OFFLIST:Re: [governance] Separate statement on themes for Vilnius

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Sat Feb 6 23:37:15 EST 2010


All.

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> McTim
>
> We may not much more time for this, but if your problem, as I read it, is
> that you think our statement seems to jettison considerations of technical
> principles in favour of 'internet rights and principles',

I have numerous "problems" with it, more below.

which is of course
> not at all meant, we can change the concerned sentence a bit, basically
> removing the term 'alternative'.
>
> "Internet governance has up to this time largely been founded in technical
> principles and, increasingly, on the Internet’s functionality as a giant
> global marketplace.

It's more social, than economic IMO.

 With the Internet becoming  increasingly central to many
> social and political institutions, an alternative foundation and conceptual
> framework for IG can be explored in looking at 'internet rights and
> principles'."
>
> may be changed to
>
> "Internet governance has up to this time largely been founded in technical
> principles and, increasingly, on the Internet’s functionality as a giant
> global marketplace.

How about:

"Internet governance has up to this time largely been focused on
technical aspects, increasingly however, social and economic issues
are gaining prominence in Internet governance discussions.


With the Internet becoming  increasingly central to many
> social and political institutions,

I'd rather:

With the Internet becoming  increasingly central to many
aspects of life" and cut " social and political institutions,"


we are of the view that a consideration
> of 'internet rights and principles' can provide the basis for a more
> comprehensive conceptual framework for IG."

I still don't know what "Internet rights and principles" means.

I note that the above changes do not address the  "rights-based"
discourse text that Jeannette warned us about.

I have no idea what this means either: "The change in the technical
methods of communication often undermines pre-existing understandings
of how to apply legal categories. "

What is the purpose of this sentence?

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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