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advocacy
This page is under
construction. It looks at
industry and community groups concerned with governance of
the web.
ICANN
As its name suggests, the
Noncommercial Domain Name Holders Constituency (NCDNHC)
represents non-commercial groups (including many
non-government organizations) within ICANN.
Analysis of its activities is provided by a number of
bodies, including ICANNWatch
and the Internet Democracy Project.
liberties
The Global
Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC)
is a coalition of over 50 cyberliberties groups from
around the world.
The Internet Democracy Project (IDP)
was established in June 00 by the Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC),
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
and the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). Its
goals are to encourage participation by non-governmental
organizations in internet governance and promote the
principles of a civil society.
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
is one of the more influential groups. Others with an
interest in governance include the somewhat shrill
Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF).
Closer to home the
Australian Digital Alliance (ADA)
is active in information policy questions. The EU-based
Alliance For A Digital Future (ADF)
is a public-interest coalition concerned with the major European
copyright reforms and other digital legislation.
professional
The Internet Society (ISOC)
is a professional society with more than 150
organizational and 6,000 individual members in over 100
countries. It is a forum for discussion about
encryption, domain naming, copyright and other issues in
future development of the Internet. ISOC also
provides a home for groups responsible for Internet
infrastructure standards, including the IETF and the IAB.
business
The Australian Internet
Industry Association (IIA)
is the local industry association,.
The Global Internet Project (GIP),
another US-based and industry-driven group, founded by
Netscape's James Clark (star of silicon western The New
New Thing) comprises "well-known leaders of the
Internet Revolution" but its papers for international
senior executives supply a perspective on how the
managerial elite are perceiving the online world.
Among the wave of US business lobby groups influencing
policy in the US and Australia are NetCoalition.com,
the strangely named Global Information Infrastructure (GII)
which is not to be confused with the nonprofit Global
Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC),
the E-Fairness
Coalition (a "level playing field" for
taxing retailers) and the Global Business Dialogue for
Electronic Commerce (GBDe).
The Electronic Commerce
Forum (ECF)
competes with NetCoalition.com
and the strangely named Global Information Infrastructure
(GII).
US bricks-&-mortar retailers, including the
International Council of Shopping Centers and
International Mass Retail Association, have formed the E-Fairness
Coalition, a lobby group advocating a 'level playing
field' at the state and national levels.
The Internet
Alliance, another
business
advocacy group, advertises itself as
the "premier organisation of Internet policy
professionals representing the Internet online
industry" [sic] and strongly aligned with the Direct
Marketing Association of America.
The Global Internet
Project (GIP) is another US-based industry-driven group,
associated with bodies such as the Global
Business Dialogue for Electronic Commerce (GBDe).
Our Digital
Economy guide provides more information about the
nature, extent, governance and development of the digital
economy in Australia and overseas.
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