[NCUC-DISCUSS] Net of Rights
Niels ten Oever
lists at digitaldissidents.org
Sat Mar 5 11:14:14 CET 2016
Hi Ayden,
Am looking into creating subtitles for Spanish and Portuguese but am
still looking for more volunteers and languages.
Which languages could you contribute to?
Also: do you know what open source software is best to create subs?
Best,
Niels
On 03/05/2016 09:00 AM, avri doria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> That sounds like a great idea. Even the possibility of translation I
> would assume.
>
> avri
>
> On 04-Mar-16 20:37, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>> Bravo, Niels!
>>
>> Congratulations on the premiere of this important film and also for
>> sharing and streaming it without a DRM. I didn't see any closed
>> captioning available, however, for those who might find the audio
>> difficult to hear or who are learning to understand a non-native
>> language and would find a transcript useful. If you need help with
>> subtitles, I'd be happy to help out. We could create them in an open
>> format like SRT so they needn't be 'burned' into your film.
>>
>> Ayden
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Niels ten Oever
>> <lists at digitaldissidents.org <mailto:lists at digitaldissidents.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today, 4 March, ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights are launching ‘Net of
>> Rights’, a short film which explores the link between internet
>> protocols
>> and human rights online. The film will screen at 6pm at the Internet
>> Freedom Festival.
>>
>> Please find the film Net of Rights here:
>> https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io.mp4
>>
>> and the teaser here:
>> https://hrpc.io/wp-content/uploads/videos/netofrights.io_teaser.mp4
>>
>> If the teaser doesn't show in your browser, you can also use this
>> link:
>> https://vimeo.com/157722482
>>
>> Here is the press release (also below):
>> http://is.gd/kqYjc3
>>
>> and please get involved in the work at: https://hrpc.io/
>>
>> It is too-often assumed that there is no link between protocols (the
>> standards which underpin the way the internet functions) and human
>> rights, but this is simply not the case, as the film argues.
>>
>> The Internet aspires to be the global ‘network of networks’, providing
>> connectivity for all users, at all times, for any content.
>> Connectivity
>> increases the capacity for individuals to exercise their rights,
>> meaning
>> that the architectural design of the internet is, necessarily,
>> intertwined with the human rights framework.
>>
>> Promoting open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for the
>> rights to privacy, expression and assembly. But how are these concepts
>> addressed at the protocol level? Without proper definition, the human
>> rights-enabling characteristics of the internet are at risk.
>>
>> The role of human rights in Internet policy is slowly becoming part of
>> the general discourse. Former United Nations (UN) Special
>> Rapporteur on
>> the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
>> expression, Frank La Rue, explicitly spoke of the replationship,
>> leading
>> to the approval of the landmark resolution "on the promotion,
>> protection
>> and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet" at the UN Human Rights
>> Council, and the resolution "The right to privacy in the digital
>> age" at
>> the UN General Assembly.
>>
>> Mapping the relationship between human rights and internet
>> protocols and
>> architectures is a new research challenge, which requires the
>> development of a consistent methodology, bringing human rights experts
>> together with the community of researchers and developers of Internet
>> standards and technologies. The Human Rights Protocol Research
>> Group is
>> a group chartered to research how standards and protocols (the
>> rules by
>> which the internet functions) can enable, strengthen, or threaten
>> human
>> rights.
>>
>> The rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet will be
>> increasingly
>> endangered if they are not properly defined, described and
>> protected as
>> such. And, indeed, the other way around: by not protecting these
>> characteristics, we risk loss of functionality and connectivity in the
>> architecture of the internet itself.
>>
>> To protect human rights online, it will be necessary to explore
>> and map
>> the link between rights and protocol, ensuring the survival of a
>> decentralized and collaborative internet, in which freedom of
>> expression
>> through unimpeded connectivity remains a central principle, and a
>> guiding force.
>>
>> Conceived in partnership between ARTICLE 19 and Coding Rights,
>> this film
>> aims to highlight the importance of addressing this issue within the
>> technical community and human rights advocates, but also to feed into
>> the work of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group
>> (HRPC) in the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). This group is
>> currently mapping the relation between human rights and Internet
>> protocols, in order to strengthen the Internet as a human rights
>> enabling environment, in which freedom of expression through unimpeded
>> connectivity remains a central principle and guiding force.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Niels
>>
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>> Niels ten Oever
>> Head of Digital
>>
>> Article 19
>> www.article19.org <http://www.article19.org>
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