The Popotan
07-04-2008, 22:10
NOTING the increased penetration of high speed internet across the globe
FURTHER NOTING many countries still have disparity in various regions based on population and economic income
WORRYING that continued haphazard spread of global high speed access will leave millions in the dust
ALARMED that many nations do not laws preventing double dipping by companies being able to charge both the user and the provider for the same service
ALARMED that this has resulted in the past with cooperate or governmental controlled bottlenecking and that unchecked this will eventually lead to the same
NOTING as well that every year more and more sites have higher and higher bandwidth loads required to speedy viewing
RECOGNIZING not everyone uses the internet
ARGUING though that the lack of
EMPHASIZING that, like the telephone before to all of society ,from personal, business and government, and that a lack of any of this will greatly inhibit all sectors of a society.
DECLARES:
ARTICLE I
1. Sets up the ISC (Internet Standards Committee) to regulate and make certain all WA member countries comply with this act.
a. Gives power to the ICS to enforce these standards by the use of fines.
b. Requires the ICS to give a short, but adequete, time frame for implementation of any new standards.
c. Allows the ICS to set up a temporary tax to get all member nations up to the standards set by the ICS if adequete funding for the government or through governmental or private donations is not enough.
i. Such a tax must have a targeted goal
ii. Once the goal is met, the tax must be abolished.
iii. The ICS is required before setting up a tax to see if the government can pay for it or, if not, solicit for donations in order to not burden the WA membership as whole if possible.
2. All WA member nations are to promote the spread of high-speed internet access to all areas of their country by whatever means they feel best suited for the region
3. All citizens, cooperations, government agencies, NGOs and other such groups are guaranteed the right to have reliable, affordable high-speed internet access.
4. Requires all countries make their network compatible with all other nations to ensure a complete network.
5. Requires nations to build in enough redundancies barring a national emergency, as defined in article 2, coverage should be provided to everyone at all times.
6. Allows the ISC to set a minimum speed which countries are allow to have.
ARTICLE II
1. Prevents discrimination of bandwidth sharing except in times of emergency and only for the appropriate governmental and NGO organizations
a. An emergency is defined by major natural disaster that destroyed a huge section of infrastructure or an attack on the area by a terrorist, rebellious or outside force.
b. In all cases, local hospitals, firefighters and law enforcement are granted priority permission for bandwidth use. In the event of an attack or if local law enforcement isn't enough, the military is also given priority.
2. Removes any artificial limit to amount of service provided within a given time frame.
3. Bans discrimination based upon the amount of bandwidth used, except for costs where such economic models allow for pricing based upon bandwidth transfer.
a. Such models may included uploaded and downloaded content
b. Such models may not discriminate on the type of content downloaded or uploaded.
ARTICLE III
1. Grants immunity to providers as long as they follow all existing laws from lawsuits based upon content their users upload or download.
2. Allows companies to ban access to criminal sites as defined by their country or WA.
3. Prevents companies from releasing to any company, any information unless it is in regard to a criminal investigation and only such information that is relevant.
ARTICLE IV
1. Allows media companies, such as those that produce music, videos, video or computer games, business or home applications, and traditional media, such as books, and journals, to enter a voluntary system of revenue sharing in compensation for any illegally downloaded content.
a. Because of it's international nature, enforcement of this section will come under the purview of the ISC.
b. A small tax shall be placed upon all users of high-speed internet for the sole purpose of reparations due to the inevitable effects of piracy.
i. All private households shall be charged a 1 cent per day, or equivalent, tax irregardless of pricing structure of the provider.
ii. All organizations shall be charged shall be charged on a sliding scale set up by the ISC, but based around the size scale of an average household for determining the most appropriate price scheme.
c. Companies may voluntarily join or leave this, but certain restrictions apply to their conduct
i. Before entering and after leaving there is a 90 day period where they may not pursue any activities related to priacy. This is setup to specifically disallow exploitive use of opting in and out of the program when convent.
ii. While in this program and during the grace periods after filing for admission and leaving, companies are prohibited from taking any action against piracy, except for such action as going after someone who profits from the sale or distribution of pirated goods.
iii. revenue sharing will be based upon the total income collected and the sales figures of the item. For print publications, the revue sharing shall be lessened due to the change in nature of format and it's implied change of medium.
iv. A minimum level of compensation will be granted to all members if they chose not to reveal sales figures.
v. Companies will not need to prove piracy happens to get compensation as the ISC assumes this is a given due to the ease and breadth of the internet.
b. Companies may continue to use anti-piracy methods while receiving revenue.
2. The revenue sharing program shall be completely voluntary.
3. Nations are prohibited from joining this organization, only private entities are allowed.
4. Companies may not attempt to force intellectual property rights guarantees upon member nations that do not believe in them.
5. Companies failing to comply with Article III, section 1, pargraph b, statement ii shall be required to pay back all compensation and barred forever from the program.
ARTICLE IY
1. Non-WA member states may petition the ICS at any time for the standards set forth by it or any future plans in accordance to make their network compliant.
2. Private companies who's headquarters are located in non-WA member state are ineligible for the revenue sharing program set forth by Article III.
3. Private companies who's headquarters are located inside a WA member state are required to follow those laws throughout the company.
