[Bp_localcontent] Summary of section 2

[Don Cameron]

Hi Susan,

If we look at the storage capacities frequently cited by ISP's and corporate sys admins, arguably the bulk of all digital content is stored in personal email folders. One issue we are facing in Australia (albeit yet to properly understand or quantify) is our largest ISP Bigpond has commenced porting all customers email accounts to Outlook.com, a foreign owned division of Microsoft. This is reportedly so Bigpond can provide a 'better service for our customers'.

What they are less inclined to publicise is that presumably this means all Australian email content will now reside on foreign servers and be subjected to foreign laws and governance. I have tried to find further information on this aspect however to date I have been unable to get a response from Bigpond on the issue.
 
Don


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From: Susan Chalmers <susan at susanchalmers.com>
To: adam at varud.com;
CC: bp_localcontent at intgovforum.org;
Subject: Re: [Bp_localcontent] Summary of section 2
Hi Adam,
I'm currently working through section 3 - existing policy measures and
private sector initiatives, which is where you chimed in.
In retrospect your contribution fits better under section 2. Thus I'll add
it as a contribution to be added to that summary, by the consultants.
Please let me know if this isn't clear.
Best,
Susan
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
> Susan,
>
> It doesn't look like much of the thread from July 23 made it in here. We
> discussed access in Kenya to not only global content but also local content
> where the rightsholders for many reasons aren't able to make the local
> content available via standard distribution channels (i.e. the movie
> Nairobi Half-Life not being available legally in Kenya).
>
> -Adam
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> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <
> michele at blacknight.com> wrote:
>
>> Susan
>>
>>
>>
>> Copyright is an interesting one ..
>>
>>
>>
>> In Ireland, for example, we don't have a proper concept of "fair use" - I
>> think the term they use is "fair dealings" or something, which isn't quite
>> the same thing.
>>
>> We also have a rather backwards setup with regard to defamation -
>> essentially anyone can claim they've been defamed and it's up to the
>> defendant to prove they didn't defame, which is rather hard. End result
>> being that it's cheaper to remove the "offending" content than actually
>> fight it
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Michele
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>> *From:* Bp_localcontent [mailto:bp_localcontent-bounces at intgovforum.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Susan Chalmers
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2014 5:01 PM
>> *To:* bp_localcontent at intgovforum.org
>> *Subject:* [Bp_localcontent] Summary of section 2
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> Please find attached the summary from the list's discussion on regional
>> specificities.
>>
>>
>>
>> As with the summary of section 1, I intend to submit all further
>> contributions to this document to the consultants working with the
>> Secretariat. Time permitting we will revisit all sections of the document
>> in toto before the IGF.
>>
>>
>>
>> I received many stories relating to Areas 1 and 3 - that is technical
>> infrastructure and human capacities. I did not, however, receive any
>> contributions in the way of Area 2 - the local legislative landscape. I
>> thus encourage contributors to share stories about their local competition
>> regulation, telecommunications regulation, and copyright legislation, for
>> example, all of which can be relevant to the creation of local content.
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks and I intend to prepare a summary of section 3 in the coming
>> few days.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Susan
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Susan Chalmers
>>
>> Consultant, Internet Policy
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>> www.susanchalmers.com
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