From muguet at mdpi.net Tue Sep 11 23:52:22 2007 From: muguet at mdpi.net (Dr. Francis MUGUET) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:52:22 +0200 Subject: [Wsis-pct] New WSIS Civil Society Working Group on Information Networks Governance Message-ID: <46E70E16.8040805@mdpi.net> Dear supporters of freedom. Within the implementation of the WSIS, the time has come now to fight for freedom on the internet and in general on all information networks. Between on one side a technico-industrial complex only concerned with commercial interests ( and with courting some governments ... ), and on the other side authoritarian governments ( some supposedly democratic... ), Civil Society is faced with the difficult task to defend its core values and freedom, without compromising with the proxies of either sides. Francis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * *WSIS Civil Society Working Group on Information Networks Governance * *http://www.wsis-gov.org* Within the overall framework of the implementation of the recommendations of the *World Summit on the Information Society* , it appears that political and ethical standards demand the formation of a Civil Society working group. The "Civil Society" must be clarified as a group of people sharing such core values as openness, transparency, public interest, diversity, inclusion and a sincere concern for sustainable development, in bridging the digital divide. "Civil Society" shall not be defined "subtractively" as a group of people who neither belong to the government nor business sectors. In this view, "Civil Society" must be differentiated from the "Internet Community", which is increasingly dominated by the technico-industrial complex that manages critical internet resources. The working group is going to deal with all governance issues related to all information networks, which include not only *Internet Governance*, but also governance of *Telecommunication networks* and especially *Next Generation Networks* . This site *Wsis-Gov.org* is now the site of the * WSIS Civil Society Working Group on Information Networks Governance*. Linguistic Diversity, either with the help of different page versions, or with embedded automatic translation is fully acknowledged, with linkage with the *Dynamic Coalition on Linguistic Diversity* . * Monday 03 September 2007*. The formal announcement ( speech ) of the group formation was made by its founding president : Louis Pouzin , during the IGF Open Consultations on Monday 3 September 2007, at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. // Thank you Mr Chairman, I wish to use this opportunity to announce the creation of a new working group in the Civil Society. This group is called Civil Society Working Group on Information Networks Governance. Why create another working group on Internet governance? Indeed, there is already a group called Internet Governance Caucus. From our observations there is in this group a strong presence of the Internet community, "Internity" for short. They have ties with some governments, with the business sector, with NGO's, and with the domain name milk cow. Quite a few people in the Civil Society do not share these interests. As a result there is no majority for a consensus on significant reforms of internet governance. It appears that it would be better to draw clearer lines, let the internet community lobby for its own turf, and have a Civil Society Working Group with a distinct agenda. What agenda ? To identify, and promote enablers of societal development, taking full account of existing diversities, e.g. culture, language, geography, political system, etc. To adjust governance structures to people's needs, rather than the opposite. In short, implement the Tunis Agenda. What structures do we propose ? This working group is now created, as of 3rd September 2007. It is international. A chairman, or coordinator, whatever term the group prefers, is rotated every 6th month. The 1st one is myself. The group is multilingual, starting with English, French, Spanish, and other languages when it becomes practicable. There shall be an ethics committee, in charge of evaluating potential conflicts of interests. Additional mechanisms are needed, e.g. for nominations, votes, events, etc. They will be defined by the group. Participation is open to everyone abiding by the group rules, and not involved with the internet community. A discussion list is open. Anyone may subscribe. People interested may join in now. Thank you. // * Wednesday 12 September 2007*. Opening of discussions on the **Mailing List* * *On the agenda of next discussions on the list :*: /Urgent/ : proposal of panelists for the main sessions. Comments on the Advisory Group Report Opacity and rule of silence ? Betrayal of the mandate : No recommendations in the emerging issues session ? Coalition reports and outcomes under control ? Silence, no rotation here ? Shall the human rights commission be contacted ? Is an audit of the secretariat needed ? The May 2007 C5 Cybersecurity action line meeting : a