[bestbits] [governance] Internet-related Issues at PP-14

[David Cake]

I agree with Parminder. I would go further in that I'm not keen on this being applied to telephones either (which could arguably outlaw devices that can change IMEI. Very glad to hear the 'unauthorized' language has been dropped, but still find it quite problematic. 

And counterfeit is, as Parminder says, problematic enough. We've just seen a big issue in which a Windows Update was used to deliver an FTDI driver (a chip used in many simple USB peripherals) was delivered that 'bricked' counterfeit chips. While I wouldn't argue against use of IP law to stop counterfeiting (without wishing to dip into that complex issue), the idea that if a device is counterfeit is permissable to attempt to effectively destroy end users private property is outrageous. We need to stop that kind of thinking, that manufacturers intellectual property rights trump consumer rights and property rights. 

David




On 31 Oct 2014, at 2:01 pm, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

> Thanks Ujwala
> 
> I think one of the important issue right now is possible addition of "unauthorised" to "counterfeit" devices (which is bad enough) in draft new resolution on counterfeit devices.
> 
> It is almost catastrophic wrt FoE and freedom of innovation if every single device that has to ever employ IP based connectivity has to be "authorised". What worked for telephones cannot in the same way work in a pervasive IP environment where the possibilities of devices, applications etc is near limitless, and one should be able to , as they say, 'innovate at the edges'. 
> 
> Hope this can be stopped somehow.
> 
> On a different note, you have referred two commentaries on the India proposal. If you also link my email on the subject which is at http://lists.igcaucus.org/arc/governance/2014-10/msg00229.html  the commentaries would perhaps be more balanced..
> 
> Thanks for this excellent work and reference
> parminder 
> 
>  
> 
> On Friday 31 October 2014 11:03 AM, Ujwala Uppaluri wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> CCG has a list of Internet related issues to watch at Plenipot here.
>> 
>> Do let us know if there's anything significant missing.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Ujwala
>> 
>> -- 
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