June 19, SUMMARY (provided in submitted document and comment box): 2017 The principle that data should be borderless and that it should flow freely is a policy decision that has profound effects. Some base that principle on the idea that data is a commodity that should be freely traded. But the idea that data should flow freely does not actually flow logically from the idea that data is a commodity: commodities are and the producers of raw material are compensated for providing that material to the industries that transform it and add value to it. Further, the idea that data is a commodity to be freely traded contradicts fundamental human rights. And the benefits of free flow of data have been overstated: indeed free flow of data likely increases income inequality. is no obvious justification for policies favouring the free flow of data other than to allow OTTs to continue to accumulate huge profits (often monopoly profits) by extracting and refining data, without paying taxes and without compensating the users who produce the data in the first place. As a consequence, there should be a moratorium on negotiations regarding the free flow of data. June 27, Text provided in comment box: 2017 Attaching the contribution to the CWG-Internet Online Open Consultation (June-September 2017). SUMMARY (provided in submitted document): International development leads to the creation and implementation of innovations which is a common framework of products and ideas of all the nations in the world. This aims to achieve and the common issues of humanity with the help of standardized guidelines and principles and products. Thus leading to globalization and internationalization principles, which would solve local issues simultaneously [which could also be done by customization of the international ideas based on the local market theme]! – June 29, SUMMARY (provided in submitted document and comment box): 2017 To date, global regimes around trade, investment and intellectual property have mostly been conceptualised and written by the North. Developing countries were typically late to understand their real implications, by which time
June 19, 2017 SUMMARY (provided in submitted document and comment box): The principle that data should be borderless and that it should flow freely is a policy decision that has profound effects. Some base that principle on the idea that data is a commodity that should be freely traded. But the idea that data should flow freely does not actually flow logically from the idea that data is a commodity: commodities are and the producers of raw material are compensated for providing that material to the industries that transform it and add value to it. Further, the idea that data is a commodity to be freely traded contradicts fundamental human rights. And the benefits of free flow of data have been overstated: indeed free flow of data likely increases income inequality. is no obvious justification for policies favouring the free flow of data other than to allow OTTs to continue to accumulate huge profits (often monopoly profits) by extracting and refining data, without paying taxes and without compensating the users who produce the data in the first place. As a consequence, there should be a moratorium on negotiations regarding the free flow of data. June 27, 2017 Text provided in comment box: Attaching the contribution to the CWG-Internet Online Open Consultation (June-September 2017). SUMMARY (provided in submitted document): International development leads to the creation and implementation of innovations which is a common framework of products and ideas of all the nations in the world. This aims to achieve and the common issues of humanity with the help of standardized guidelines and principles and products. Thus leading to globalization and internationalization principles, which would solve local issues simultaneously [which could also be done by customization of the international ideas – based on the local market theme]! June 29, 2017 SUMMARY (provided in submitted document and comment box): To date, global regimes around trade, investment and intellectual property have mostly been conceptualised and written by the North. Developing countries were typically late to understand their real implications, by which time
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