WSIS C2C / CàC SMSI - C2C dialogue CàC : Witness 2 Wsis 2

Bienvenue à l'espace public sur le web C2C dialogue CàC

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 17:31:54 -0400

Bienvenue à l'espace public sur Internet C2C dialogue CàC où tous les Canadiens peuvent discuter, échanger de l'information et des fichiers ainsi que lire des comptes rendus sur le Sommet mondial sur la société del'information (SMSI). Cet espace sur Internet est né lorsque le projet eCommons/agora a pris conscience qu'aucun espace n'existait pour permettre un dialogue sans entraves sur la place du Canada et particularement des organismes de la société civile, dans le processus du SMSI. Merci pour les fonds offerts par la Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO. (juillet 2004)

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Free Encyclopedia Wikipedia.de Has Copyright (and ideology) Issues in Germany

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:27:21 -0500

Deutsche Welle
Germany | 29.11.2005
Free Encyclopedia Wikipedia.de Has Copyright Issues
Wikipedia.de is warning users that some entries have been corrupted
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1796407,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
The German version of free online encyclopedia Wikipedia has hit a glitch. Hundreds of entries are thought to have been lifted from East German reference books, reducing their value to users.

WIPO MEMBER STATES CONSIDER HOW TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:36:11 -0500

Geneva, November 22, 2005
WIPO MEMBER STATES CONSIDER HOW TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=9289
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) examined on Monday, the impact of the copyright system on the use of protected works for educational purposes in both the analog and digital environments, particularly in developing countries. The meeting took place at the beginning of deliberations by the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) which is being held in Geneva from November 21 to 23, 2005.

Wsis 2, Microsoft, and ' Vienna Conclusions' : Fear of free software leads to text meddling?

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:29:46 -0500

Microsoft, the "Vienna Conclusions," and the UN World Summit
[ english translation of
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/66530 -- now online at
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/66619 ]

The Vienna Conclusions drawn up for the UN's World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) were presented in an edited version in
Tunis: Digital Rights Management was inserted where "free software"

On Wsis 2 -- "Unilateral globalization" model of 'Net governance is new - by Hans Klein, Internet & Public Policy Project

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:23:52 -0500

November 23, 2005
An Assessment of the WSIS-2/Tunis ‘05 Outcomes
Hans Klein, INternet and Public Policy Project
http://www.ip3.gatech.edu/
The outcomes of the Tunis World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) are significant -- and rather surprising. ICANN emerges from the summit both unchanged and significantly different. After WSIS it has a stronger claim to legitimacy.

ICANN emerged unchanged, in that its institutional structures – most notably its mechanisms for political oversight – were not amended. ICANN continues to operate under the formal authority of a single government, the US. Such a unilateral globalization model is a novel arrangement, quite unlike what is used in other global sectors (e.g. telephony or communication satellites.) The US continues to exercise a kind of unipolar authority it does not have in physical space.

ICANN still rules the Internet roost - John McCormick, TechRepublic

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:33:46 -0500

ICANN still rules the Internet roost
John McCormick, TechRepublic
November 23, 2005
http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020457,39237486,00.htm
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received a last-minute reprieve at the World Summit on the Information Society, when the Bush administration agreed to the creation of a new UN-based discussion group. Meanwhile, SonyBMG continues to try to weather the fallout from its surreptitious copy-restriction rootkit, as conditions grow more stormy with the emergence of a Trojan horse that uses that rootkit to take over PCs.

ITU refuses to accept net governance agreement - By Kieren McCarthy in Tunis

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:22:24 -0500

The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/21/utsumi_rejection/
ITU refuses to accept net governance agreement
Head claims ITU will be in charge in five years
By Kieren McCarthy in Tunis
Published Monday 21st November 2005
The ITU has refused to accept the internet governance consensus reached after torrid negotiations during its own summit process, further damaging its credibility in eyes of the net community.

