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color=#0000ff size=2>Governments do not have any "rights;" they have powers.
Only people have rights. Insofar as governmental powers are justified and just,
they are held and exercised to secure rights for people. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Milton Mueller<BR>Professor, Syracuse University School of
Information Studies<BR>XS4All Professor, Delft University of
Technology<BR>------------------------------<BR>Internet Governance
Project:<BR><A
href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org</A><BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV>Perhaps the workshop could address aspects related to the Rights of
Governments, apart from focussing on the Rights of the Users?
Governments of the world might want to argue that they have a right to demand
certain content removed - You Tube has faced such rights based requests in the
recent past and now.</DIV>
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<DIV>Governments would like to argue that they have a moral right to filter,
and to censor inappropriate content ????</DIV>
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<DIV>What is this "rights-based values and principles for internet governance"
any way? Define rights, principles and then enact laws according to the agreed
values and principles ???</DIV>
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