Thank you for this. An important step towards creating a "digital commons" will be proper governance of data and the value-added arising out of data. In that respect, I refer to the following: https://justnetcoalition.org/digital-justice-manifesto http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/16034.pdf https://itforchange.net/index.php/data-localisation http://www.apig.ch/CWG-Internet%202017-2bis.pdf https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/burcukilic/big-tech-is-pushing-for-a-ne... https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/renata-avila-burcu-kilic/new-d... http://datagovernance.org/report/data-and-data-intelligence-commons https://publicservices.international/resources/publications/digital-trade-rules-and-big-tech-surrendering-public-good-to-private-power?lang=en&id=10825&showLogin=true Another step is to recognize that current US policies would not appear to be consistent with the ideal of a Digital Commons, see in particular: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-t... https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-t... https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-network-to-safeg... https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-at-a-press-availability-10/ And consider the US position on data in light of the recent ECJ decision invalidating the Privacy Shield agreement: https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/schrems-ii-judgement-and-initial-reflections Regarding what to do to move in the direction of a Digital Commons, I would submit that the first step would be to join those who are calling for an end to negotiations of Internet governance matters in the WTO and free trade agreements. See for example: https://ourworldisnotforsale.net/2019/WTO_12_reasons_v2.pdf Best, Richard
-----Original Message----- From: cooperation-wg [mailto:cooperation-wg-bounces@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Vesna Manojlovic Sent: Thursday, 13 August, 2020 14:00 To: Cooperation WG Subject: [cooperation-wg] Review of the report on Digital Commons
Dear colleagues,
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in the UK recently published an interesting report on digital commons.
I saw several parallels to issues they raise with how the RIPE community approaches governance of Internet number resources. You can read a summary of the report along with my views on it, in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/digital-commons-after-covid-19
If you would like to read the full report, you can find it at: https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/creating-a-digital-commons
Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Community Builder RIPE NCC