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----- Original Message -----
From: Kanti Kumar <kanti.kumar@oneworld.net>
To: Alan G. Alegre <alalegre@fma.ph>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Communication rights, censorship, privacy issues: New discussion
topics
>
> Greetings from South Asia.
>
> We now have a new topic up for discussion in our forum 'Information
> Society: Voices from the South' on Digital Opportunity Channel. Your
> contributions to the discussions on the first topic of 'Knowledge
> Societies' had been immensely useful and have been added to our
> report too. Please see the report at
> http://www.digitalopportunity.org/fulltext/IS_summary1_knowledgesocie
> ty.htm
>
> The new topic is: "Issues of Rights, Freedom, Laws and Ethics: How
> to address these for the development of Information Society in the
> South?" We've split the topic into the following sub-topic so that
> we can proceed in a systematic way and can bring in some fruitful
> outcomes...
>
> 1. Freedom of expression, censorship: How do these affect the
> Information Society?
> 2. Communication rights at Individual and Country level: examples,
> case studies and experiences
> 3. Privacy issues, data protection, and surveillance: How these can
> be preserved?
> 4. Intellectual Property Rights issues, Global Information Commons:
> Do developing countries need to take these seriously?
> 5. Free/Open Source Software: Can these be alternative to
> development?
>
> We request your valuable inputs to the forum where we trying to
> configure the issues, challenges and opportunities related to
> rights, freedom, laws and ethics that vary from country to country
> in the South. You are best placed in putting in these ideas based on
> your diverse nature of geographical representation. Please bring in
> examples, views, notes, and opinions with regard to these issues and
> take part in the debate and discussion. Based on the inputs that you
> provide, we can design campaign ideas and advocacy with relevant
> groups so that such issues are brought into the light of pressure
> groups and decision makers. Even if you think, the topic isn't that
> important for us, please express that too and explain why you think
> so.
>
> If you are already in the forum, post your messages to
> IS@dgroups.org
>
> If you have not joined the forum yet, please sign up at
> http://www.digitalopportunity.org/discussion/signup
>
> Or, simply send a blank mail to join-IS@dgroups.org
>
> Hope to see you participate in the discussions in the forum at
> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/IS
>
> Best regards and please feel free to contact us if you need any
> clarification.
>
> Kanti Kumar
> Editor, Digital Opportunity Channel
> www.digitalopportunity.org
> OneWorld South Asia
>
> Partha Pratim Sarker
> Moderator, IS Discussion Forum
> Co-Editor, Bytes for All
> partha@bytesforall.org
>
>