[ga] Re: [alt.wsis] WIPO Shutting Out Public Interest Organizations

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe and all,

  Your points are well taken here anyway.  I am sure that other root
server operators will soon enough understand anycast and abuse
it appropriately or vise versa...

Joe Baptista wrote:

> On March 8, 2005 07:54 am, Jeff Williams wrote:
> > All,
> >
> >   Like ICANN's ALAC, the WTO, WHO, and WGIG, WIPO,
> > continues its ugly form of censorship... Is the UN truly relevant?
>
> Jeff:
>
> I find this time round it is a bit different.  The people here are making a
> genuine effort to understand the consequences and parameters of internet
> governance.
>
> Problem is they have ended up taking a very simple concept and blowing it up
> into a multi-issue world cause.  ICANN may yet pull the wool over their
> collective eyes one more time.  No one on the outside - i.e. almost everyone
> in the wsis process - has not yet managed to figure out that internet
> governance is defined by technical protocol.  And the technical protocol
> dictates that the end user is in charge - therefore all the activist pleading
> for power and inclusiveness in internet governance already have it.
>
> Its been interesting watching groups of people trying to take control or
> participate in a process they already control in the first place.
>
> But I think this time round everyone may figure it out - The U.S. DOC, IANA
> and ICANN have no power whatsoever.  That power to decide who wins the
> internet governance war is completely in the hands of end users.
>
> Its going to be fun to watch.  Especially when government and news outlets
> find out the person in charge of running most of the world DNS is one Paul
> Vixie - the anycast dns king.  King Vixie answer to no one but himself.
>
> But frankly I take my hat off to paul - I admit I admire how he quietly took
> over control of the internet - remember jeff when he highjacked the root with
> postel from a.root-servers.net to f.root-servers.net.  Now with anycast he
> can have his revenge anytime he wants.
>
> regards
> joe
> public-root.org
>
> >
> > See: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_03.php#003401[3
> >
> > WIPO Shutting Out Public Interest Organizations
> > Experts on Development Won't Be Heard at Crucial Meetings
> > Geneva - Last week, the World Intellectual Property
> > Organization (WIPO) announced that it will shut out most
> > public interest organizations at two important meetings
> > devoted to intellectual property and development. As a
> > result, WIPO delegates from 182 nations will discuss these
> > issues without hearing from many of the world's
> > best-qualified experts.
> > Scheduled for next month, two WIPO "Development Agenda"
> > meetings will focus on the impact of copyright, patent, and
> > other intellectual property rights regimes on the
> > developing world. Without the public interest
> > organizations, the discussions will be heavily weighted
> > toward major motion picture studios, broadcasters,
> > pharmaceutical giants, and other powerful interests that
> > want to expand copyright and patent law.
> > "This is an embarrassment for WIPO," explained EFF European
> > Affairs Coordinator Cory Doctorow. "Settling the debate by
> > locking one side out of the building isn't the way the UN
> > is supposed to work. We love the Development Agenda -- it's
> > supposed to be a new direction for WIPO. A one-sided
> > discussion isn't a new direction, though. It's just more of
> > the same."
> > These meetings are a response to the proposal put forward
> > by Brazil and Argentina in the wake of the Geneva
> > Declaration on the future of WIPO, which was signed by
> > hundreds of individuals and public interest
> > non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the
> > Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
> > Most public interest groups have only recently begun
> > participating in WIPO and are not yet permanently
> > accredited by the organization, since the accreditation
> > process takes a year and they have always been able to
> > participate as "ad hoc" observers in the past. On March 2,
> > however, the International Bureau Secretariat advised EFF
> > that only those NGOs that are currently accredited as
> > "permanent" observers at WIPO will be allowed to attend
> > these meetings. As a result, the bulk of civil society will
> > be barred from attending.
> > "The Secretariat's exclusion of ad hoc observer NGOs raises
> > fundamental questions about WIPO's commitment to a full and
> > thorough discussion of the important issues  in the
> > Development Agenda proposal," said EFF International
> > Affairs Director Gwen Hinze.
> > EFF is accredited as a WIPO permanent observer and will be
> > attending the meetings. The group will be reporting on the
> > proceedings and will attempt to represent the viewpoints of
> > some of the other public interest groups that are being
> > excluded from the process.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey A. Williams
> > Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
> > "Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others" -
> >     Pierre Abelard
> >
> > "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
> > liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
> > P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
> > United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
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Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others" -
    Pierre Abelard

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security
IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Registered Email addr with the USPS
Contact Number: 214-244-4827