hmmm....interesting and am musing on Norbert's additional phrase, it makes sense to me.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm not inclined to modify the statement on which the consensus call<br>> has been made<br><br></div>Hm... I think this means that as far as I'm concerned, we fail to have<br>
consensus.<br><br>In my view, the need for open standards which must be adequate not<br>only to prevent perpetuate of past monopolies but also prevent the<br>formation of new monopolies is an absolutely essential aspect<br>
of what the term "open Internet" should be understood to mean.<br><br>I apologize, I mean I'm really sorry, that I did not participate<br>as immediately actively in the drafting of this statement as I<br>now wish I had. But please note that I first made the request<br>
for the inclusion of a mention of the aspect of open standards<br>several days before the consensus call was issued, and that the<br>whole point of a consensus call is to give everyone the opportunity<br>to review a draft statement and speak out if, from any one the<br>
verious perspectives represented here, there's something seriously<br>wrong with the draft statement. From my perspective, this is the<br>case. The statement "An open Internet is one that supports<br>
<div class="im">development, promotes Access to Knowledge, and resists perpetuating<br>the power of old media and telecommunications empires on the new<br></div>network." is in my opinion so one-sided that it is actually seriously<br>
wrong, unless it is complemented with an additional sentence like<br>the one that I'm proposing.<br><br>When new media and telecommunication empires (think e.g. of facebook<br>and twitter) become monopolies through lack of adequate standardization,<br>
that is in no way better than the perpetuation of the power of old<br>media and telecommunication empires.<br><br>Greetings,<br><font color="#888888">Norbert<br></font>
<div class="im"><br>> On 30/01/2011, at 4:12 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:<br>><br>> >> 1. Open Internet - Network Neutrality on Wired and Mobile Networks<br>> >> Open Internet (or Network Neutrality) describes an ideal in which<br>
> >> the openness of the Internet to the broadest possible range of<br>> >> commercial and non-commercial content, applications and services is<br>> >> maintained. An open Internet is one that supports development,<br>
> >> promotes Access to Knowledge, and resists perpetuating the power of<br>> >> old media and telecommunications empires on the new network.<br>> ><br>> > Please add something like<br>> ><br>
> > "An open internet is based on open standards in such a way that it<br>> > also resists the creation of any new monopolies in the area of<br>> > information and communication technologies."<br>
><br>> Once the consensus call is in progress, I can normally only accept<br>> minor and uncontroversial changes to the text. Although I agree<br>> with this addition as a normative statement, it is not usually part<br>
> of the definition of open Internet or network neutrality. If the<br>> theme is accepted for Nairobi then we should be sure to make open<br>> standards a part of it, but at this stage I'm not inclined to modify<br>
> the statement on which the consensus call has been made.<br><br></div>
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