[governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting programme

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Sun Jan 23 22:13:31 EST 2011



Michael Gurstein wrote:
> I've made one small editorial change below... ("graduated" rather than 
> "graduate")..
>  
> I also, think there should be a paragraph in there about the ways in 
> which various parties are trying to build copyright protection 
> directly into the tech--software, hardware and I believe into carriage 
> as well (and the risks/implications of this...
Yes, very important to add. The latest on this is Intel putting such 
controls in the chip itself.... parminder

> I don't have the words to write that para but I' would guess others on 
> the list do...
>  
> M
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* governance-request at lists.cpsr.org
>     [mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org] *On Behalf Of *Marilia
>     Maciel
>     *Sent:* Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:10 AM
>     *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org
>     *Subject:* Re: [governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting
>     programme
>
>     ... 
>
>      *Intellectual property enforcement online and its impact on
>     development and human rights
>     *
>
>
>     Recently there has been a change in the international intellectual
>     property regime. Rather than substantive law harmonization,
>     international IP norm-setting is now promoting an enforcement
>     agenda, an increasingly punitive response to counterfeiting and
>     piracy now being discussed in many national and international
>     institutions. It is an emerging matrix of new laws, regulations,
>     technologies, and public and private initiatives designed to
>     police the use of intellectual property, specially in the digital
>     environment.
>
>
>     New international standards require countries to increase the
>     level and territorial extent of intellectual property rights. This
>     trend has developmental impacts, as countries become less free to
>     support open platforms for learning, innovating, sharing and
>     producing, while being required to raise the amount spent on
>     knowledge-based inputs.
>
>
>     The enforcement agenda also impacts the exercise of rights online.
>     The adoption of laws that follow the model of “ graudated   
>     response” in several countries around the world reveals the
>     trade-offs between the enforcement agenda and human rights, such
>     as the right to receive and impart information, the right to
>     privacy and consumer´s rights. Moreover, it puts ISPs in the
>     position of an “Internet police”, with the role to oversight
>     internet users.
>
>
>     Governance of knowledge and Internet governance become deeply
>     intertwined in the context of an information society. The debate
>     of this theme in a multistakeholder forum, such as the IGF, would
>     help to reach a more round understanding about the impact of this
>     enforcement agenda on human rights, more specifically on access to
>     knowledge, and on the ability to innovate online.
>
>      
>
>     On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu
>     <mailto:lmcknigh at syr.edu>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         A quick word of encouragement for Marila to draft a fourth
>         possible a2k theme, can't hurt right.
>
>         But in general I am fine with Jeremy's distillation of three
>         workable themes
>
>         Lee
>
>
>         ________________________________________
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>         [governance-request at lists.cpsr.org
>         <mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org>] On Behalf Of
>         Marilia Maciel [mariliamaciel at gmail.com
>         <mailto:mariliamaciel at gmail.com>]
>         Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:02 PM
>         To: governance at lists.cpsr.org <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>         Subject: Re: [governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting
>         programme
>
>         Hi Jeremy,
>
>         I did not suggest it as a forth theme, since you said that we
>         generally only put forward three topics. If you guys believe
>         that a fourth theme should be added, I would be happy to draft
>         a text. If three themes seem to be the best way to go, I would
>         like to ask us to *really* make A2K present in all discussions
>         as you suggested. For that, we will need to carefully think
>         about the approach and the names of speakers for the main
>         sessions, who could link A2K with NN, transborder issues, etc.
>         Of course, workshop proposals would be also important to reach
>         a more rounded understanding of these interplays.
>
>         Marília
>
>
>         On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Jeremy Malcolm
>         <jeremy at ciroap.org
>         <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org><mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org
>         <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>>> wrote:
>         On 23/01/2011, at 6:04 AM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
>         While I agree with your approach that makes A2K a transversal
>         issue, I believe it is very important that we go beyond words
>         and really mainstream it on the debates.
>         Marilia and Ian, I'm not sure from your comments if you are
>         both saying that you want to see us putting forward a separate
>         fourth theme (since I don't see anyone suggesting that we
>         should remove one of the existing three themes).  Could you
>         clarify and, if that is what you are saying, perhaps suggest
>         some text?
>
>
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