AW: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet treaty

[Peter H. Hellmonds]

Another very explicit reference can be found in a paper titled
ITU WSIS THEMATIC MEETING ON COUNTERING SPAM - SPAM IN THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY: BUILDING FRAMEWORKS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/spam/contributions/Background%20Paper_Building%20
frameworks%20for%20Intl%20Cooperation.pdf

("This paper was prepared by Claudia Sarrocco, Policy Analyst, International
Telecommunication Union, for the ITU World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS) Thematic Meeting on Countering Spam. The annex was compiled by
Cristina Bueti, ITU. This meeting was organized under the ITU New
Initiatives Programme of the Office of the Secretary-General of the ITU.")

There are a number of references throughout the text, notably under heading
2.1 "What is spam?":

"Several stakeholders have given definitions of spam, and although there are
common points, there is still no universally accepted definition. Broadly
speaking, spam includes all electronic messages that are unsolicited or
unwanted, sent to a large number of users (bulk) without regard to the
identity of the individual user, usually having commercial purposes, and
that can include viruses that propagate via e-mail, or fraud and scam
mechanisms."

-- Peter


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Peter H. Hellmonds [mailto:peter.hellmonds at hellmonds.eu] 
Gesendet: 23 December 2012 02:28
An: 'governance at lists.igcaucus.org'; 'Avri Doria'
Betreff: AW: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet
treaty

Hi Avri,

You wrote:
> Which ITU treaty or ITU standard defines what "Unsolicited bulk
communications"  means?

Your question got me searching and I found something:

In ITU RESOLUTION 130 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010)
http://www.itu.int/osg/csd/intgov/resoultions_2010/PP-10/RESOLUTION_130.pdf
on "Strengthening the role of ITU in building confidence and security in the
use of information and communication technologies", there is a reference
saying "that although there are no universally agreed upon definitions of
spam and other terms in this sphere, spam was characterized by ITU-T Study
Group 2, at its June 2006 session, as a term commonly used to describe
unsolicited electronic bulk communications over e-mail or mobile messaging
(SMS, MMS), usually with the objective of marketing commercial products or
services"

It may not be a treaty or a standard, but exemplifies the way this is
considered.

Is this helpful to the discussion?

Best,
Peter


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] Im Auftrag von Avri Doria
Gesendet: 17 December 2012 18:31
An: IGC
Betreff: Re: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet
treaty


On 15 Dec 2012, at 13:04, Roland Perry wrote:

> The anti-spam industry, and several privacy laws worldwide, have
established beyond doubt what 'Unsolicited bulk communications' means for
over a decade. There's no need to start new hares running.


Exactly where are these well established definitions?
Which ITU treaty or ITU standard defines what "Unsolicited bulk
communications"  means?

And I have not the faintest idea what you mean when you speak of 'hares
running.' 

avri


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