setback for the ITU ? Financial support for LDC IGF participants, a still born coalition ? Search for a long term solution Coalitions that do not seek to get IGF outcomes and recommendations ? phony groups or tools of diversion ? The choice between lobbies' anarchy and a new multi-stakeholder legal regime ? Identification of obstacles to the implementation of the Tunis Agenda mandate Means to empower local Civil Society groups / /: -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20070911/36399cba/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 32341 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20070911/36399cba/attachment-0001.gif From muguet at mdpi.net Tue Sep 11 23:53:37 2007 From: muguet at mdpi.net (Dr. Francis MUGUET) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:53:37 +0200 Subject: [Wsis-pct] =?iso-8859-1?q?Nouveau_groupe_sur_la_Gouvernance_des_R?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=E9seaux_d=27Information?= Message-ID: <46E70E61.2040008@mdpi.net> * * *Groupe de travail, de la Soci?t? Civile, au SMSI sur la Gouvernance des R?seaux d'Information* *http://www.wsis-gov.org* Dans le cadre de la mise en oeuvre des recommandations du *Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information* , la formation d'un groupe de travail au sein de la soci?t? civile, et identifi? en tant que tel, appara?t comme une n?cessit? politique et morale. Il doit ?tre clarifi? que la ? La soci?t? civile ? est constitu?e par un groupe de personnes partageant des valeurs fondamentales, telles que l'ouverture, la transparence, l'int?r?t public, la diversit?, l'inclusion et un souci sinc?re pour le d?veloppement durable et pour combler le foss? num?rique. ? La Soci?t? Civile ? ne sera pas d?finie par effet de soustraction, comme le reste des personnes n'appartenant pas clairement ni au secteur gouvernemental ni aux affaires. Dans cette optique, ? la Soci?t? Civile ? doit ?tre distingu?e de la ? Communaut? de l'Internet ?, le complexe technico-industriel qui contr?le les ressources critiques de l'Internet. Le groupe de travail traite de toutes les questions de gouvernance pour l'ensemble des r?seaux de transfert d'information, ce qui inclut non seulement la *gouvernance de l'Internet*, mais ?galement la gouvernance des *r?seaux de t?l?communications*, et plus particuli?rement la gouvernance des *R?seaux de Nouvelle G?n?ration* . Ce site *Wsis-Gov.org* constitue le site du Groupe de travail de la Soci?t? Civile au SMSI sur la Gouvernance des R?seaux d'Information La diversit? linguistique, soit ? l'aide de diff?rentes versions du site ou des pages, soit avec des outils enfouis de traduction automatique, est pleinement reconnue, en liaison avec la * Coalition Dynamique pour la Diversit? Linguistique* . *Lundi 3 septembre 2007. *L'annonce formelle de la formation de groupe a ?t? ?ffectu?e par son pr?sident fondateur : Louis Pouzin durant la session de consultation ( minutes ) du Forum de la Gouvernance de l'Internet, le Lundi 3 septembre 2007, aux Palais des Nations, ? Gen?ve. / Merci Mr. le Pr?sident. Je souhaitais ? cette occasion annoncer la cr?ation d'un nouveau groupe de travail de la Soci?t? Civile. Le nom de ce groupe est: Groupe de travail de la Soci?t? Civile sur la Gouvernance des R?seaux d'Information. Pourquoi cr?er un autre groupe de travail ? De fait il existe d?j? un groupe intitul? Internet Governance Caucus. Selon nos observations on trouve dans ce groupe une forte pr?sence de la "communaut? Internet", l'Internit? pourrait-on dire. Cette population est li?e ? certains gouvernements, au secteur marchand, ? des ONG, et ? la vache ? lait des noms de domaine. Une partie de la Soci?t? Civile ne partage pas ces int?r?ts. De ce fait il n'y a pas de majorit? pour un consensus sur des r?formes significatives de la gouvernance de l'internet. Il apparait qu'il serait pr?f?rable de tracer des lignes plus nettes, de laisser la communaut? internet faire du lobby pour son propre domaine, et de cr?er un groupe de travail de la Soci?t? Civile avec des objectifs distincts. Quels objectifs ? Identifier, et promouvoir des catalyseurs du d?veloppement soci?tal, prenant totalement en compte les diversit?s existantes, p.ex. culturelles, linguistiques, g?ographiques, politiques, etc. Adapter les structures de gouvernance aux besoins des gens, plut?t que l'inverse. En bref, mettre en oeuvre l'Agenda de Tunis. Quelles propositions de structures pour ce nouveau groupe ? Il est maintenant cr??, en date du 3 septembre 2007. Il est international. Une rotation du pr?sident, ou du coordinateur, selon le terme pr?f?r? par le groupe, aura lieu tous les six mois. Le premier est Louis Pouzin. Le groupe est multilingue, au d?but en anglais, espagnol et fran?ais, et autres langues par la suite selon possibilit?s pratiques. Il y aura un comit? d'?thique, charg? d'?valuer les cas possibles de conflits d'int?r?ts. D'autres dispositifs seront n?cessaires, p.ex. pour les nominations, votes, organisation d'?v?nements, etc. Ils seront d?finis par le groupe. La participation est ouverte ? toute personne respectant les r?gles du groupe, et n'ayant pas d'activit? dans la communaut? internet. Une liste de discussion est ouverte. Toute personne peut s'y enregistrer. Les personnes int?ress?es peuvent y participer d?s maintenant. Merci de votre attention. /*Mercredi 12 septembre 2007.