Waiting for WSIS
I'm not there, and I haven't seen many messages about it. I'm wondering what will come out of it. Am I waiting for white smoke or black smoke? What would the black smoke result be?
It's hard to tell what's going on unless you're there, I have a feeling. Send word!
But can what WSIS decides make a difference to our online lives? It's our internet. All of ours. Of course we're all subject to local laws, and to contracts (some we sign, some our ISPs sign, some about which we don't have much choice). But in the end, it's not law that matters. What matters is how we choose to spend our attention.
Our attention can't be arrested — not even by an international governmental forum.
I suppose if the world decides to create a kind of global Ministry of Information, with perfect control over all evils that could possibly arise online, that might have an effect on our attention — but that's a long way off. Surely greater connectivity is what really matters, not greater control.
But, as I say, I'm waiting.
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Same here, I guess there could be many of us just waiting.
I applied to WSIS for recognition but was rejected because I am not representing an official organisation.
I made submissions to WIPO here and here but I don't think my views were considered.
What was I looking for? Consideration of a system that might maintain the balance in the world of digital copyright.
Regards,
Nicholas