<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Protectionism is a good thing. As long as it follows the simple rules we have learned since the Roman eras.</DIV>
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<DIV>Never use it to protect those in power, only to protect the welfare of the people in general not a specific group within a nation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Never use it as a weapon to punish others (no nation is that bad ass)</DIV>
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<DIV>Never call it something else.</DIV>
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<DIV>When it fails, knock it off, quick like.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Poor French<BR>--- On <B>Mon, 6/22/09, Milton L Mueller <I><mueller@syr.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Milton L Mueller <mueller@syr.edu><BR>Subject: RE: [governance] ISPs, PTA lock horns over illegal VoIP<BR>To: "governance@lists.cpsr.org" <governance@lists.cpsr.org>, "William Drake" <william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch><BR>Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 8:48 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>That was exactly what I was thinking, but I didn't want to be rude to our French colleague. ;-) <BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> > The French ban on skype in universities and research centers was<BR>> > issued in Sept. 2005. Right after it was bought by Ebay.<BR>> <BR>> Aha. When it was European-owned, there was no threat to the security<BR>> of French universities and research centers. But when ownership moved<BR>> to California, there was a threat. Even though Skype's HQ remains in<BR>> Luxembourg.<BR>> <BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR> <A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=governance@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A><BR>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<BR> <A
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