Dear Jean-Jacques, I entirely agree with your thoughts and arguments on the role of RALOs and the ALAC and I think, whenever/wherever the interests of Internet users are affected or potentially at stake, we should verify possible impacts on a regional level - what in the given ACTA case is rather clear to me - and raise our voice. I am conscious that it is an ambitious goal but we need to work and progress into this direction. Therefore, I would support your ideas, particularly and at least to "make a brief statement supporting the ISOC position overall ...". Thanks and kind regards, Wolf Jean-Jacques SUBRENAT wrote Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:01:
Dear Wolf,
thank you for providing the link to this comprehensive position paper from the Internet Society. I find that this ISOC statement is a model, and others, including ICANN, would be well advised to ponder its scope, wording, content and probable impact.
Faced with such a shining example, what can or should the ALAC do? IMO, there are two paths: - make a brief statement supporting the ISOC position overall: this would be fine and would entail little effort, but of course we've already been followers instead of movers (see previous debate about the DNS being turned off in Egypt); - or, reflect upon the way ISOC perceives its role and acts accordingly, as this may potentially be of relevance to ALAC. Do we remain in "reaction" mode, waiting to be specifically requested by the ICANN Board to give advice on something, or do we consider it part of the development process of ALAC to select, on its own, some topics where it can add value and therefore gain further credibility? For instance, can we as the ALAC carry the ISOC reasoning one step further by concentrating on the implications of the ACTA, in its present form, for the general user worldwide?
If my suggestion of ALAC making a sort of ISOC+ statement were to be further explored, there would be a need to - identify, among the ALAC membership, those with legal expertise, e.g. in IPR, consumer protection, freedom of information in various parts of the world; - consult all RALOs to identify issues and questions, which may vary from one region to another (enforcement of IPR, injunctions against third parties, technological implications, IMPLICATIONS AND RISKS FOR THE GENERAL INTERNET USER?...).
Regards, Jean-Jacques.
On 15/02/11 22:20, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net> wrote:
Dear all,
as some of you may have realised already, I am deeply concerned about the on-going process of the ACTA negotiations (ACTA stands for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). In this context, I got to know the ISOC statement ³Calling for an open and international dialogue ².
In the statement, ISOC refers to / ³wishes to take this opportunity to provide our preliminary perspective on those parts of the proposed agreement which pertain to the Internet, Internet governance, Internet technologies, Internet intermediaries and/or Internet users.² What is our concern as well. I would like to share (with all those who haven¹t seen the statement already) this with you. Full text see: http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/docs/acta-ustr_20110214.pdf
Kind regards, Wolf
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