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<DIV>+1 – well stated Marilia</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mariliamaciel@gmail.com
href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com">Marilia Maciel</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 14, 2012 9:16 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=ggithaiga@hotmail.com href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">Grace
Githaiga</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms
agency</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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in a twisted society lack of dialogue and understanding will be seen as victory
and only irresponsible people celebrate failure.
<DIV>The bright side was that bad proposals about Internet were avoided, at
least for now. The bad side is that good proposals from the ITRs seem to be
lost, and the meeting proves that the rift is widening between actors. The
consequence may be more attempts for national regulation in a myriad of topics,
from national firewalls to SOPA, PIPA or domain name seizures from the US gov.
But wait: aren't the US the ultimate freedom fighters according to .nxt?
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<DIV>Marília</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Grace Githaiga <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com"
target=_blank>ggithaiga@hotmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(238,238,238); FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(24,24,24); FONT-SIZE: 14px">Having
turned industries and governments upside down, the Internet has claimed its
first organizational scalp, subjecting the United Nations' International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) to a humiliating failure at the World Conference
on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai earlier today.</SPAN>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)">Read on: <A
href="http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/14/internet-humbles-un-telecoms-a"
target=_blank>http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/14/internet-humbles-un-telecoms-a</A></SPAN><BR>
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From: <A href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu"
target=_blank>lmcknigh@syr.edu</A><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"
target=_blank>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A><BR>Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012
21:53:38 +0000<BR>Subject: [governance] <A
href="http://www.multichannel.com/technology/itu-internet-resolution-draws-fire/140705"
target=_blank>http://www.multichannel.com/technology/itu-internet-resolution-draws-fire/140705</A><BR><BR>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>Includes
nuggets of info, new at least to me.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.multichannel.com/technology/itu-internet-resolution-draws-fire/140705"
target=_blank>http://www.multichannel.com/technology/itu-internet-resolution-draws-fire/140705</A><BR><BR>Lee<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You
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