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A Tricky WCIT
Keith Davidson
Introduction
Keith Davidson:
– InternetNZ International Director
– ISOC Board of Trustees
– ICANN ccNSO Vice Chair
– Ex Chair of APTLD
– NZ Government delegation sometimes
– Ex ISP owner
– Speaking today in a personal capacity
ITU
• WCIT 2012 failed
• Additional signatures to ITR’s makes no
difference
• ITU procedures are ingenuous:
– “Taking the temperature”
– Post WCIT activities
Multistakeholderism
Accepted WSIS text embodies the concepts:
– All actors including Governments, business, the
technical community and civil society are engaged
– Policy development rises through bottom-up, open
and transparent, consensus based decision making
– Critical element of equal participation
– Broadly enshrined by ISOC, ICANN, W3C, IETF, RIR’s
and others in the Internet ecosystem
– Broadly endorsed by US Government, G8, OECD in
relation to Internet Governance
Anti-Multistakeholderism
• UN, ITU may perceive threats to longstanding
procedures from multistakeholderism
• Authorotarian Governments tend to dislike the
concept
• China has over 500 million Internet users?
• Where is the Internet in its life cycle?
What can we do?
• Be engaged in the next rounds of ITU activities
• Enthuse greater local participation in ISOC
• Develop high level principles for your chapter
INZ Policy Principles
1. The Internet should be open and uncaptureable.
2. Internet markets should be competitive.
3. Internet governance should be determined by open,
multi-stakeholder processes.
4. Laws and policies should work with the architecture of
the Internet, not against it.
5. Human rights should apply online.
6. The Internet should be accessible by and inclusive of
everyone.
7. Technology changes quickly, so laws and policies should
focus on activity.
8. The Internet is nationally important infrastructure, so it
should be protected.
INZ TLD Principles
1. Domain name markets should be competitive.
2. Choice for registrants should be maintained and
expanded.
3. Domain registrations should be first come, first
served.
4. Parties to domain registrations should be on a
level playing field.
5. Registrant data should be public.
6. Registry / Registrar operations within a TLD should
be split.
7. TLD policy should be determined by open multistakeholder processes.
INZ Internet Governance Principles
• Coming soon...
References
InternetNZ Principles:
www.internetnz.net.nz/content/Policy-Principles
www.internetnz.net.nz/tldprinciples
Further reading:
Masters of the Internet (Le Monde newspaper):
www.mondediplo.com/2013/02/15internet
ITU Staff Gone Wild (Anthony Rutkowski):
www.circleid.com/posts/20130313_itu_staff_gone_wild
“Multi-Stakeholderism” and the Internet Policy Debate (Geoff Huston):
www.circleid.com/posts/20130221_multi_stakeholderism_and_the_internet_policy_debate
Thanks / Questions?
Keith Davidson [email protected]