Information Society Watch

This is a posting on an electronic mailing list for discussions on Internet governance in response to Milton Mueller's article 'Info-communism? Ownership and freedom in the digital economy' in the online journal First Monday.

I think that the notion of info-communism is a red herring, (excuse the pun) and can't be taken seriously - there is a some kind of radical chic at play there in the iconography - Che Guevara has become a mainstream icon used ironically by all comers, including business advertisers for their own purposes.

On Friday May 18, 2007, the ITU held a consultative meeting with civil society organisations and individuals who are attending the WSIS week of action line meetings. The topic was the work of a new working group that the ITU set up in terms of resolution 141 to study the participation of all relevant stakeholders in the activities of the Union related to WSIS.