http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ en-us 2004-03-01T15:48:14+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2004/03/01/daily_summit_reported_live_.asp from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the World Summit on the Information Society, bringing up to the minute news and opinion from the summits. All entries from Daily Summit at WSIS and CHOGM will remain on the site... 462@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ About 2004-03-01T15:48:14+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/23/goodbye_part_i_hello_part_ii.asp An interview in Terra Viva with the Tunisian Foreign Minister Habib Ben Yahia gives a flavour of the sparring we can expect between the WSIS 2005 hosts and critics of that government's record on press freedom. Ben Yahia's boss, State... 461@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ United Nations 2003-12-23T16:25:14+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/21/ideas_and_energy.asp OpenDemocracy has an intelligent reading of WSIS from Jamie Cowling (of the UK delegation and IPPR) - who says the summit "served to air crucial concerns", and points out that the challenge is to ensure Tunis does better.... 460@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ On the web 2003-12-21T10:48:47+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/19/dutch_courage.asp Hurrah for KaZaA, the file-swapping program that has enabled millions of people worldwide to exchange music files illegally (and, on occasion, legally) over the internet. In the first case of its kind in Europe, the Dutch Supreme Court has ruled... 459@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Intellectual property 2003-12-19T19:49:22+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/18/our_final_thanks_for_the_links.asp for now goes to Internet Magazine, BBC Online, NTK Now, Louise Ferguson, Steve Hooker, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Grant Henninger, Office Jotter, Hub Project, OnlineJournalism.com, Davos Newbies, Terra Viva, Internet for Diplomats and Doug Kenline... 458@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Links 2003-12-18T17:12:01+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/18/in_the_news.asp ZDnet discusses the outcome of the open source debate at WSIS, the Declaration of Principles are available on the official WSIS site along with the arrangements for Tunisia and some interesting facts on number of attendees at WSIS. The Cato... 442@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ In the news 2003-12-18T13:57:25+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/16/back_to_blogging.asp Accounts suggest Sina Motallebi, the jailed Iranian journalist whose case we put to Iran's government, is blogging again. (Thanks Hoder.)... 437@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Freedom of expression 2003-12-16T09:09:12+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/16/in_wsis_news.asp summit organisers are attacked for sloppy security, and for too much security, but still Switzerland pats itself on the back. Our Iran investigation is followed up here and here, but strangely, ignored here. Finally, the BBC sums it all up,... 436@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ In the news 2003-12-16T07:36:59+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/14/saddam_hussein.asp Information Technology has played a vital role in spreading the news across the globe of the arrest of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The press conference held in Baghdad was beamed across the world live, showing pictures of the captured leader.... 435@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ 2003-12-14T15:59:30+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/citizens_media_meets_bulldog_journalism_finds_the_future_of_news.asp writes Jeff Jarvis "I'm witnessing the future of journalism unfold over at DailySummit.net. "There, a bunch of webloggers sent there by the British Council (can someone explain them to me?) are covering the U.N. World Summit on Information Society with... 433@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ About 2003-12-12T21:33:28+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/last_word.asp It's a success, Jim, but not as we know it. Despite failing to discuss the most important issue (who governs the internet) and making limited progress on how change should be funded in the developing world (contributions are voluntary) the... 434@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ United Nations 2003-12-12T21:17:02+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/business_as_usual.asp Business knows to behave itself at UN conferences. Don't come in strength. Smile a lot. And use the word 'partnership' whenever things get dicey. Its final statement came in the form of a speech from Richard McCormick, honorary chair of... 432@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Private Sector 2003-12-12T20:57:22+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/a_quiet_summit.asp Civil society has had a quiet summit. It has delivered few of the press conferences, eye-catching stunts and noisy demonstrations that normally keep the media entertained. Its representatives adopted a counter-declaration, condemned the Swiss authories and summit organisers, but failed... 431@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Civil society 2003-12-12T20:41:14+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/a_parting_shot.asp Civil Society wound up summit proceedings with a strongly worded statement condemning both the Swiss authorities and the summit organisers - a statement that caused Kofi Annan's special advisor, Nitin Desai, to erupt in fury when it was put to... 429@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Civil society 2003-12-12T19:27:47+01:00 http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/good_news_travels_fast.asp Digital Solidarity Day, invented by the President of Senegal little more than an hour ago, has already made it into a leading online encyclopedia...... 428@http://www.dailysummit.net/english/ Digital divide 2003-12-12T18:15:15+01:00