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Segantini, Edoardo
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Emirates fight Blackberry freedom
The United Arab Emirates, internationally regarded as liberal, has announced that it will block Internet and email traffic on Blackberry smartphones for national security reasons starting October. Modern technology threatens to put the citizens beyond the reach of state control, which is why the liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera sees the alleged security reasons as nothing but a flimsy excuse: "The Blackberry messenger function is used intensively in 175 countries, including the US, which is undoubtedly very concerned about security and at least as vigilant against terrorism as the Emirates. But its history and democracy make it just as sensitive about personal freedom as about its security. For countries where there is as yet little freedom and social networking the Blackberry provides a new and excellent instrument for freedom and social networking. And in these countries they prefer to confine smartphones to being just phones."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Domestic Policy, » Media policy, » Asia, » U.S.
Music industry must spawn new business models for the Internet
Following the dispute over the protection of the rights of Internet users the European Parliament has rejected the reform of the EU's telecommunications law. The liberal conservative daily Corriere della Sera calls for new rules to be tested, above all in the music sector. "Music plays a central role. It could be the first [industry] that comes out of the tunnel of traumatic change [the nightmare of piracy] on the strength of a completely new model for the digital sector. … The laboratory that is music produces new ideas for the entire creative industry of tomorrow. It shows us that the right technology, the right price and the right degree of protection are important - that we need to strike a fine balance between too much and too little copyright. This could spawn a new economic model from which authors, the industry and above all the public can all profit."
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More from the press review on the subject » Music, » Audiovisual Media, » Media policy, » Europe
The Finnish model
The liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera writes that Sweden's decision in favour of nuclear power was heavily influenced by Finland, where a nuclear power plant is currently being built on the basis of an innovative financing concept. "Finland's experience, where thanks to a new financing system one of Europe's new nuclear power plants is being built and is scheduled for completion in 2012 (the other is in Flamanville in France), should not be underestimated. The system, as expert on energy policy G.B. Zorzoli explains, is called 'power chase agreement' and consists of a consortium of future customers who have each undertaken to purchase a certain quota of the energy produced. The construction company can use this commitment as a security for bank loans. This system based on the Finnish model has sparked a resurge of interest in nuclear energy all over Europe, including Italy."
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More from the press review on the subject » Energy, » Sweden
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