[p2p-research] p2p-like law making: Italian law proposal for Net neutrality put on a wiki for collaborative editing

[Ryan Lanham]

While not exactly the same, this McKinsey and Co. note is popping up around
the blogosphere in a few places on Participatory Technocracy:

http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/internet/participatory-technocracy

Ryan Lanham



On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Marco Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> this is surely not as advanced and revolutionary as other topics
> announced on this list, but I think it's good news anyway.
>
> Two senators of the Italian Democratic party, Vincenzo Vita and Luigi
> Vimercati, have written a law proposal which defends Net Neutrality
> and promotes non proprietary formats and software in public
> administrations and Universities.
>
> While this may not be, in and by itself, relevant news on a list like
> this, what is good, regardless of one's political opinions, is the
> method: they put the whole text online on a public wiki, where
> everybody will be able to add comments, suggest amendments and so
> on. The wiki address is http://tinyurl.com/DDL-Vita-Vimercati
>
> As far as I remember, this is one of the first times, if not the first
> time, that a law proposal is open to all citizens in this way here in
> Italy.
>
> Of course, it's not P2P in the complete sense, since the wiki is just
> to gather feedback: eventually, Vita and Vimercati will be the only
> ones to decide which text is actually proposed for voting to the
> Parliament. Still, it's good that there *is* a really open
> consultation process and that at least that phase happens in a way
> that puts all participants on an equal basis. Let's hope this becomes
> the rule here.
>
> Related question: can you provide links to other cases like this, in
> other countries? Thanks!
>
> Marco
> Digital rights writings -> http://mfioretti.com
> --
> Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how
> software is used *around* you:            http://digifreedom.net/node/84
>
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