Social Movements Gained Much at Wsis - Interview with Sally Burch

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 03:38:19 -0500

Social Movements Gained Much at Wsis
Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200511230070.html
INTERVIEW November 23, 2005
by Stefania Milan
The World Summit on the Information Society was important for social movements to help them develop a better understanding of communication issues and it allowed different groups and different struggles to network. Terra Viva asked Sally Burch from the Communication Rights in the Information Society campaign to comment on how the summit helped social movements to mobilise around communications issues.

"Internet anytime, anywhere, by anyone -- except Tunisia" by Guy Berger: CONVERSE

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:21:22 -0500

Mail&Guardian Online Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:12 AM
Africa's first online newspaper. First with the news.
Internet anytime, anywhere, by anyone -- except Tunisia
Guy Berger: CONVERSE
http://www.mg.co.za/articledirect.aspx?articleid=257469&%3barea=%2finsight%2finsight__columnists%2f
23 Nov 2005 15:09 Something quite quaint happened in Tunis last week. It was triggered by an alliance of freedom of expression groups withdrawing from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a major United Nations conference in Tunisia.

USA press notw on Wsis 2 Nov. 18

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:09:45 -0500

U.S. DELEGATION TO WSIS - PRESS NOTE
Tunis, Tunisia November 18, 2005
Press Note: Nov. 18, 2005 As the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society draws to a close, the U.S. delegation wishes to express its thanks to the Tunisian organizers and the Tunisian people for having succeeded in the considerable logistical challenges of hosting the event. The World Summit on the Information Society provided the world with an opportunity to discuss two vitally important issues – how to bring the benefits of information technology to the developing world and how to ensure a free flow of information that is critical to the success of the Internet.

ITU secretary-general says ITU will run Internet - Biz eNews - Register reports

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:52:25 -0500

ITU secretary-general says ITU will run Internet
http://bizenews.wordpress.com/tag/internet-governance/
The out-going head of the ITU Yoshio Utsumi ended the WSIS sumit praising the delegates in his closing speech and then by virtually dismissing the internet governance agreement reached by those present in a press conference, claiming that the ITU would be in control in five years. Regionalisation would drive this move Utsumi predicted “Telephone networks are made up of regional, domestic networks united together in agreement of the ITU framework. A similar situation may start with the internet.” [ITU & Register MP3] Biz e-news

Wsis 2 Civil Society Statement Draft - Introduction and call for comments

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:33:51 -0500

Message from the CS Plenary list [ Karen Banks]:
Attached is the final version of the draft CS WSIS statement.
I realise that many of you have been following the process remotely, and don't have the benefit of explanations that were given during the plenary meetings in Tunis - hopefully the following will clarify the process for all.
Firstly, there were misunderstandings about the existence of a drafting group that was working online. There was no such group. The drafting group consisted of those who went to CS room 7 during wed/thurs or friday and contributed face to face to writing. We did not have time to do any drafting online.

Canada speaks momentarily Nov 17 at Wsis 2 - Details here

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:13:17 -0500

The live netcast from Wsis 2 go here
http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/webcast/english/index.html#
(New Zealand is speaking now)
Canada is urged to speak up on human rights violations in Tunisia.

Background
http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca/act/en/phase2.htm

The WSIS 2 Deal on Internet Governance - Michael Geist

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:29:29 -0500

The WSIS Deal

There is considerable coverage this morning (or this evening in Tunis)
on the last minute WSIS deal struck yesterday. The gist of the
coverage rightly reports that the U.S. emerged with the compromise
they were looking for as the delegates agreed to retain ICANN and the
ultimate U.S. control that comes with it (note that there is a lot in

Swiss president censored by Tunisia

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:16:00 -0500

16. November 2005, Swissinfo
http://www.nzz.ch/2005/11/16/eng/article6243670.html
Swiss president censored by Tunisia
Swiss President Samuel Schmid has been censored by Tunisian television for harshly criticising states that muzzle civil liberties.
Schmid's comments at the opening of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis drew lengthy applause from delegates who were his only audience.