p2pnet.net News:- “The internet is the widest public space in the history of mankind. It must remain the place to give citizenship and democracy new opportunities.”

So said professor Stefano Rodota, former head of the Council of European Data Protection Agencies, at a United Nations’ conference in Athens when a bill of rights for the internet age was proposed

Quoted in a BBC story, offline rights should be respected online, said Rodota.

Critics say it wouldn’t be binding for any governments, companies and individuals, but “We need to look at it within the context of the internet and take it further – how does it apply to the internet, how can we make these rights meaningful to people in China and Asia and the US?” – stated Robin Gross of civil liberties group IP Justice.

“Can they use these rights?”

Backers of the bill hope that the organisers of the IGF in Athens will make the proposal an aim of the forum as it moves through its five-year process, starting with another gathering in Rio next year, adds the BBC.

Also See:
BBC – Internet bill of rights proposed , November 1, 2006

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