<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm forwarding the important message below, with permission from the author who is Advocacy Coordinator for the European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRi).<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Joe McNamee" <<a href="mailto:joe@mcnamee.eu">joe@mcnamee.eu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">19 March 2010 5:09:17 PM GMT+08:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"'Jeremy Malcolm'" <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>RE: [EDRi-members] Internet governance</b><br></span></div><br><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region">
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<div link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Dear all,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The European Parliament is currently preparing a
non-legislative report on Internet governance. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The Committee responsible (Industry) is going fairly slowly,
but the MEP in charge has produced a fairly ill-informed document (in my humble
opinion) which includes rather unwelcome, confused and contradictory thoughts,
such as these:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.468+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.468+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN</a>
<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="normal12" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">6. Bearing in
mind that problems involving the Internet worldwide will continue to appear in
forthcoming years, it is important that the EU institutions continue to work
– as they are already doing on many fronts – on everything that may
affect <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place></st1:place>’s
values and fundamental rights’ heritage to ensure these are accepted in
the global management of the Internet. Progress must therefore continue to be
made on the following: <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">–guaranteeing
plural and non-discriminatory access to the Internet,<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">–defending
the European view on Internet neutrality,<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">–aspects
connected with security in the face of threats or attacks,<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:43.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-7.1pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
12.0pt">–protection of citizens’ right to privacy and resolution of
questions as to who has jurisdiction and which law is applicable in deciding where
cases are heard (given that the Rome II agreement expressly excludes
non-contractual conflicts connected with the right to privacy),<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">–protection
of intellectual property rights and guarantees regarding access to users’
culture,<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">–guaranteeing
free competition,<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="normal12" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">–combating
crime and, specifically, protection of minors’ rights.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The “Opinions” from other committees are
generally bland and repeatedly call for “more transparency” from
ICANN. My fear is that this chipping away at ICANN will lead us slowly in the
direction of the ITU (lets not forget, without having nightmares, that the ITU
and WIPO made a bid to fulfil the tasks now undertaken by ICANN!). To that end,
I would like to draw MEPs’ attention to the fact (?) that there
aren’t major problems with ICANN’s transparency, while the ITU
would be a disaster for transparency, at least for the following 3 reasons.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Companies pay to participate in ITU
discussions:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/membership/cost.html">http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/membership/cost.html</a><u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">This payment is actively sold by the
ITU as a way of buying influence:<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> T</span></font>hey
get “</span></font>access to various meetings at which decision-makers
and potential partners are engaged in discussions” (<a href="http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/membership/sector.html">http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/membership/sector.html</a>)<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Even more surprisingly, the
documents adopted by the ITU are not widely available and must be purchased.
See, for example:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.Sup6-200909-I/en">http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.Sup6-200909-I/en</a><u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">As a result, I’m sure that there are members
that know this issue far better than I do<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">, </span></font>particularly with regard to whether or not
there are significant transparency issues in ICANN. I therefore need your
feedback on a. if EDRi should be taking a view on this, b. if we should be
taking the view described above or c. if we should be taking another view?<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Best regards,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Joe<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Joe McNamee</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Advocacy Coordinator</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">European Digital Rights</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">39/3 Rue Montoyer</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">B-1000 <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brussels</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city></span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Belgium</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Tel: +32 2 550 4112</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.edri.org/">http://www.edri.org</a></span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p></div></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></div></div></div></div></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></blockquote></div><br><div>
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