roundtable: cr-2-27LISTNAMEHEREgt; Disappointing opening remarks by J Santer

roundtable: cr-2/27> Disappointing opening remarks by J Santer

cr-2/27> Disappointing opening remarks by J Santer

Richard K. Moore (rkmoore@iol.ie)
Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:54:59 +0000 

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:54:59 +0000
To: cyber-rights@cpsr.org
From: rkmoore@iol.ie (Richard K. Moore)
Subject: cr-2/27> Disappointing opening remarks by J Santer


Excerpted from:
        European Commission Outlines Views on G7 Conference            G7 Live
        by Jacques Santer                                        Feb. 24, 1995

2 excerpts:
_________________________________________________________________________
Santer>
  "First of all, as I have repeatedly said since becoming President of
the Commission, the development of the Information Society is an area of
policy where we Europeans are condemned to succeed, where we must, I
repeat must, be at the forefront. But for this to happen we must have
adequate responses for the European citizen in order to meet the
potential risks inherent in this new technological revolution, namely:

  -- How to pursue cultural diversity;
  -- How to avoid the creation of a two-tier society;
  -- How to address the future impact on employment
  -- How to avoid a widening gap between developed and developing
     countries."
_________________________________________________________________________
Santer>
  "I hope the G7 Conference will
highlight the other domains which are necessary to be completed in order
to achieve the objective of a global information society. Here I am
referring to issues such as:

  -- Interconnection and interoperability
  -- Data privacy and security
  -- Adequate protection of intellectual property rights
  -- R&D cooperation
  -- Encouraging fair competition and open access to networks."
_________________________________________________________________________

rkm>

Why disappointing?  No mention of:
        o  PERSONAL PRIVACY (only DATA PRIVACY)
        o  freedom of expression
        o  social (non-market) uses



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