[WSIS CS-Plenary] [IGP-ANNOUNCE] IGP Alert: New Paper Released on "Net Neutrality as Global Principle for Internet Governance"

[IGP Info]

As a contribution to the 2007 UN Internet Governance Forum 
(IGF), IGP has released a new paper showing how network 
neutrality can serve as a globally applicable principle 
that can guide Internet governance. The paper defines 
network neutrality as the right of Internet users to 
access content, services and applications on the Internet 
without interference from network operators or overbearing 
governments. It also encompasses the right of network 
operators to be reasonably free of liability for 
transmitting content and applications deemed illegal or 
undesirable by third parties. Those aspects of net 
neutrality are relevant in a growing number of countries 
and situations, as both public and private actors attempt 
to subject the Internet to more control. An important part 
of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum is to 
develop globally applicable public policy principles for 
Internet governance. The paper contends that the principle 
of network neutrality combines and integrates concepts of 
universal access to the resources connected to the 
Internet, freedom of expression, economic innovation, and 
free trade in digital products and services.

Read the paper:
<http://internetgovernance.org/pdf/NetNeutralityGlobalPrinciple.pdf>

*** IGF WORKSHOPS ***

IGP will be co-sponsoring two workshops at the IGF in Rio 
de Janerio.

Mark your calendars because you can even participate 
online!

"DNSSEC: Securing a Critical Internet Resource"
14 November, 2007
Meeting Room III, Hotel Windsor Barra
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10:30 (Rio de Janeiro)/13:30 (Berlin)/7:30 (New 
York)/20:30 (Beijing)
<http://www.internetgovernance.org/events.html#IGF2007DNSSECWorkshop_111406>

"Public Policy on the Internet"
14 November, 2007
Meeting Room VI, Hotel Windsor Barra
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18:30 (Rio de Janeiro)/21:30 (Berlin)/15:30 (New 
York)/4:30 next day (Beijing)
<http://internetgovernance.org/events.html#IGF2007PublicPolicyWorkshop_111406>

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