Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Intellectual Property Law Blogs -> IP Justice

Intellectual Property Law

: IP Justice

In Geneva: The Debate About Debate (IGP)

By Robin Gross

"Tuesday the Internet Governance Forum held its consultations about the 3rd Forum at Hyderabad, India. I am sorry to report that there are still intense pressures to sanitize the IGF program and to prevent the Forum from grappling with the real global governance problems. In what was clearly an orchestrated move, key people from multinational business groups, the Internet Society and a few Anglo-American governments tried to change a plan to organize plenary sessions around policy debates. These groups insist on viewing debate of controversial Internet policy topics, and systematic consideration of specific policy proposals, as a threat that needs to be contained rather than an opportunity to make their own case. In the private negotiations over merging workshop proposals into main sessions, there were concerted efforts ? also led by Internet Society staff ? to limit the morning main sessions to ?background information,? ?educational material? and ?best practice? discussions...."

Full post as published by IP Justice on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).