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<font face="sans-serif">Below is a proposed text for a workshop on </font>'A
possible framework for global Net Neutrality'. Thanks. parminder<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Network Neutrality has been one of
the
hottest Internet public policy issues in many countries, over
the
last year; US's Federal Communications Commission came out with
NN
guidelines that built over an agreement between two principal
corporate players in the area, EU has bene conducting a pulbic
hearing on the issue, French telecom regulatory authority have
come out
with a set of NN proposals and recommendations, Brazil a
drafting a
new civil rights framework for the Internet of which NN is an
important issue. Earlier, in 2009, Norway came out with a much
acclaimed set of NN guidelines. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">In the background, since Internet
is
essentially a global network and finally there must be common
global
norms on whether content can be prioritised across global
digital
highways including across global interconnection points) on
payments
by the content providers or not. Interesting, cross border
network
neutrality is a subject being dealt with by an experts committee
on
the Council of Europe. If we do not start talking about global
norms, taking into consideration the interests and viewpoints of
all
involved, we will eventually be faced by a default regime of
global
traffic flows which will be whatever gets decided by the key
economic
powers. This is undemocratic way of subjecting the global public
to
the political choices of a few, most powerful. On the other
hand, it
is also true that even in the more powerful nations, policy
making in
this area may become hostage to the interests of multinational
digital corporations at the cost of the national public
interest. It
it therefore of considerable value even for the more powerful
countries to seek global norms on NN. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The proposed workshop will explore
the
emerging progressive regimes in different countries and explore
the
possibility of coming up with a common set of global norms on
NN. </p>
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On Sunday 10 April 2011 01:44 PM, parminder wrote:
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<font face="sans-serif">Similarly, I am happy to propose a text
for the 'global network neutrality' workshop and help organize
it along with any or all others who may be interested. i can
undertake to anchor the effort on IGC's behalf. </font>parminder<br>
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On Saturday 09 April 2011 09:56 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTimsywOkty_ha-duEcCiKfXE0rm15g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">"For the India/IGC workshop, I'm happy to organise
(or to co-organise with anyone else who wishes to do so)."
<div>I would be happy to assist you, if you want some help.</div>
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<div>Marília<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:44 AM,
Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>On 09/04/2011, at 11:23 AM, parminder wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#333333">'A possible
framework for global Net Neutrality'<br>
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In addressing this issue we will be doing a
specific positive contribution to global
Internet policy regimes. <br>
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Important to note that Council of Europe is
working on the issue of global net neutrality.
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For the two suggested workshops on network neutrality
and human rights, before we could put either of them
forward as the IGC we would need:
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<div>(a) a volunteer to organise them (ie. pull the
speakers together, etc); and</div>
<div>(b) some descriptive text for the proposal to the
Secretariat/MAG.</div>
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<div>As for the Mapping workshop, we already have the
descriptive text, and Norbert has volunteered to help
organise (thank you Norbert!). Will anyone else be
co-organising with him (McTim, Miguel)?</div>
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<div>For the India/IGC workshop, I'm happy to organise
(or to co-organise with anyone else who wishes to do
so).</div>
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