<p class="MsoNormal">I support the statement and I particularly liked the
suggestion made by Avri (open, accountable instead of multilateral) and by
Milton on the exclusion of “in their respective roles”. <br>
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Regarding the reference made to ACTA, I don´t think we are implying that the
effective respect for these principles (openness, transparency, accountability,
etc) will stop forum shifting. The way I understand, we are simply calling attention to the fact that these
principles have been disregarded in other regimes/debates and that a clear message should be sent against this disrespect, by reaffirming
these principles and making them the base of our arrangements. </p>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Katitza is right. We will not stop powerful national governments from pursuing their interests through smaller "clubs" of like-minded states by creating new, overarching governance institutions -- unless you are proposing that these new institutions subordinate existing states to their authority - an idea that might be appealing in abstract terms, but would require a (literally) revolutionary groundswell of global popular support to have any effect.<br>
--MM<br>
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From: Katitza Rodriguez [<a href="mailto:katitza@eff.org">katitza@eff.org</a>]<br>
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I have trouble understanding Parminder's opinion. While I agree with this phrase (quote below), I do not understand why he thinks that by having this new global policy setting, Bilateral agreements (US FTAs - other countries), ACTA, etc will stop from happening. Better to said: Why creating a new global policy setting with binding recommendations will avoid / stop those agreements to happen. The United States start using this strategy when they failed to incorporate some of these proposals through WIPO, so they end up adding those proposals through the bilateral or multi lateral agreements (which of course, we object).<br>
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"It is now especially critical that the global community give renewed attention to these principles, at a time when we see danger of them being forgotten - for example, in that a proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that will affect Internet users around the world (including the most marginalized), has been shaped almost entirely by powerful corporate and state actors from the global North."<br>
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