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[ NNSquad ] ITU mission creep
----- Forwarded message from Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> ----- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 03:44:22 -0400 From: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> Subject: ITU mission creep Reply-To: joly@punkcast.com To: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> As many are aware, the approaching WCIT-12 meeting will review the the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) treaty.. The 1988 WCIT, which last defined ITRs, was strictly about telecom, however as WCIT-12 approaches the scope is broadening, perhaps alarmingly. There are already proposals to add "processing" to the definition, so that the definition would read: "any transmission, emission, reception or processing of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.”- the thinking is that this would cover content, computing, e-commerce, distribution, etc For some time certain ITU members have been keen to add the term ICT to the definition and, at last week’s WCIT-12 Council meeting (CWG-WCIT) on June 20 in Geneva, several Arab States made a formal proposal. In his speech at that same meeting Secretary General Touré appeared taken aback by unfavorable press generated by an earlier meeting, saying "I suppose that mentioning the word ‘Internet’ wakes everybody up, and gets them to pay attention." For the remainder. he repeatedly used the term "ICT" http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-06-20.aspx However, the term ICT, Information and Communications Technology*, *itself is ill-defined. At the ITU-D Advisory (TDAG) this week; one new work item discussed could have an impact on how the Internet relates to what is considered an “ICT”. TDAG has agreed to request Study Group 1 to work together with other ITU Sectors (T and R) on elaborating a working definition of the term "ICT" and submit their proposals to TDAG in 2013 for subsequent presentation to the Council meeting in 2013 and its working groups. The definition will also be considered at the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) March 2014 and at the Plenipot Conference in 2014. The Internet Society is tracking this, and other WCIT-related developments at http://www.scoop.it/t/wcit and has a backgrounder at http://www.internetsociety.org/wcit -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- End forwarded message ----- --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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