[governance] Inputs for synthesis paper

Wed Sep 3 00:27:06 EDT 2008

Hanane and all,

  Again I look forward to the day when the Internet is available
in all languages including latin and Sanskrit.  I also look forward
to the day that the countries who's native language is not well
represented on the Internet pony up the funds/funding to make
it happen.  Many arabic countries for instance have avaliable
plenty of funds to make it happen in their countries where various
arabic languages are their native language.  Yet I have not seen
or read of any to date that have announced or are engaged in
actually doing much about it.  Same is true for EU nations and
their native language.

  ICANN has "Approved" IDN gTLD's at the recent Paris
meeting.  Now we shall see when, whom, and how those
nations take advantage of this and submit applications for
their own IDN gTLD and pay for the development of it
themselves.  It's a cinch that the US isn't going to fund such
efforts, nor should it.  We're broke and in debt!  >:(

Hanane Boujemi wrote:

> Parminder and all,
>
> Indeed, my suggestion of the right of a multilingual Internet is purely
> reflecting the concern of a minority of Internet users who are not able to
> benefit fully of  what Internet can offer. The reason lies behind the fact
> that there is a clear lack of reliable online content in languages like
> Arabic. The UNESCO is working on many projects to promote this concept and
> other organizations who are obviously concerned.
>
> The reason why I think a multilingual Internet might be included as right
> (if we all agree) is to engage as many parties or stakeholders in  making
> this concept a reality.
>
> As a native Arabic speaker using Internet for at least 12 hours a day, I
> mostly rely on English online content for the simple reason that content in
> Arabic is scarce (at least for the subjects I am interested in).
>
> This right falls as well under two major themes of IGF: diversity and
> access.  I think it's feasible to include a multilingual Internet as an
> inherent right.
>
> Hanane Boujemi
> IG Research Coordinator and Supervisor
> Internet Governance Projects
> DiploFoundation
> www.diplomacy.edu/ig
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Parminder" <parminder at itforchange.net>
> To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>; "'McTim'" <dogwallah at gmail.com>
> Cc: "'Milton L Mueller'" <mueller at syr.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [governance] Inputs for synthesis paper
>
> >
> >
> > This was before the notion of a "right to the Internet in
> >> every language" language, that is my "bridge too far".
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> McTim
> >
> >
> > I did not propose that part (though I agree with it). Hanane did, who
> > being
> > from an Arab country may have felt its necessity more strongly than many
> > others. You may give your reasons and deliberate with her and we can
> > proceed
> > accordingly.
> >
> > BTW, the 'right to have an Internet in ones own language' has its
> > equivalent
> > in the 'right to have education in ones mother tongue' which is spoken of
> > inter alia in the framework of 'education for all'. The IGF, Hyderabad's
> > overall theme 'Internet for All' was taken from this concept.
> >
> > Parminder
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:36 PM
> >> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Parminder
> >> Cc: Milton L Mueller
> >> Subject: Re: [governance] Inputs for synthesis paper
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> pen. McTim, who
> >> > now supports you on this, did use the pen on the draft text.
> >>
> >> I edited for length and a bit of style, cutting out some strong
> >> rhetoric.  This was before the notion of a "right to the Internet in
> >> every language" language, that is my "bridge too far".
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> McTim
> >> mctim.blogspot.com
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