishing.
“Participants indicated that the best anti-phishing messages are behavioral rather than technical,” the report states. Evaluating whom to trust on the Internet can help prevent users from becoming victims.
July 12, 2008
 Back in March, introduced by Vint Cerf, Jonathan Zittrain and Larry Lessig gave a talk at Google’s Washington DC offices. Google has, possibly encouraged by its Viacom harassment, just posted the video up on YouTube. About 58 minutes in, after Zittrain has given his book synopsis – with which I trust we are all now familiar, Lessig, drawing on earlier ‘Z theory’, gets into the meat of exactly the privacy issues recently highlighted by Viacom’s actions.
July 11, 2008
ISOC-NY’s next monthly meeting will be held on July 19 2008 at NYU.
Date: Thursday, Jul 17, 2008
Time 7pm – 9pm
Location: Room 317, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th)
Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring photo ID.
 An AP article reports that Kevin Martin, head of the Federal Communications Commission, will recommend that Comcast be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.
Martin will circulate an order recommending enforcement action against the company on Friday among his fellow commissioners, who will vote on the measure at an open meeting on Aug. 1.
July 9, 2008
 Organized by Lauren Cornell of Rhizome as part of the ‘New Silent’ series – In The Technology Readings: A Night of Comedy a group of New York comedians perform readings on the joys and pitfalls of a technology-saturated culture. The evening will include Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, John Roberts, Joe Mande, Anthony Atamanuik and Laura Krafft, many whom are notable for gaining fame on the internet, from Roberts’ Youtube monologues to Peretti’s episodic online shows including the 6-part series “All My Exes.
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | 7:30 PM
New Museum theater
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
212.219.1222
July 8, 2008
 On Jun 23 the Supreme Court agreed to review a California suit where Linkline, an ISP, had accused AT&T of charging so much for wholesale access that the ISP could not compete. AT&T argues that they are under no obligation. An appeals court found for Linkline. The Bush administration persuaded the Supreme Court to review the case.
The outcome has serious inferences for access competition in the nation.
July 6, 2008
CircleID reports on Vint Cerf’s views regarding Government’s Role in Internet Broadband Access: “Perhaps the Internet should be treated more like the road system. You don’t have multiple roads going to your house for example. Instead, it …
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