Well, if you're not interested to discuss it here in the mailing list, I hope you'd like to do it on Slashdot: http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/06/12/2011213/How-Should-a-Constitution-Protect-Digital-Rights
Bibek On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Bibek Paudel <[email protected]>wrote: > I just found a nice book relevant to the topic of discussion. > "Constitutional Rights and New Technologies: A Comparative Study > (Information Technology and Law)" by Ronald E. Leenes, Bert-Jaap Koops, > Paul De Hert and Susan W. Brenner published by Cambridge University Press > (available for preview in Google Books) provides examples from 7 countries > about how changed their countries' constitution vis-a-vis ICT. Also talks of > the related laws and other provisions, thus proving a helpful resource for > policy makers and academicians. If there are experts of the legal system in > this mailing list, please try to have a look at this book, or at least the > excerpts. > > A presentation containing excerpts from the book is available at: > http://www.ies.be/files/080312_P_DeHert.pdf > > Thanks, > Bibek > > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Bibek Paudel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Jitendra kumar < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Bibek, I would like to add a point to this. >>> I think we need to ask the government to ensure provision of providing >>> the digital content that government has like digital maps, population >>> statistics, etc. at no cost or very reasonable cost and if possible online. >>> And, while the government can ask to be attributed by mentioning the source, >>> there should be no bar on how the data is used... >> >> >> Yes, all public data (data collected/generated by public organizations, >> government etc. basically utilizing public money) should be available and >> made accessible (in open formats). >> >> Suggestions on other topics? >> >> Is it ok to place surveillance cameras in public places or not? Is it ok >> to ask me submit my digital records or not? Is it ok for me to encrypt my >> data and be immune to decrypting it to government agencies or not? is it ok >> for ISPs (or anybody else) to store their customers' data in unsecured >> formats or not? is it necessary for organizations to abide by some privacy >> policy or not? is it ok to share digital files or not? is it ok for bloggers >> to be provided the rights at par of journalists of news agencies while >> attending public events and accessing information or not? >> >> Thanks, >> Bibek >> >> >>> >>> >>> I have faced this problem a couple of times. And, really want the >>> government to address this.. >>> >>> I hope the new constitution addresses this issue as well. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jitendra >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Bibek Paudel <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I am including parts of a document i prepared for the Media Workshop >>>> held a few months back. I will try to send a Nepali version of the document >>>> tomorrow. Please give your suggestions. Not all of the points are suitable >>>> for inclusion in the constitution. Many of them should probably be >>>> addressed >>>> in the laws prepared later. >>>> >>>> >>>> Topics to be addressed: >>>> >>>> Electronic voting >>>> filesharing should be legal. >>>> Consumer rights -> eg: ISPs >>>> Right to information >>>> Platform neutrality -> eg: consumers right to information shouldn't be >>>> dependent on the technology and platform they use. Nobody should be >>>> discriminated on the basis of the technology they use. >>>> Right to free speech and expression rights of both the speaker and the >>>> audience >>>> Right to anonymity >>>> Right to privacy >>>> Digital Rights Management >>>> Internet blocking, censorship >>>> Use of Free/Open Source Softwares in schools, government, public >>>> institutes >>>> Computer Curriculum of Schools >>>> Open Documents and Standards >>>> right of bloggers to access public information, attend public events >>>> with the same rights as >>>> mainstream media >>>> Right to Protect the Server and other devices from Government Seizure >>>> Oppose governmental effort to promote, coerce or mandate the rating or >>>> filtering of digital >>>> content >>>> Ensure the continuation of the Internet as a forum for open, diverse and >>>> unimpeded expression >>>> and to maintain the vital role the Internet plays in providing an >>>> efficient and democratic means >>>> of distributing information around the world >>>> >>>> >>>> Why? >>>> >>>> While modern technologies have changed our lives, societies and >>>> governments, providing us unprecedented ways to exercise democracy and >>>> express our rights, these technologies also provide similar powers to >>>> governments, corporations and criminals, making it easier for them to >>>> infringe on our liberties. Unfortunately, rather than because of the >>>> technology itself, this happens because very few citizens and civil liberty >>>> groups understand the technology well enough to understand the importance >>>> of >>>> these issues. Our rights in the digital world come under frequent attacks- >>>> we need to be able to defend them. Free/Open Source Software Community of >>>> Nepal (FOSS Nepal) champions the cause of freedom and liberty in the >>>> digital >>>> world. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Bibek >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Bibek Paudel >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> Nepal's new constitution is in the process of being drafted >>>>> (hopefully). I was informed by Subir dai and Prabin of a conversation they >>>>> had with a Constituent Assembly member, Gagan Thapa on incorporating >>>>> issues >>>>> of free-software and digital freedoms in the new constitution. For that, >>>>> our >>>>> community needs to prepare a draft suggestion to the "Fundamental Rights >>>>> Committee" of the CA in a couple of days as they're finalizing their draft >>>>> early next week. >>>>> >>>>> Lets discuss the issues we want to be included in the new constitution. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Bibek >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