* Ouverture des discussions sur la **Liste de courriel * * *Mercredi 12 septembre 2007.* 17H30-19H30 Les enjeux du prochain Forum de la Gouvernance de l'Internet ? Rio ( ENSTA , Paris ) La cr?ation du groupe sera l'un des sujets ?voqu?s. *A l'agenda des prochaines discussions sur la liste :*: /En urgence /: Proposition d'intervenants pour les sessions principales Commentaires du rapport sommaire du Groupe Consultatif ( advisory board ) Discussions : Opacit? et loi du silence dans le groupe ? Pas de recommandations dans la session des sujets en train d'?merger ? les rapports des coalitions sous contr?le ? Silence, on ne tourne pas ? Doit-on saisir la commission des droits de l'homme ? Doit-on auditer le secr?tariat ? La session de Mai 2007 concernant la ligne d'Action Cybers?curit?. Rapport et discussions : Un ?chec pour l'UIT ? Le financement de la participation des PVDs, une coalition morte n?e ? recherche d'une solution durable Des coalitions qui ne recherchent pas des r?sultats et des recommendations ? Des coalitions de diversion ? des cr?ations bidons ? Le choix entte l'anarchie des lobbies et un nouveau r?gime juridique pour le dialogue multi-acteur ? Identification des obstacles ? la mise en oeuvre de l'Agenda de Tunis Moyens pour renforcer les capacit?s des groupes de la Societ? Civile locale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20070911/1abca5bb/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 32341 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20070911/1abca5bb/attachment-0001.gif From rusdiah at rad.net.id Sat Sep 22 09:46:52 2007 From: rusdiah at rad.net.id (rusdiah rudi) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:46:52 +0700 Subject: [Wsis-pct] Case study & wake up call for other courts in developing countries ? In-Reply-To: References: <46689ECC.8000506@mdpi.net> <1182180269.4919.41.camel@marimo-laptop> <467FAD8E.20905@rad.net.id> Message-ID: <46F4C86C.5090900@rad.net.id> My comments on the article below: Posted on: September 22, 2007, 12:37 AM PDT Story: EU ruling deals setback to Microsoft Thank God, at least it gives hopes for a better competitive legal O/S and application software market in developing countries, where Microsoft control of legal software market share is also very dominant, it might abuse its dominant position (take it or leave it) by setting high price in Indonesia and other developing countries. Consequently, prices of proprietary legal O/S software products can often be more expensive in Indonesia (developing country) than in USA or Europe,for instant in contrast with the price of Mac Donald hamburger or Kentucky fried chicken in global market which follow purchasing power of the people in a country (competitive & fair competition market). Alternative legal products (GNU, Linux & Open Source) are still scarce and less popular, so many still end up using illegal software (pirated copy) that are readily available in the market. Strong lobby of dominant players on the IPR and Anti Monopoly law also seen in many developing country such as Indonesia, where dominant position in IPR products issues are excluded from Anti Monopoly and Unfair Competition law, thus monopoly might exist for IPR products, which made the EU court ruling on unfair competition a start and a wake up call for other courts in global competition in many part of the world today. Hoping it can be used as case study for other courts and countries globally to give fair competition to small players and customer of Microsoft global market dominant products. Association of community internet center ( APWKomitel - Indonesia) Story: EU ruling deals setback to Microsoft By Dawn Kawamoto http://www.news.com/EU-ruling-deals-setback-to-Microsoft/2100-1014_3-6208385.html Story last modified Mon Sep 17 17:09:16 PDT 2007 *A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company. * In its ruling, the Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance upheld European Commission claims that Microsoft abused its dominant position in the operating system market. Microsoft's allies and competitors have been closely following the case since the Commission imposed antitrust sanctions against the company in early 2004 . The court's decision is expected to have far-reaching implications for consumers, computer makers, Microsoft competitors and, perhaps most pointedly, the Commission's ability to regulate technology companies on antitrust matters, legal experts and industry observers say. "The court ruling is...welcome for its confirmation of the Commission's decision and its underlying policy, but nevertheless, it is bittersweet," Neelie Kroes, the Commission's Competition Commissioner, said during a press conference Monday. "Bittersweet because the court has confirmed the