[governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting programme
parminder
parminder at itforchange.net
Sun Jan 23 22:13:31 EST 2011
Michael Gurstein wrote:
> I've made one small editorial change below... ("graduated" rather than
> "graduate")..
>
> I also, think there should be a paragraph in there about the ways in
> which various parties are trying to build copyright protection
> directly into the tech--software, hardware and I believe into carriage
> as well (and the risks/implications of this...
Yes, very important to add. The latest on this is Intel putting such
controls in the chip itself.... parminder
> I don't have the words to write that para but I' would guess others on
> the list do...
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* governance-request at lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org] *On Behalf Of *Marilia
> Maciel
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 23, 2011 8:10 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting
> programme
>
> ...
>
> *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 “ graudated
> 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
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>
> 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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