[NCUC-DISCUSS] [bestbits] Net of Rights
KASWESHA
kaswesha at gmail.com
Sat Mar 5 16:49:02 CET 2016
Sure Ayden! Count me in.
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On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Ayden Férdeline <hostime at gmail.com> wrote:
> James, hi - We have an outreach event at 17:00 in the Ametyste room. If
> you come along to this you'll be able to put some names to faces.
>
> Ayden
>
>
> On Saturday, 5 March 2016, KASWESHA <kaswesha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey friends! Hope all is well. Do we have anything for our group in the
>> remaining part of today? I feel like resting early in the day. I thought I
>> could physically meet some of you who are in Marrakech are busy
>> participating. After the meeting in Diamant room I'm planning to go direct
>> to the hotel called Eddakhla at old town big square that is where I slept
>> yesterday.
>>
>> James Njoroge
>>
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>>
>> Before printing this mail make sure it is completely necessary. THE
>> ENVIRONMENT IS EVERY ONE'S BUSINESS.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Stephanie Perrin <
>> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Alac has been working on subtitles, I was on a meeting where they had a
>>> pretty successful demo during a Naralo meeting, perhaps you should talk to
>>> Glenn Mc Knight, it would be handy from an ICANN perspective if you used a
>>> congruent platform....
>>> (spoken by a person with zero technical knowledge on subtitling software)
>>> Stephanie
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-03-05 5:14, Niels ten Oever wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Niels ten Oever
>>>>>> Head of Digital
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Article 19
>>>>>> www.article19.org <http://www.article19.org>
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