[governance] the continuing NN debate

[Lee McKnight]

Norbert, 

You presuppose you know where a framework convention would go, and also
that it would work like a typical un convention.  

The first I don't know, while the second is highly dubious.

On the other hand specific regulatory intervention soon is Ok you
say...so which path gets governments involved deeper and earlier? When
we haven't yet agreed what the subject of the regulations is?

Lee

Prof. Lee W. McKnight
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
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>>> nb at bollow.ch 9/5/2006 5:31 PM >>>
"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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