[governance] the continuing NN debate

[Norbert Bollow]

"Parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

> So when our 'real' world is so regulated and filled with all kinds of law, I
> cannot understand how the digital world - which is reconstituting our
> 'reality' in so many ways - can be without laws and regulations. I think to
> expect so is mere wishful thinking, and more importantly, contrary to our
> common interests.

I'm not arguing that the digital world should be without laws and
regulations.

I'm arguing that the current structures of national policy-making and
international diplomacy cannot be trusted to create laws and
regulations that do more good than harm.

I'd propose that instead of rushing forward with the idea of a
"Framework Convention", we should work on creating reasonable,
accountable and transparent multistakeholder governance mechanisms
which cannot easily be co-opted by special interests similar to how
e.g. the EU Commission has been manipulated by the software patents
lobby, see http://NoBananaUnion.com for some details on than.

> > If yes, what's the strategy for getting this Framework Convention
> > adopted, while preventing the really good, practically effective
> > parts from being taken out prior to the adoption of the Framework
> > Convention?
> 
> The strategy is for us to be there and fight it out, abstaining is not a
> solution.

Wouldn't the details of the text of such a "Framework Convention"
be likely to get decided at a diplomatic conference with little or
no representation of NGOs?

Greetings,
Norbert.


-- 
Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>                       http://Norbert.ch
President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG        http://SIUG.ch
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