Internet Freedom: ACTA, OPEN, Pirate Party, .p2p and March 8th

jaktober · Feb 21, 2012

http://freeindependentsun.com/technology/internet-freedom-acta-open-the-pirate-party-p2p-and-march-8-2012/

Call your Reps about OPEN and ACTA. Look into the Pirate Party and .p2p. And prepare to lose your Internet on March 8th...

waltky · Dec 10, 2012

Russia, U.S. fightin' over internet control...

Russia, U.S. Tussle Over Internet Control at U.N. Conference
December 10, 2012 As a conference on international communications enters its final week Monday, the issue of whether the current system of Internet governance needs revamping remains unresolved, as blocs led by the United States and Russia dig in to mutually incompatible positions.

The development comes at a time of increased tensions between Moscow and Washington, with a Kremlin aide warning Sunday of possible retaliatory moves after the U.S. Senate passed legislation that lifts trade restrictions with Russia but introduces sanctions on Russian officials accused of human rights abuses. Critics have been warning for months that authoritarian-minded countries would try to use the World Conference of International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai to fundamentally change the way the Internet is governed. Although the U.S. maintains that Internet governance should not even be on the agenda, halfway through the conference the gulf appears wide.

The WCIT is reviewing a longstanding binding global telecommunications treaty overseen by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a Geneva-based U.N. specialized agency. A group of nations led by Russia is pushing, as they have done at previous ITU gatherings, for an Internet regulatory role. Pushing back are countries including the U.S., Canada and European democracies, which want the treaty to deal with traditional telecoms as well as expanding new networks such as high-speed broadband, but to steer clear of the Internet itself content, regulation, assignment of Internet protocol addresses etc.

The current, so-called multi-stakeholder model, has at its center the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California-based not-for-profit corporation contracted to the U.S. Department of Commerce, which assigns protocol addresses and oversees Web domains. The U.S. and others argue that the model has been highly successful and dont want to see it replaced by an intrusive, regulatory approach that they say would stifle growth. A proposal by the U.S. and Canada called for an agreement at the outset of the conference on a definition of telecommunications, and an agreement on what type of bodies would be bound by the future regulations. U.S. delegation head Terry Kramer explained during a teleconference briefing Thursday that the U.S. and Canada want the regulations to apply solely to recognized operating agencies those that actually provide telecommunications services to the public, like Verizon in the U.S.

Russia, backed by a group of others including China, wants to break what it sees as unacceptable U.S. control, by broadening the scope of the treaty to include private and government networks. Member States shall have equal rights to manage the Internet, including in regard to the allotment, assignment and reclamation of Internet numbering, naming, addressing and identification resources and to support for the operation and development of basic Internet infrastructure, reads a Russian proposal. Member States shall have the sovereign right to establish and implement public policy, including international policy, on matters of Internet governance, and to regulate the national Internet segment, as well as the activities within their territory of operating agencies providing Internet access or carrying Internet traffic.

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waltky · Oct 30, 2015

Granny says AlGore prob'ly got a lot o' money fer startin' it...

Internet @ 46: 10 must-know facts
29 Oct, 2015 - Dear netizens, your favourite internet has turned 46. Today is the day internet was born with the first data message sent via ARPANET (the network regarded as the precursor of internet) between University of California and Stanford Research Institute in October 1969. As the internet turns an year older, here's a look at the state of internet as it exists today.

1. In 2014, nearly 75% (2.1 billion) of all internet users in the world (2.8 billion) were from the top 20 countries. The remaining 25% (0.7 billion) population was distributed among other 178 countries, each representing less than 1% of total users.

2. China, the country with most users (642 million in 2014), represents nearly 22% of the total user base, and has more users than the next three countries combined (United States, India and Japan).

3. Among the top 20 countries, India is the one with the lowest penetration: 19%, and has the highest yearly growth rate.

4. At the opposite end, United States, Germany, France, UK and Canada have the highest penetration: Over 80% of population in these countries has an internet connection.

5. Between 2000-2015, global internet penetration grew 7 fold, from 6.5% to 43%.

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waltky · Nov 11, 2015

Appeals court rules trade agency can't regulated digital data...

U.S. trade body cannot block Internet transmissions: appeals court
10 Nov.`15 - A U.S. trade agency does not have power to regulate digital data, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday in a case involving a dental brace company's effort to block a rival's electronic transmissions from entering the country. The appeals court decision negates a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling last year in favor of Align Technology, Inc, the San Jose, California-based maker of the popular Invisalign plastic braces. Align Technology shares slid 2 percent.

Align had accused competitor ClearCorrect Operating LLC of infringing several patents. The ITC, which can block products from entering the United States, ordered ClearCorrect to stop transmitting digital models produced by technicians in Pakistan to its Texas manufacturing facility. Technology companies and the entertainment industry have followed the case closely because it could affect Internet transmissions and the fight against piracy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. said data is not a tangible good over which the ITC has authority.

Common sense "dictates that there is a fundamental difference between electronic transmissions and 'material things,'" the court said in a 2-1 decision. Critics said the ITC overstepped its authority when it ordered the company to cease transmission of digital models, because U.S. law gives the commission authority over unfair practices "in the importation of articles." The ITC expanded its jurisdiction to say digital data is included in the definition of "articles."

High-tech companies like Google Inc and other Internet-related groups said global Internet transmissions should flow unimpeded and the ITC should not be authorized to regulate them. But associations for recording artists and Hollywood film studios saw the ITC's decision as an effective tool to fight piracy, most of which happens through electronic downloads and streaming. On Tuesday, the appeals court majority said articles are material things and thus the commission has no jurisdiction over the case.

ClearCorrect's lawyer Michael Myers said in an interview this was the "correct result because the ITC was never intended to be the policeman of Internet or TV transmissions or radio signals." A representative for Align could not immediately be reached for comment. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman dissented from the opinion, saying that the commission must have the power to block the latest forms of infringing technology. Align's shares were trading at $65.74, down $1.34 from Monday's close. The case at the ITC is No. 14-1527.

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