<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>No I am sorry - that is just one of the myths that needs rebutting. There's no "sherriff of the internet" going on here any more than this is the Wild West. Any international law enforcement - online - as a matter of course follows a complex system of MLATs (and/or the budapest convention on cybercrime, with other signatory countries). <br><br>My rudimentary knowledge of french (vin blanc, svp at the most, or perhaps merci m'sieur) found the actual text very pleasant to read, but for a deeper understanding I did have to machine translate it, to my regret. It is a persuasive argument though, and doubtless quite well told in french, but it is a line of thinking that doesn't quite match ground realities, at least when it comes to cross border enforcement actions against criminals.</div><div><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 17-Dec-2012, at 18:37, Dominique Lacroix <<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu">dl@panamo.eu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="+1">Thank you Suresh for
your comment.<br>
I understand your difficulty to understand, because the text
uses a metaphor.<br>
Yes, Sheridan was not a sherif, but the US consider themselves,
nowadays, as the sherif of Internet.<br>
About the bazaar, it's a slight reference to the fact that
diffenciation between several agents is not a question of price.<br>
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The style of the text is pleasant for French and not-engineers
readers, precisely because Kavé, who is very well educated in
European culture, often tell tales, analogies and metaphors.<br>
He is a French University teacher and also he has a Persian
culture. That's why he uses tales and poetry.<br>
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Perhaps we shall try an English translation.<br>
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@+, best, Dominique</font><br>
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Dominique Lacroix<br>
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Société européenne de l'Internet<br>
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Le 17/12/12 12:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian a écrit :<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:E1TkYcZ-0004cZ-Gk@frodo.hserus.net" type="cite"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Some slightly mixed
up concepts, such as that general Philip sheridan was a career
army officer and was never a sheriff or other law enforcement
officer in his lifetime. And some notions from ESR's cathedral
and the bazaar. <br>
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I don't know if it is because of the narrative bringing in
strange analogies, or because of using Google translate to read
the article, but I found it hard to understand. <br>
<br>
In any case wild west analogies for cyberspace are non sequitirs<br>
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--srs (htc one x)<br>
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Subject: [governance] Clues for WCIT issues and prospects<br>
Date: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 3:42 PM<br>
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Hi,<br>
For those who can read French or a translator, Kavé Salamatian
proposes <br>
interesting interpretations of WCIT issues and prospects :<br>
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Le cyberespace et ses Indiens : <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/12/16/le-cyberespace-et-ses-indiens/">http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/12/16/le-cyberespace-et-ses-indiens/</a><br>
Jeux de coopération au Bazar : <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/12/17/jeux-de-cooperation-au-bazar/">http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/12/17/jeux-de-cooperation-au-bazar/</a><br>
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@+, best, Dominique<br>
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