Internet Governance and the Information Society: Global Perspectives and European Dimensions

193 Pages·2008·0.889 MB·English

by  Wolfgang Benedek, Veronika Bauer, Matthias C. Kettemann (eds.)

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I G I S
NTERNET OVERNANCE AND THE NFORMATION OCIETY
G P E D
LOBAL ERSPECTIVES AND UROPEAN IMENSIONS

INTERNET GOVERNANCE AND
THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND
EUROPEAN DIMENSIONS
Edited by
W B , V B ,
OLFGANG ENEDEK ERONIKA AUER
M C. K
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Preface xiii
Introduction
Wolfgang Benedek 1
PART I: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE 7
Multi-Stakeholder Internet Governance: the Role of Governments
Wolfgang Kleinwächter 9
Internet Governance and Human Rights
Wolfgang Benedek 31
E-Inclusion as a Means to Bridge the Digital Divides: Conceptual
Issues and International Approaches
Matthias C. Kettemann 51
The Internet Governance Forum: its Development, Function and Future
Chengetai Masango 63
Role and Perspectives of ICANN
Erich Schweighofer 79
PART II: EUROPEAN DIMENSIONS OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE 93
Internet Governance in the OSCE Region: Media Freedom, Human
Security and the Multi-Stakeholder Approach
Christian Möller 95
The Council of Europe’s Contribution to Internet Governance
Henrik W. K. Kaspersen 107
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Regionalizing E-Inclusion: Approaches of the EU and Austria
Veronika Bauer 115
European Internet Policies Between Regulation and Governance:
Issues with Content Regulation
Meryem Marzouki 127
The Domain Name System and Internet Governance Based on the
Examples of .at Domains and IDNs
Barbara Schloßbauer and Richard Wein 141
PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES 161
Internet Governance, Quo Vadis? Meeting the Challenges of Internet
Governance in a Multi-Stakeholder Environment
Matthias C. Kettemann and Veronika Bauer 163
Index 173
List of Contributors
Bauer, Veronika
Research Fellow, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights
and Democracy, Graz, Austria, [email protected]
Benedek, Wolfgang
Professor of International Law and the Law of International Organizations,
Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Graz,
Austria, [email protected]
Kaspersen, Henrik W. K.
Director, Computer Law Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
and Chair, Committee of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime,
[email protected]
Kettemann, Matthias C.
Research Fellow, Institute of International Law and International Relations,
University of Graz, Austria, [email protected]
Kleinwächter, Wolfgang
Professor of Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Special
Advisor to the Chair of the UN Internet Governance Forum, wolfgang.
[email protected]
Marzouki, Meryem
Senior Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifi que, LIP6/
PolyTIC laboratory, Paris, France, [email protected]
Masango, Chengetai
Programme and Technology Manager, United Nations Secretariat of the
Internet Governance Forum, Ph.D. candidate, School of Information Studies,
Syracuse University, [email protected]
Möller, Christian
Programme offi cer, Offi ce of the Representative on Freedom of the Media,
OSCE, Vienna, Austria, [email protected]
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Schloßbauer, Barbara
Lawyer and Head, Legal Department, nic.at Internet Verwaltungs-
und Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. (Austrian domain registry), barbara.
[email protected]
Schweighofer, Erich
Professor, Centre for Legal Informatics, Department of European,
International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna, Austria (presently
with the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium), erich.schweighofer@
univie.ac.at
Wein, Richard
CEO, nic.at Internet Verwaltungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. (Austrian
domain registry), [email protected]
List of Abbreviations
A2K@IGF Access to Knowledge Coalition
ACE ASCII Compatible Encoding
AfriNIC African Region Internet Registry
ALAC At-large Advisory Committee
Anon Anonymous
APNIC Regional Internet Registry Asia Pacifi c Region
ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASO Address Supporting Organization
AU African Union
CCNSO Country Code Names Supporting Organization
ccTLD Country Code Top Level Domain
CEO Chief Executive Offi cer
CIR Critical Internet Resources
DARPA Defence Advanced Research Project Agency
DG Directorate General
DG InfoSoc Directorate General for the Information Society
DNS Domain Name System
DNSSec DNS Security Extension
DoC US Department of Commerce
DoD US Department of Defence
DoS US Department of State
DSF Digital Solidarity Fund
EC European Community
EICTA European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics
Industry Technology Association
ETS European Treaty Series
EU European Union
FOEonline Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the
Media Online
FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GAC Governmental Advisory Committee
GILC Global Internet Liberty Campaign
GNSO Generic Names Supporting Organization
gTLD Generic Top Level Domain
HTML Hypertext Markup Language