This one i realize needs some work.
FURTHER NOTING many countries still have disparity in various regions based on population and economic income
WORRYING that continued haphazard spread of global high speed access will leave millions in the dust
ALARMED that many nations do not laws preventing double dipping by companies being able to charge both the user and the provider for the same service
ALARMED that this has resulted in the past with cooperate or governmental controlled bottlenecking and that unchecked this will eventually lead to the same
NOTING as well that every year more and more sites have higher and higher bandwidth loads required to speedy viewing
RECOGNIZING not everyone uses the internet
ARGUING though that the lack of
EMPHASIZING that, like the telephone before to all of society ,from personal, business and government, and that a lack of any of this will greatly inhibit all sectors of a society.
DECLARES:
ARTICLE I
1. Sets up the ISC (Internet Standards Committee) to regulate and make certain all WA member countries comply with this act.
a. Gives power to the ICS to enforce these standards by the use of fines.
b. Requires the ICS to give a short, but adequete, time frame for implementation of any new standards.
c. Allows the ICS to set up a temporary tax to get all member nations up to the standards set by the ICS if adequete funding for the government or through governmental or private donations is not enough.
i. Such a tax must have a targeted goal
ii. Once the goal is met, the tax must be abolished.
iii. The ICS is required before setting up a tax to see if the government can pay for it or, if not, solicit for donations in order to not burden the WA membership as whole if possible.
2. All WA member nations are to promote the spread of high-speed internet access to all areas of their country by whatever means they feel best suited for the region
3. All citizens, cooperations, government agencies, NGOs and other such groups are guaranteed the right to have reliable, affordable high-speed internet access.
4. Requires all countries make their network compatible with all other nations to ensure a complete network.
5. Requires nations to build in enough redundancies barring a national emergency, as defined in article 2, coverage should be provided to everyone at all times.
6. Allows the ISC to set a minimum speed which countries are allow to have.
ARTICLE II
1. Prevents discrimination of bandwidth sharing except in times of emergency and only for the appropriate governmental and NGO organizations
a. An emergency is defined by major natural disaster that destroyed a huge section of infrastructure or an attack on the area by a terrorist, rebellious or outside force.
b. In all cases, local hospitals, firefighters and law enforcement are granted priority permission for bandwidth use. In the event of an attack or if local law enforcement isn't enough, the military is also given priority.
2. Removes any artificial limit to amount of service provided within a given time frame.
3. Bans discrimination based upon the amount of bandwidth used, except for costs where such economic models allow for pricing based upon bandwidth transfer.
a. Such models may included uploaded and downloaded content
b. Such models may not discriminate on the type of content downloaded or uploaded.
ARTICLE III
1. Grants immunity to providers as long as they follow all existing laws from lawsuits based upon content their users upload or download.
2. Allows companies to ban access to criminal sites as defined by their country or WA.
3. Prevents companies from releasing to any company, any information unless it is in regard to a criminal investigation and only such information that is relevant.
ARTICLE IV
1. Allows media companies, such as those that produce music, videos, video or computer games, business or home applications, and traditional media, such as books, and journals, to enter a voluntary system of revenue sharing in compensation for any illegally downloaded content.
a. Because of it's international nature, enforcement of this section will come under the purview of the ISC.
b. A small tax shall be placed upon all users of high-speed internet for the sole purpose of reparations due to the inevitable effects of piracy.
i. All private households shall be charged a 1 cent per day, or equivalent, tax irregardless of pricing structure of the provider.
ii. All organizations shall be charged shall be charged on a sliding scale set up by the ISC, but based around the size scale of an average household for determining the most appropriate price scheme.
c. Companies may voluntarily join or leave this, but certain restrictions apply to their conduct
i. Before entering and after leaving there is a 90 day period where they may not pursue any activities related to priacy. This is setup to specifically disallow exploitive use of opting in and out of the program when convent.
ii. While in this program and during the grace periods after filing for admission and leaving, companies are prohibited from taking any action against piracy, except for such action as going after someone who profits from the sale or distribution of pirated goods.
iii. revenue sharing will be based upon the total income collected and the sales figures of the item. For print publications, the revue sharing shall be lessened due to the change in nature of format and it's implied change of medium.
iv. A minimum level of compensation will be granted to all members if they chose not to reveal sales figures.
v. Companies will not need to prove piracy happens to get compensation as the ISC assumes this is a given due to the ease and breadth of the internet.
b. Companies may continue to use anti-piracy methods while receiving revenue.
2. The revenue sharing program shall be completely voluntary.
3. Nations are prohibited from joining this organization, only private entities are allowed.
4. Companies may not attempt to force intellectual property rights guarantees upon member nations that do not believe in them.
5. Companies failing to comply with Article III, section 1, pargraph b, statement ii shall be required to pay back all compensation and barred forever from the program.
ARTICLE IY
1. Non-WA member states may petition the ICS at any time for the standards set forth by it or any future plans in accordance to make their network compliant.
2. Private companies who's headquarters are located in non-WA member state are ineligible for the revenue sharing program set forth by Article III.
3. Private companies who's headquarters are located inside a WA member state are required to follow those laws throughout the company.
This one i realize needs some work.