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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My vote to both statements is YES.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Belén<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De:</span></b><span
lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
valeriabet@gmail.com [mailto:valeriabet@gmail.com] <b>En nombre de </b>Valeria
Betancourt<br>
<b>Enviado el:</b> Viernes, 12 de Septiembre de 2008 17:12<br>
<b>Para:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> Re: [governance] Consensus call on rights theme - yes or no
response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi all, <br>
<br>
My vote for YES for both statements too. <br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
<br>
Valeria <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>2008/9/12 Graciela Selaimen <<a
href="mailto:graciela@rits.org.br">graciela@rits.org.br</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<br>
<br>
I vote Yes to both statements.<br>
<br>
best,<br>
Graciela Selaimen<br>
Rits - Brasil<br>
<br>
Ian Peter escreveu: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a
name="11c58913fb8d4eda_OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="11c58913fb8d4eda_OLE_LINK2"></a><b><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>Please respond within 48 hours with a YESor NO to adoption
of this statement so it can be sent to the Secretariat before the deadline.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Rights and the Internet as the over-arching theme for IGF-4 in Egypt </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Internet
Governance Caucus strongly recommends that 'Rights and the Internet' be made
the overarching theme for IGF-4 in Egypt, and that the IGF-4's program be
framed by the desire for developing a rights-based discourse in the area of
Internet Governance. The Caucus has already expressed support for the letter on
this subject which was sent to the MAG by the Dynamic Coalition on an Internet
Bill of Rights.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The IGC
offers the IGF assistance in helping to shape such a discourse at the IGF
meetings, and specifically to help make 'Rights and the Internet' an
overarching theme for IGF-4 in Egypt.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i>A complex new emerging
ecology of rights and the internet</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> One important purpose of a discourse on rights should be to clarify
and reach greater consensus on how rights with respect to the Internet are
defined, how they relate to pre-existing definitions of human rights, and which
ones need to be internationally recognized and strengthened. Within this
context, we acknowledge that, even within the civil society caucus, differences
of opinion exist as to the nature of various rights and conceptual rights and
the degree to which they should be emphasized in internet governance
discussions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>While the internet opens
unprecedented economic, social and political opportunities in many areas, many
fear that it may at the same time be further widening economic, social and
political divides. It is for this reason that development has been a central
theme for the IGF meetings to date. In this new, more global and digital
context it might be useful to explore what the term "right to
development" means. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>With respect to privacy
rights, corporations and governments are increasingly able to extend digital
tentacles into people's homes and personal devices, in manners invisible to
consumers and citizens. Consumers of digital products thus face new challenges
including the right<a name="11c58913fb8d4eda_sdfootnote3anc"></a> to know
and completely 'own' the products and services they pay for. Technological
measures to monitor and control user behavior on the internet are becoming
increasingly sophisticated, and often outrun public policies and traditional
concepts of what rights users have.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>While property rights are of considerable
importance, their applicability and mutations in the digital environment have
led to widespread political contention over the proper scope of copyrights,
trademarks and patents. In fact, intellectual property is emerging as a primary
area of socio-economic conflict in the information society. The IGF can
explore issues surrounding the public interest principles which underpin
intellectual property claims alongside the concept of a right to access
knowledge in the digital space It can also explore how individuals' property
right to own, build, test, and use consumer electronics, computers and other
forms of equipment can be reconciled with the regulation of technical
circumvention to protect copyrights. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It may also be useful to explore if and how other concepts may be meaningful
in relation to the Internet – for instance, a 'right to access the Internet
unconditional of the use being made of it (similar to electricity and
telephone). Similarly, a right of cultural expression, and a right to have an
Internet in ones own language, could inform the important IGF thematic area of
cultural diversity. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Other important internet
policy areas, like network neutrality, are being framed in terms of rights,
such as a right to access and share information, or as an extension of freedom
of expression itself. The right of the public to access government-produced
information presents itself in a wholly new manner in a digital environment,
where information is often publicly sharable at little or no extra cost.
Positive acts of withholding digital public information from citizens in fact
can be looked upon as a form of censorship. All of these rights-based
conceptions may be included in the IGF openness theme area along with open
standards Other rights such as the right of association and the right to
political participation may have important new implications in the internet
age, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>We recognize that while it
is relatively easy to articulate and claim "rights" it is much more
difficult to agree on, implement and enforce them. We also recognize that
rights claims can sometimes conflict or compete with each other. There can also
be uncertainty about the proper application of a rights claim to a factual situation.
The change in the technical methods of communication often undermines
pre-existing understandings of how to apply legal categories. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>These complexities, however, only strengthen
the case for using the IGF to explicitly discuss and debate these problems.
There is no other global forum where such issues can be raised and explored in
a non-binding context. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Internet governance has up
to this time largely been founded in technical principles and, increasingly, on
the internet's functionality as a giant global marketplace. With the internet
becoming increasingly central to many social and political institutions,
an alternative foundation and conceptual framework for IG can be explored. It
is the view of the IG Caucus that a rights-based framework will be appropriate
for this purpose. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A rights-based IG shouldn't be seen as threatening, but rather rights
provide a set of international standards and guiding principles that can help
to inform complex policy decisions. It is pertinent to recollect that WSIS
called for a people-centric information society, and a rights framework helps
develop people-centric IG agenda and polices.<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>It is the Caucus' view
that the IGF is the forum best suited to take up this task. This process should
start at the IGF Hyderabad, where workshops on rights issues are being
planned. These issues will also hopefully figure prominently in the main
sessions. The IGC fully expects that these discussions will help the IGF work
towards developing 'Rights and the Internet' as the over-arching theme of the
IGF-4 in Egypt. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Ian Peter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
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