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<P>Sorry Robert</P>
<P>Who knows him and who has ever met/discussed with him among the CS participating to the WSIS ?</P>
<P>I don't like "parachuted speakers" and I guess many other CS activists won't either, especially during the very last period.</P>
<P>Jean-Louis<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 04/10/05 21:29<BR>> De : "Robert Guerra" <RGUERRA@LISTS.PRIVATERRA.ORG><BR>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : "John Perry Barlow" <BARLOW@EFF.ORG>, "CONGO - Philippe Dam" <WSIS@IPROLINK.CH><BR>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speaker Nomination - John Perry Barlow<BR>> <BR>>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I'd like to put forward the name of John Parry Barlow as a possible speaker at the summit. </DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">He's let me know that he'll be at the Summit, and would be keen to speak - that is, if the NGOs/CS would nominate him.</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I've cc'd him on this message so that he can help answer any comments and/or questions people might have.</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">his bio is as follows:</DIV>
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<DIV><<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow</A>></DIV>
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<DIV>John Perry Barlow</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">He is a co-founder of the </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0033b4>Electronic Frontier Foundation</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> along with fellow digital rights activists </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilmore"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0033b4>John Gilmore</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> and </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0033b4>Mitch Kapor</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the EFF's board of directors. He is a</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> member of the </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Academy_of_Digital_Arts_and_Sciences"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0033b4>International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A> and is<FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> a Berkman Fellow at Harvard Law School. His writings include <I>A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace</I> and <I>The Economy of Ideas</I>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Spanish info:</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">John Perry Barlow: "Toda cultura es naturalmente libre"</DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><A href="http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elpciboci/20050915elpciboci_1/Tes/">http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elpciboci/20050915elpciboci_1/Tes/</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Regards</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Robert</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>