情報通信審議会 情報通信技術分科会 IPネットワーク設備委員会非常時における事業者間ローミング等に関する検討作業班検討作業班端末等タスクグループ(第1回)開催案内

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情報通信審議会 情報通信技術分科会 IPネットワーク設備委員会非常時における事業者間ローミング等に関する検討作業班検討作業班端末等タスクグループ(第1回)開催案内
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【おすすめ本】山内 貴範『ルポ 書店危機』―地方の小さな本屋の声集めた「なくても困らず」年配者からも=永江 朗(ライター)

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 書店が激減するなか、書店員が書いた本や書店について書いた本の刊行が相次ぐ。本書の特徴は地方の小さな書店に焦点を当てたところ、そして現地の人びとの声を聞いたところにある。 小さな書店の悩みは販売低迷や顧客の減少などいろいろあるが、なかでも大きいのはベストセラーや話題の本など売れ筋の本が入荷しないことだという。都会の大型書店やネット書店には大量の在庫があるのに、なんとも不条理。著者の故郷、秋田県の書店は、顧客の注文に応えるためにネット書店で購入し、利益ゼロで渡すことも珍しくない..
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EFF Calls For Release of Alexey Soldatov, "Father of the Russian Internet"

3 months 2 weeks ago

EFF was deeply disturbed to learn that Alexey Soldatov, known as the “father of the Russian Internet,” was sentenced in July to two years in prison by a Moscow court for alleged “misuse” of IP addresses.

In 1990, Soldatov led the Relcom computer network that made the first Soviet connection to the global internet. He also served as Russia’s Deputy Minister of Communications from 2008 to 2010.

Soldatov was convicted on charges related to an alleged deal to transfer IP addresses to a foreign organization. He and his lawyers have denied the accusations. His family, many supporters, and Netzpolitik suggest that the accusations are politically motivated. Soldatov’s former business partner, Yevgeny Antipov, was also sentenced to eighteen months in prison.

Soldatov was a trained nuclear scientist at Kurchatov nuclear research institute who, during the Soviet era, built the Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN), which was responsible for administering and allocating IP addresses in Russia from the early 1990s onwards. The  network RIPN created was called Relcom (RELiable COMmunication). During the 1991 KGB-led coup d’etat Relcom—unlike traditional media—remained uncensored. As his son, journalist Andrei Soldatov recalls, Alexey Soldatov insisted on keeping the lines open under all circumstances.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Soldatov ran Relcom as the first ISP in Russia and has since helped establish organizations that provide the technical backbone of the Russian Internet. For this long service, he has been dubbed “the father of RuNet” (the term used to describe the Russian-speaking internet). During the time that Soldatov served as Russia’s deputy minister of communications, he was instrumental in getting ICANN to approve the use of Cyrillic in domain names. He also rejected then-preliminary discussions about isolating the Russian internet from the global internet. 

We are deeply concerned that this is a politically motivated prosecution. Multiple reports indicate this may be true. Soldatov suffers from both prostate cancer and a heart condition, and this sentence would almost certainly further endanger his health.

His son Andrei Soldatov writes, “The Russian state, vindictive and increasingly violent by nature, decided to take his liberty, a perfect illustration of the way Russia treats the people who helped contribute to the modernization and globalization of the country.”

Because of our concerns, EFF calls for his immediate release.

Electronic Frontier Foundation