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 Principles1. 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 Principles1. 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 multi-

stakeholder processes.

INZ Internet Governance Principles

•Coming soon...

ReferencesInternetNZ 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 keith@internetnz.net.nz