<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Dominique Lacroix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu" target="_blank">dl@panamo.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Well, thanks Fahd.<br>
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How hell could we improve the quality of informations provided by
Techdirt and a poor lonesome Republican FCC commissioner?<br></div></div></blockquote><div>+1 </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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The post is based upon quotes from a Mr. Robert Mcdowell's
article.<br>
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Eg. <i>Reading even a partial list of proposals that could be
codified into international law next December at a conference in
Dubai is chilling:</i>
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<li><i>Subject cyber security and data privacy to international
control;</i></li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div>This can never happen. Countries can strengthen their resolve to working towards increased cooperation when it comes to investigation and enforcement but a major barrier is the duality of legislative provisions. The world is far from this stage. Noting however, that Cyber Security is a collection of tools, policies, best practices etc etc. With regards to Data Privacy, we are witnessing a trend within countries themselves of flagrant abuse not only by some players within the Private Sector but also Governments. See EFF website for some examples.</div>
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<li><i>Allow foreign phone companies to charge fees for
"international" Internet traffic, perhaps even on a
"per-click" basis for certain Web destinations, with the
goal of generating revenue for state-owned phone companies
and government treasuries;</i></li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div>Believe it or not, countries have been complaining of telephone hijacking that is an offence in some jurisdictions like Australia under the category of "theft of telecommunications services" and is not a criminal offence in others. To draw from but a few examples around the world we see different categorisations of cyber crime, see the US, Council of Europe and Australia. For some developing countries, loss in call revenue from certain acts means a serious loss of revenue. If we use the example of Ethiopia which was on the list, they have decided to criminalise VOIP (which is a super extreme measure) to sustain their business model to allow for rollout of universal services.</div>
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<li><i>Impose unprecedented economic regulations such as
mandates for rates, terms and conditions for currently
unregulated traffic-swapping agreements known as "peering."</i></li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div>If they are referring to the Accounting and Taxation aspects, it will be great to make clear what precisely is being objected to. I mean we are witnessing even within the IETF when JFC Morfin made the call that there needs to be more civil society presence hence the IUCG to ensure that things or design remain people centric because you have corporates holding the reign in decision making processes. To be frank, I am not opposed to the Private Sector because my personal views are that all stakeholders whether they are civil society, private sector or governments are equally important. The Private sector have done alot for building infrastructure, creating markets etc and governments have also a role in stewarding and ensuring that appropriate climates and conditions are present to enable economic growth and also protecting the rights of individuals. Civil Society exists to be a watchdog etc. I would say that the challenge for the multistakeholder environment is now getting them to collaborate. My personal view is that there are two paradigms at play - one holds the view that the model should be self regulatory, that is let sleeping dogs lie. The other paradigm is that there is need for regulation. The reality is that given the complexity of the Internet Architecture and that we live in a global borderless world although some argue that we still live in a world with borders, it follows that the issues for Internet Governance in light of this debate require careful screening. There is a misconception on one view that ITU regulates, in my view it does not. Countries regulate and the means in which they regulate differs. Because all our countries (ie. all those subscribed to this list) are members of the UN with the exception if someone is "stateless" of course, it follows that the UN carries the mandate of all countries and it can only execute that which countries push, so whether it is a big country like the US or a small country like Kiribati, everyone gets one vote at the General Assembly and likewise each country has speaking and voting privileges. On another note with the likes of Google they have also done some really incredible things for humanity. Having seen the excellent contribution in the wake of disaster preparation and mitigation that Google has done, they can remind governments of how they are helping make a difference in Japan, in parts of Africa. Of course at the same time, they must also review certain practices that are questionable. However, the adversarial approach to discussions on critical issues won't do anyone any good. If countries are raising certain issues, then we should listen to their voices even if we disagree and make room for dialogue. The strength of the IGF is the creation of that one "safe space" that will encourage people and organisations of diverse voices to come together to dialogue. It is how we manage that dialogue that will be critical in the days to come.</div>
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<li><i>Establish for the first time ITU dominion over important
functions of multi-stakeholder Internet governance entities
such as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers, the nonprofit entity that coordinates the .com and
.org Web addresses of the world.</i></li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div>For this to happen it must mean that countries consent. I personally don't see this happening any time soon as there are far more important things that needs doing instead of taking over a complex task. There are countries outside of the US who have assigned the ICANN to carry out this function </div>
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Mr. Robert Mcdowell : <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/leadership" target="_blank">http://www.fcc.gov/leadership</a> -
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/leadership/robert-mcdowell" target="_blank">http://www.fcc.gov/leadership/robert-mcdowell</a><br>
NB. He's a lawyer from Virginia, whose famous Court gets Grand
Juries who spread generously
<span>indictments</span> all around the world: <br>
Megaupload; Assange coming soon.<br>
It's a pity that suspense and surprise become unlikely with jurors
drawn among employees of DOD, CIA, National Counterterrorism
Center etc.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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@+, Dominique<br>
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Dominique Lacroix
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Le 26/08/12 22:02, Fahd A. Batayneh a écrit :<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/21460320121/itu-travel-all-way-to-dubai-then-well-decide-if-you-can-attend-our-meeting-internet-governance.shtmlv" target="_blank">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120821/21460320121/itu-travel-all-way-to-dubai-then-well-decide-if-you-can-attend-our-meeting-internet-governance.shtmlv</a><br>
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Another interesting move from the ITU... Whatever that means!<br>
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Fahd<br>
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