[governance] Proposed workshop text on global net neutrality

[parminder]

Sorry, i reposted the earlier unedited text. the new edited text is below

    Network Neutrality has, over the last year, in many countries,
    become an urgent issue for Internet governance. The US Federal
    Communications Commission promulgated NN guidelines; to do so, the
    FCC, a public policy entity, started from the terms of an agreement
    between two corporate, and so private, players. The EU has conducted
    a pulbic hearing on the issue; the French telecom regulatory
    authority has proposed a set of NN recommendations; Brazil is
    drafting a civil rights framework for the Internet, of which NN is
    an important element. Earlier, in 2009, Norway issued NN guidelines,
    now broadly acclaimed.

    The Internet is a global network and finally there must be common
    global norms:  can content be prioritised across global digital
    highways (including across global interconnection points) based on
    purchase of that priority by content providers? Interestingly, cross
    border network neutrality is a subject being dealt by an experts
    committee of the Council of Europe. If we do not start talking about
    global norms, taking into consideration the interests and viewpoints
    of all involved, we will eventually find ourselves forced into a
    default regime of global traffic flows decided only by key economic
    powers, who often are private actors. This is undemocratic. It
    subjects the global public to the political choices of a few, the
    most powerful. Even in the more powerful nations, policy making in
    this area may prove hostage to the interests of multinational
    digital corporations and so potentially contravene the national
    public interest.

    It it therefore of considerable value, even for the more powerful
    countries, to seek global norms on NN. The proposed workshop will
    explore the emerging progressive regimes in different countries,
    then explore the steps to a shared set of global norms on NN.




On Sunday 10 April 2011 09:45 PM, parminder wrote:
> A kind soul helped undo some atrocities to the English language 
> committed in the text I posted :). Pl see below
>
>
>     Network Neutrality has been one of the hottest Internet public
>     policy issues in many countries, over the last year; US's Federal
>     Communications Commission came out with NN guidelines that built
>     over an agreement between two principal corporate players in the
>     area, EU has bene conducting a pulbic hearing on the issue, French
>     telecom regulatory authority have come out with a set of NN
>     proposals and recommendations, Brazil a drafting a new civil
>     rights framework for the Internet of which NN is an important
>     issue. Earlier, in 2009, Norway came out with a much acclaimed set
>     of NN guidelines.
>
>     In the background, since Internet is essentially a global network
>     and finally there must be common global norms on whether content
>     can be prioritised across global digital highways including across
>     global interconnection points) on payments by the content
>     providers or not. Interesting, cross border network neutrality is
>     a subject being dealt with by an experts committee on the Council
>     of Europe. If we do not start talking about global norms, taking
>     into consideration the interests and viewpoints of all involved,
>     we will eventually be faced by a default regime of global traffic
>     flows which will be whatever gets decided by the key economic
>     powers. This is undemocratic way of subjecting the global public
>     to the political choices of a few, most powerful. On the other
>     hand, it is also true that even in the more powerful nations,
>     policy making in this area may become hostage to the interests of
>     multinational digital corporations at the cost of the national
>     public interest. It it therefore of considerable value even for
>     the more powerful countries to seek global norms on NN.
>
>     The proposed workshop will explore the emerging progressive
>     regimes in different countries and explore the possibility of
>     coming up with a common set of global norms on NN.
>
>
>
> On Sunday 10 April 2011 08:37 PM, parminder wrote:
>> Below is a proposed text for a workshop on 'A possible framework for 
>> global Net Neutrality'. Thanks. parminder
>>
>>     Network Neutrality has been one of the hottest Internet public
>>     policy issues in many countries, over the last year; US's Federal
>>     Communications Commission came out with NN guidelines that built
>>     over an agreement between two principal corporate players in the
>>     area, EU has bene conducting a pulbic hearing on the issue,
>>     French telecom regulatory authority have come out with a set of
>>     NN proposals and recommendations, Brazil a drafting a new civil
>>     rights framework for the Internet of which NN is an important
>>     issue. Earlier, in 2009, Norway came out with a much acclaimed
>>     set of NN guidelines.
>>
>>     In the background, since Internet is essentially a global network
>>     and finally there must be common global norms on whether content
>>     can be prioritised across global digital highways including
>>     across global interconnection points) on payments by the content
>>     providers or not. Interesting, cross border network neutrality is
>>     a subject being dealt with by an experts committee on the Council
>>     of Europe. If we do not start talking about global norms, taking
>>     into consideration the interests and viewpoints of all involved,
>>     we will eventually be faced by a default regime of global traffic
>>     flows which will be whatever gets decided by the key economic
>>     powers. This is undemocratic way of subjecting the global public
>>     to the political choices of a few, most powerful. On the other
>>     hand, it is also true that even in the more powerful nations,
>>     policy making in this area may become hostage to the interests of
>>     multinational digital corporations at the cost of the national
>>     public interest. It it therefore of considerable value even for
>>     the more powerful countries to seek global norms on NN.
>>
>>     The proposed workshop will explore the emerging progressive
>>     regimes in different countries and explore the possibility of
>>     coming up with a common set of global norms on NN.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday 10 April 2011 01:44 PM, parminder wrote:
>>> Similarly, I am happy to propose a text for the 'global network 
>>> neutrality' workshop and help organize it along with any or all 
>>> others who may be interested. i can undertake to anchor the effort 
>>> on IGC's behalf. parminder
>>>
>>> On Saturday 09 April 2011 09:56 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
>>>> "For the India/IGC workshop, I'm happy to organise (or to 
>>>> co-organise with anyone else who wishes to do so)."
>>>> I would be happy to assist you, if you want some help.
>>>>
>>>> Marília
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org 
>>>> <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     On 09/04/2011, at 11:23 AM, parminder wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     'A possible framework for global Net Neutrality'
>>>>>
>>>>>     In addressing this issue we will be doing a specific positive
>>>>>     contribution to global Internet policy regimes.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Important to note that Council of Europe is working on the
>>>>>     issue of global net neutrality.
>>>>
>>>>     For the two suggested workshops on network neutrality and human
>>>>     rights, before we could put either of them forward as the IGC
>>>>     we would need:
>>>>
>>>>     (a) a volunteer to organise them (ie. pull the speakers
>>>>     together, etc); and
>>>>     (b) some descriptive text for the proposal to the Secretariat/MAG.
>>>>
>>>>     As for the Mapping workshop, we already have the descriptive
>>>>     text, and Norbert has volunteered to help organise (thank you
>>>>     Norbert!).  Will anyone else be co-organising with him  (McTim,
>>>>     Miguel)?
>>>>
>>>>     For the India/IGC workshop, I'm happy to organise (or to
>>>>     co-organise with anyone else who wishes to do so).
>>>>
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