Commission's view that consumers are suffering at the hands of Microsoft." Kroes added that should Microsoft comply with the Commission's order, she expects to see a "significant drop" in Microsoft's overwhelming market share. And while she gave no estimate of how steep she expects that drop to be, Kroes noted that it would likely be more than a few percentage points as more competitors enter the market. Microsoft's Windows operating system runs on about 95 percent of the world's personal computers. *Related video* Court rules against Microsoft Luxembourg-based court orders Microsoft to share protocols with its competitors and pay a $613 million fine the EC had required. "A market share less than 95 percent is a way to measure the success (of the order)," she added. A spokesman for Kroes later clarified that a fall in market share would be a logical consequence of fairer competition. The top antitrust regulator for the Commission also noted that it is "too early" to discuss whether there are any antitrust issues in Vista. But she added that some information may be available "not too far from now." The 13-member court ruled that the Commission was justified in requiring Microsoft to share certain technical specifications, or protocols, with rivals so their products would work with Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Commission is also requiring Microsoft to offer an unbundled option to consumers when tying together two separate products, such as Windows and the company's Media Player software. The court also upheld the $613 million fine imposed by the Commission, according to documents detailing the ruling . Monday's verdict could ultimately force Microsoft to change its business practices, at least in Europe, observers say. It could also embolden antitrust regulators to pursue Microsoft in other countries. However, the ruling likely will have no bearing on Microsoft's business in the United States. The company settled a long-running antitrust case here in 2002. *Related video* EC reacts to victory against Microsoft Commissioner calls the ruling bittersweet and expects to see a significant drop in Microsoft's market share if company complies with order. The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday issued a statement critical of the Commission's decision. "We are...concerned that the standard applied to unilateral conduct by the (Court of First Instance), rather than helping consumers, may have the unfortunate consequence of harming consumers by chilling innovation and discouraging competition. In the United States, the antitrust laws are enforced to protect consumers by protecting competition, not competitors," Thomas O. Barnett, assistant attorney general for the department's antitrust division, said in the statement. Microsoft has not indicated whether it will pursue an appeal of Monday's verdict to the European Court of Justice, the highest court in Europe. "The decision is not what we had hoped for and to say anything less would be less than candid," Brad Smith, Microsoft general counsel, said during a press conference on Monday. While acknowledging that the court sided with the Commission on key points, the company took some solace in the fact that the court annulled the Commission's imposition of an independent trustee to monitor compliance, Smith said. He added that Microsoft has made progress on the interoperability issues, but that more work needs to be done and will be addressed as quickly as possible. Previously, the Commission believed the pricing Microsoft was going to charge for licensing its protocols was too steep, but the software giant responded by dropping the fee to 1 percent of revenues generated from its products, Smith noted. "If the European Commission still believes that is still too high, we want to understand (their concerns) and quickly address it," he said. Microsoft, however, believes it has a "complete and accurate" set of technical specifications that companies have begun to license, and Smith noted that he hopes even more licensees will sign on. As for Media Player, Smith said Microsoft has offered an unbundled version of its Windows operating system and Media Player for more than two years, and, as a result, believes it is in full compliance with the Commission's 2004 order. *Minor victory* Microsoft took some solace in the minor win the Court awarded it over the Commission's use of a monitoring trustee , Smith said. As a result of the ruling, Microsoft is not responsible for paying all the costs associated with the monitoring trustee. The court also reined in the power of the trustee, finding that the Commission has no authority to compel Microsoft to grant the trustee powers that the Commission is not authorized to confer on a third party. Smith emphasized the progress Microsoft has made over the years to comply with the Commission's order and said he remains hopeful the court's order will bring further clarity to the issue. "We have been working hard over the last few years to address these issues," Smith said. "Everyone