[Chapter-delegates] Note on ACTA relevant Re: NYTimes: Regulating the Internet in a Multifaceted World

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Veni,

I'd say both things are happening and reality is diverse and 
non-homogeneous.

That said, I fully side with your precautionary message. We must support 
Constance and all ISOC's effort, as well as other organizations', in full 
awareness of the increasing threat against the Internet model and the 
Internet itself.

We must avoid two extremes, "the sky is falling" and complacence, and we 
must fight this fight everywhere.

In this sense some of you will find the following news heartening: the 
Mexican legislature has had discussions about ACTA for several months, 
many of them with intense participation of all sides of the debate, and 
while the work of the Plural Technical Group formed for this continues, it 
has now voted and made an exhortation to the Executive to NOT sign ACTA.

There are a few details still cooking but the call is now out at least 
from commissions and to a vote in the Permanent Commission.

It's only a small step and as I said above, no grounds for complacence. 
But it does show there are occasions in which principled, well-informed, 
well-presented argumentation can help set the agenda and even win the day.

Let's all go on to it.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Sun, 26 Jun 2011, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:55:44 -0400
> From: Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com>
> To: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> Cc: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] NYTimes: Regulating the Internet in a
>     	Multifaceted World
> 
> I wish I could be so optimistic as Constance is, but I am afraid there's much 
> more work to be done, in order to be considered "on an equal footing", if 
> ever.
> But there are other paragraphs in that article, which should worry ISOC 
> chapter members:
>
> Yet the multistakeholder approach is not enshrined in any law or treaty, and 
> it is not universally liked. The governments of Russia and some developing 
> countries, which are not members of the O.E.C.D., have expressed 
> dissatisfaction with it. They would like to see the International 
> Telecommunication Union, a U.N. agency, exercise greater oversight.
>
> Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Hamadoun Touré, secretary 
> general of the I.T.U., this month in Geneva, where he said that “Russia was 
> determined to contribute to the work of the union and to strengthen the 
> collaboration with the organization,” according to an I.T.U. news release.
>
> The official Russian government Web site carries a more detailed description 
> of the discussions, saying Mr. Putin told Mr. Touré: “We are thankful to you 
> for the ideas that you have proposed for discussion. One of them is 
> establishing international control over the Internet using the monitoring and 
> supervisory capabilities of the International Telecommunication Union.”
>
>
> I picked this difference two weeks ago, tweeted about it, and shared it with 
> people at ISOC and ICANN, as to me the difference in the press releases from 
> Russia and from the ITU is striking. It is the ITU which wants "increased 
> control and oversight over the Internet governance".
>
> Worth watching what will happen next.
>
> veni
>
>
> On 6/26/2011 21:12, Joly MacFie wrote:
>> 
>> http://j.mp/myyl7o  (New York Times)
>> 
>>     Constance Bommelaer, director of public policy at the Internet
>>     Society, a group that campaigns against restrictions on the
>>     Internet, said her organization had been invited to participate in
>>     the drafting of a communiqué to be issued at the O.E.C.D. meeting.
>>     At the G-8 meeting, by contrast, the communiqué had been drafted
>>     in advance by government representatives.
>> 
>>     “This time, we will participate on an equal footing with business
>>     and government, which is very encouraging,” she said.
>> 
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