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since 2003 and the article you mention. There remains widespread opposition to
the two unilateral roles the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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meeting, to say “all governments or no governments”. Put another
way, this might mean an equal role for all governments. There is a lot of room
to define what that role is (if any) and how it might be reflected in internet
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would argue for a stronger ITU role. But I think it’s fair to say that
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Karl E. Peters
[mailto:kpeters@tldainc.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 06 January 2009 16:04<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org;
Adam Peake<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] A U.N.
grab for Internet control?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> Please
do not confuse old with irrelevant! Is this no longer concern to you in
any way because you already read it? That's a bit perplexing... What has
happened since to make this a non-issue? I am new to the list and simply
wondered what participants on an internet governance list thought about
proposed changes to internet governance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Subject: Re: [governance] A U.N. grab for Internet control?<br>
From: Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp><br>
Date: Mon, January 05, 2009 10:52 pm<br>
To: governance@lists.cpsr.org, "Karl E. Peters"
<kpeters@tldainc.org><br>
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><br>
Karl, see the date of the article, Posted: December 02, 2003<br>
<br>
Not so relevant now.<br>
<br>
Adam<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
>Just read an intriguing article on the Internet and desire of many <br>
>to place it under the UN. Any here either for or against such a plan <br>
>in any noticeable way? Please read article linked below...<br>
><br>
>A U.N. grab for Internet control?<br>
>Proposal expected at global summit in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City><br>
><br>
>To view the entire article, visit <br>
><<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=22075" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=22075">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=22075</a>><a
href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=22075" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=22075">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=22075</a><br>
><br>
>-Karl E. Peters<br>
><br>
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