[IP] ITU cyberspace treaty

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Esther Dyson <edyson@edventure.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 05:40:17 -0500
To: Peter Harter <harter@attglobal.net>
Cc: farber@cis.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: ITU cyberspace treaty

they really work fast, don't they?

Shocking notion:

"If countries have different rules, some countries will gain a commercial
advantage over others, fair competition will be hindered due to the
spread  of illegal products, and countries without rules could become a
hotbed
of crime, according to Utsumi."

What kind of "offensive material" will constitute a crime, do you think?

Esther

(Dave, sorry, a little old, but FYI.)

At 01:02 AM 1/4/2003, Peter Harter wrote:
>FYI Esther -- you probably have already seen this article.
>
>SNIP
>Cheers,
>peter
>
>ITU To Propose Intl Cyberspace Treaty At Information Summit
>279 words
>14 November 2002
>Nikkei Report
>English
>(c) 2002 Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>TOKYO (Nikkei)--The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will
>propose at the World Summit on the Information Society in December 2003
>the
>creation of an international cyberspace treaty to set forth basic rules
>on
>Internet taxation, copyright protection and crime prevention, according
>to
>Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi.
>In an interview with The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Utsumi said the ITU, a
>United
>Nations agency, believes that different rules among countries will
>hamper
>cross-border e-commerce and lead to more Internet crimes. The ITU
>announced
>a basic plan for the treaty at a preparatory meeting for the summit held
>in
>Europe in early November. It will seek cooperation from the Japanese
>government at a preparatory meeting in Asia in January.
>The union hopes to incorporate plans to sign the treaty in an
>actionprogram
>to be compiled at the world summit, which will be attended by heads of
>state.
>The treaty will cover taxation of international e-commerce; copyright
>protection for content; prevention of Internet crimes, such as
>cyberterrorism and release of offensive material; security measures such
>as
>prevention of illegal access and data tampering; and privacy protection.
>It
>will set forth uniform domestic and international guidelines to handle
>problems that occur.
>If countries have different rules, some countries will gain a commercial
>
>advantage over others, fair competition will be hindered due to the
>spread
>of illegal products, and countries without rules could become a hotbed
>of
>crime, according to Utsumi.
>The ITU believes the international rules will be helpful for developing
>countries in Africa and Asia when they draw up their information
>technology
>policies.
>(The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Thursday morning edition)
>21/20/02 DIARY - POLITICAL AND GENERAL
>398 words
>21 November 2002



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