agrees, for example, that the version of Windows that we offer in Europe today is in compliance with the Commission's 2004 decision." Nonetheless, the court chided Microsoft on its behavior regarding interoperability issues. "The court considers that the Commission was correct to conclude that the work group server operating systems of Microsoft's competitors must be able to interoperate with Windows domain architecture on an equal footing with Windows operating systems if they are to be capable of being marketed viably...the absence of such interoperability has the effect of reinforcing Microsoft's competitive position on the market and creates a risk that competition will be eliminated," the court said in its ruling. Microsoft and the Commission had particularly contentious disagreements over the issue of interoperability , with Microsoft and the Commission clashing on the extent to which the company's technical information should be shared with rivals. "The court rejects Microsoft's claims that the degree of interoperability required by the Commission is intended in reality to enable competing work group server operating systems to function in every respect like a Windows system and, accordingly, to enable Microsoft's competitors to clone or reproduce its products," the court said. A number of Microsoft competitors have previously weighed in on the interoperability issue in complaints to the Commission. These include the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), a nonprofit trade association that includes as members Adobe, IBM, Oracle, RealNetworks, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems. "This landmark judgment sets a clear standard for Microsoft's future conduct and empowers the European Commission to impose it in the European market when necessary," said Thomas Vinje, a spokesman and legal counsel for ECIS. Linux distributor Red Hat also voiced its support for the court's decision. "In our business, interoperability information is critically important and cannot simply be withheld to exclude all competition...we were pleased with the overall decision and look forward to examining the decision in greater detail," Matthew Szulik, Red Hat chief executive, said in a statement. Similar views were expressed by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). "After one of the most thorough investigations in the history of competition law, spanning over seven years, the Commission has taken a steady and decisive course," Ken Wasch, SIIA president, said in a statement. "We applaud the leadership and persistence of the European Commission." But another trade group, the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), which includes Microsoft as a member, expressed disappointment in the ruling, labeling it a blow to "free enterprise in Europe." In addition to the interoperability issue, the court sided with the Commission on the bundling of separate software products, citing three areas that affected its decision. One was the company in question must have a dominant position in the market for the tying product, such as the Windows operating system; two, the tying product and tied product--in this case Windows and Windows Media Player--must be two separate products; and three, consumers don't have a choice to obtain the tying product without the tied product. "The court considers that the factors on which the Commission based its conclusion that there was abusive tying are correct and consistent with community law." Now on News.com The XP alternative for Vista PCs Photos: The tools that make tech Blog: Make money from home--sort of Extra: Nobel laureate disses manned spaceflight RealNetworks, which makes the RealPlayer media player, had raised such an issue in the past, eventually reaching a $460 million settlement to address antitrust claims with Microsoft in 2005. Microsoft also agreed to pay RealNetworks $310 million to support RealNetworks' movie and game business. In recent years, the software giant has been paying multimillion-dollar settlements to its rivals to address previous antitrust litigation. Microsoft also paid longtime archrival Sun Microsystems $700 million to settle antitrust disputes with the company over interoperability issues and another $900 million over patent issues. Legal experts previously weighed in on what a favorable court ruling would do for the Commission . Some legal experts said that with a favorable court ruling in the Microsoft case, the Commission would likely remain on its current aggressive track in pursuing antitrust cases, whereas an unfavorable one would have likely "taken the wind out of its sails." /Reuters contributed to this report./ Copyright ?1995-2007 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20070922/f3225dc2/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: dotclear.gif Type: image/gif Size: 43 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20070922/f3225dc2/attachment-0002.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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