[governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting programme

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Sun Jan 23 12:33:13 EST 2011


Marilia

I find it very well worded, and support it as a 4th topic suggestion 
from IGC. parminder

Marilia Maciel wrote:
>
> Thanks for the encouragement, Lee.
>
>
> Please, guys, take a look at the draft below and tell me what you 
> think. I am not really sure about the title. I would prefer to frame 
> it in a positive way (ex: expressly talk about A2K), but my feeling is 
> that being more specific on what we want would give more strength to 
> the proposal. In addition, I have a feeling that A2K is sometimes 
> wrongly perceived in IGF as too theoretical or ideological, and people 
> try to confine this debate to fora like WIPO, despite a clear 
> intersection with IG. 
>
>
> On the other hand, putting two controversial topics on the same 
> sentence (IP and human rights) might not help much... Suggestions are 
> welcome!
>
>
> *Intellectual property enforcement online and its impact on 
> development and human rights
> *
>
>
> Recently there has been a change in the international intellectual 
> property regime. Rather than substantive law harmonization, 
> international IP norm-setting is now promoting an enforcement agenda, 
> an increasingly punitive response to counterfeiting and piracy now 
> being discussed in many national and international institutions. It is 
> an emerging matrix of new laws, regulations, technologies, and public 
> and private initiatives designed to police the use of intellectual 
> property, specially in the digital environment.
>
>
> New international standards require countries to increase the level 
> and territorial extent of intellectual property rights. This trend has 
> developmental impacts, as countries become less free to support open 
> platforms for learning, innovating, sharing and producing, while being 
> required to raise the amount spent on knowledge-based inputs.
>
>
> The enforcement agenda also impacts the exercise of rights online. The 
> adoption of laws that follow the model of “graduate response” in 
> several countries around the world reveals the trade-offs between the 
> enforcement agenda and human rights, such as the right to receive and 
> impart information, the right to privacy and consumer´s rights. 
> Moreover, it puts ISPs in the position of an “Internet police”, with 
> the role to oversight internet users.
>
>
> Governance of knowledge and Internet governance become deeply 
> intertwined in the context of an information society. The debate of 
> this theme in a multistakeholder forum, such as the IGF, would help to 
> reach a more round understanding about the impact of this enforcement 
> agenda on human rights, more specifically on access to knowledge, and 
> on the ability to innovate online.
>
>  
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu 
> <mailto:lmcknigh at syr.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     A quick word of encouragement for Marila to draft a fourth
>     possible a2k theme, can't hurt right.
>
>     But in general I am fine with Jeremy's distillation of three
>     workable themes
>
>     Lee
>
>
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>     <mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org>] On Behalf Of Marilia
>     Maciel [mariliamaciel at gmail.com <mailto:mariliamaciel at gmail.com>]
>     Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:02 PM
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>     Subject: Re: [governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting programme
>
>     Hi Jeremy,
>
>     I did not suggest it as a forth theme, since you said that we
>     generally only put forward three topics. If you guys believe that
>     a fourth theme should be added, I would be happy to draft a text.
>     If three themes seem to be the best way to go, I would like to ask
>     us to *really* make A2K present in all discussions as you
>     suggested. For that, we will need to carefully think about the
>     approach and the names of speakers for the main sessions, who
>     could link A2K with NN, transborder issues, etc. Of course,
>     workshop proposals would be also important to reach a more rounded
>     understanding of these interplays.
>
>     Marília
>
>
>     On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org
>     <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org><mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org
>     <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>>> wrote:
>     On 23/01/2011, at 6:04 AM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
>     While I agree with your approach that makes A2K a transversal
>     issue, I believe it is very important that we go beyond words and
>     really mainstream it on the debates.
>     Marilia and Ian, I'm not sure from your comments if you are both
>     saying that you want to see us putting forward a separate fourth
>     theme (since I don't see anyone suggesting that we should remove
>     one of the existing three themes).  Could you clarify and, if that
>     is what you are saying, perhaps suggest some text?
>
>
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