<div dir="ltr">At the International Studies Association Annual Convention last week in San Francisco, an official from the US Department of State said: "there's no commons on cyberspace". That perception is closely related to the conflict presented by Mr. Perry bellow in this thread. I'm still struggling with that assertion.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">Roland Perry <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> One of the most significant I'm aware of (and I hope this is within<br>
> the remit of your question):<br>
<br>
</div>It definitely is, and it's a conflict that I have not been sufficiently<br>
conscious of, so thank you very much for pointing this out!<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> The private sector has built extensive<br>
> networks [fixed and mobile] using $billons of investment on which<br>
> their shareholders [many of whom are the consumers' pension funds]<br>
> expect a return, versus many customers who feel entitled to have<br>
> unlimited usage for a relatively trivial monthly payment (which they<br>
> sometimes dress up as "Network Neutrality").<br>
><br>
> I post this not to support either of the above points of view, but<br>
> merely to inform readers of the conflict it unquestionably represents.<br>
<br>
<br>
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