[WSIS CS-Plenary] EU Draft Action Plan

[Sean O Siochru]

Attached find the EU Contribution to the Draft Action Plan.

This appears to be a risk-averse document, with very little of interest.  e.g.

- on open-source, the uses the word of 'encourage' not 'promote', which is 
almost the US line; no mention of free software;
- on public domain, there is no talk of expanding only  'policy guidelines 
for development and promotion'
- on intellectual property rights, there is talk of the 'actions should be 
taken towards the protection  of rights of creators'  ...  'with special 
attention to the fair balance ... ' .  Action is what matters here.
- on investment, the role of the public sector is to pay 'in those regions 
which are not yet sufficiently attractive for private investments'  at the 
same time as ensuring a 'conducive environment' for the private 
sector  i.e. the poor can wait, but let us not let anything get in the way 
of profits.

At first read, this is a disappointing document.

Sean

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