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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Whether "wrong" or not, I guess the point was that it is well to keep in mind what the leadership of one quarter of the world's population and the world's second largest economy thinks about some rather significant Internet related issues. Probably also well to keep in mind that in the end (and whether we like it or not) a lot of the issues under discussion at the WCIT will be resolved on a political (national interest) basis rather than a technical one and that distinguishing between the two isn't always as clear cut as it might at first appear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Conrad<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 25, 2012 1:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] FW: [IP] US must hand over Internet control to the world - People's Daily Online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there some context as to why this 3 month old PDO opinion piece popped up again today on Dave's list?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It's as wrong now as it was then.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-drc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 25, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Lee W McKnight <<a href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu">lmcknigh@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><div id=divRpF980058><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Dave Farber [<a href="mailto:dave@farber.net">dave@farber.net</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Saturday, November 24, 2012 10:27 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ip<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[IP] US must hand over Internet control to the world - People's Daily Online</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7915248.html" target="_blank">http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7915248.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(<a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/" target="_blank">People's Daily Online</a>)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>11:10, August 18, 2012 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Internet has become one of the most important resources in the world in just a few decades, but the governance mechanism for such an important international resource is still dominated by a private sector organization and a single country.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>The U.S. government said in a statement on July 1, 2005 that its Commerce Department would continue to support the work of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and indefinitely retain oversight of the Internet’s 13 root servers.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>This indicated the U.S. decision to retain ultimate control over the global Internet, which enabled it to unilaterally close the Internet of another country. A suddenly paralyzed Internet would definitely cause huge social and economic losses to the country.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>More and more countries are beginning to question the U.S. control over the world’s Internet as the international resource should be managed and supervised by all countries together. However, the United States has conducted a pre-emptive strike, and refused to give up control over the Internet in the name of protecting the resource. The refusal reflects its hegemonic mentality and double standards.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>The United States controls and owns all cyberspaces in the world, and other countries can only lease Internet addresses and domain names from the United States, leading to the U.S. hegemonic monopoly over the world’s Internet. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>snip<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:4.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now" target="_blank" title="Go to archives for ip"><span style='color:#669933;text-decoration:none'>Archives</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/8923115-8446eb07" target="_blank" title="RSS feed for ip"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#669933;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=10 height=10 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDCB75.81DD0450" alt="https://www.listbox.com/images/feed-icon-10x10.jpg"></span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>|<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8923115&id_secret=8923115-86ed04cc" target="_blank" title=""><span style='color:#669933;text-decoration:none'>Modify</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Your Subscription |<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=8923115&id_secret=8923115-e899f1f0&post_id=20121124102905:978D3D38-364B-11E2-BB44-B774DAA6D097" target="_blank" title=""><span style='color:#669933;text-decoration:none'>Unsubscribe Now</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><a href="http://www.listbox.com/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=152 height=19 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01CDCB75.81DD0450" alt="https://www.listbox.com/images/listbox-logo-small.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>