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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>During the last weeks I have been drafting a
“Position Paper on the Future Governance of the Internet” for the
Committee for the Democratization of the United Nations ( <a
href="http://www.kdun.de/" title="http://www.kdun.de/">www.kdun.de</a> ). I
would greatly appreciate if you could find the time to give some feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am not an expert, so please excuse my outsider
(”common sense”) approach.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>What
is the original input of the paper<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are two ideas put forward in the paper which I
believe might be worthwhile to consider:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Internet Constitution<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To establish cyberspace as the global democratic
space capable of changing the way humans interact, communicate and deal with
each other, the paper suggests to start working on an Internet Constitution.
This Constitution would serve to define the fundamental norms, values, rights
and duties each user (netizen) has to agree and comply to when participating in
cyberspace. Like this, the ethics and good behavior in this virtual environment
could be discussed and agreed upon. This Constitution – when setup to be
ratified by each individual netizen - could furthermore represent the
acknowledgement of cyberspace as a new global territory for human activity and
development. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Community Based Governance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>To construct the internet with most intelligence at
the ends of the network (to connect “intelligent” clients over a
“dumb” network of cables) has proven to be a good and remarkably
flexible and resistant architecture. Inspired by this setup it is suggested to
allow and encourage self defined user communities to develop and implement
their respective governance and regulatory framework (e.g. for web auctions, or
collaborative content and mail filters) while limiting the power of central
internet governance institutions to coordination, mediation and facilitation
between the interests of stakeholders. (Please read the paper as I have tried
to explain the approach there in more detail.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Wiki </span></font></b><font
size=2><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have setup a wiki on which you can review and edit
the text. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The wiki can be found under <a
href="http://www.un-collaboratory.net/" title="http://www.un-collaboratory.net/">www.un-collaboratory.net</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In case you do not have the time to use the wiki, I
attached the draft paper as word rtf. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Looking forward to your input<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Max <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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