Internet Governance
On the road to Hyderabad – Internet Governance and Development Agenda
January, 2008, Gurumurthy Kasinathan & Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change
Given that the Internet has emerged as a critical global public good, and a fundamental building block for transformative change, its governance is being increasingly perceived as a critical political arena. The contestations around Internet governance are significant for the vision of an inclusive, just and development-oriented information society. The trajectory of Internet governance processes has led to creation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), characterised by its format of ‘multi-stakeholderism’, which opens up an opportunity for governments, civil society, business sector and inter-governmental institutions to collaborate in discussing and suggesting policies for meaningful governance of the Internet.
Internet governance & IGF meeting in Rio - Presentation by Indian government
November 2007, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India
The presentation given by a DIT senior scientist at the Internet Governance Forum 2007 highlights some of the major issues and concerns that are facing the international community at present. It focuses on the functions of governance, which includes mandating standards, controlling resource allocation and also providing a policy framework.
Input from India for the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) meeting
February 2005, United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance
The document details the submissions from India to the Working Group on Internet Governance(WGIG). It defines the term Internet governance (IG) and brings up important aspects of IG, such as administration of domain names, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, root server management as well as strategies for tackling some of the contentious problems such as hacking and spam.
Regulation of cyber – A space or a medium?
Lawrence Liang , Alternative Law Forum
This paper examines the philosophical basis for a claim to regulate cyberspace rather than looking at specific loopholes in existing laws and the proposed legislations which deal with cyberspace. The author critically assesses the claim that cyberspace has to be regulated and the particular mode of regulation that is envisaged. According to him, cyberspace may be one of the last surviving commons which has evaded strict regulation. The issue at hand is whether the Internet is simply a technological medium or a technological space.
Intermediary liability and the future of the Internet in India
October 14, 2007, Rishi Jaitly, Google Public Policy Blog
The author examines the issue of intermediary liability in the Internet world and presents his viewpoint on the Government of India's take on the same. Internet content reaches the end consumer through a variety of intermediaries such as ISPs, search engines, email services etc.
Recipe for killing Internet in India
October 17, 2007, Manoj Mitta, The Times of India
The parliamentary standing committee in India is trying to increase liability of Internet service providers (ISPs) responsible for third party content. This would effectively 'kill' the Internet, since 85% of the Internet deals with third party content, including search engines, email, blogs, and community sites. The article claims that such legislation, in contrast to Internet laws of advanced countries, is the result of committee's failure to understand the Internet.
