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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mueller@syr.edu
href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">Milton L Mueller</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:43 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [governance] Internet as a commons/ public
good</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><B>We recognise the Internet to be a global network of
networks comprised of computing devices and processes, and an emergent and
emerging social reality. In that sense, it is an intricate combination of
hardware, software, protocols, and human intentionality enabling new kinds of
social interactions and transactions, brought together by a common set of design
principles, and policies established through due democratic processes.
</B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d">[Milton L Mueller] assuming
that historical accuracy matters, and depending on what “policies” one is
referring to, I don’t think “democratic” process was involved in the origin of
the internet at all. The IETF developers were meritocratic, not democratic.
</SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d">IP – have to agree with
Milton. Tnere is no historic democratic processes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B>The design principles and policies that constitute its
governance ensure its stability, functionality and security, and aim at
preserving and enhancing the global commons and global public good character of
the Internet the combination of which has made previous innovations possible.
Therefore, in the face of the growing danger for the Internet experience to be
reduced to closed or </B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d">[Milton L Mueller] yes, but
they are also, and should be also, aim at preserving and enhancing the private
good aspects of the Internet. As the success of the internet rests on a
creative combination of both, why are we emphasizing only one aspect of this?
</SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d">IP. It is not secure, and I
believe its functionality is somewhat basic. I’d go straight to the global
commons stuff and skip the first part.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B>proprietary online spaces, we urge that the
preservation and enhancement of the Internet's global commons and public good
dimensions</B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d">[Milton L Mueller] what are
these dimensions? Why not specify them? Why not also recognize that we should
not interfere with the innovation and creativity that has come from affording
entrepreneurs and individuals to experiment and innovate with new private
services? </SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN></I></B> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d">IP. My somewhat reduced
version would then be</SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN></I></B> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B>We recognise the Internet
to be a global network of networks comprised of computing devices and processes,
and an emergent and emerging social reality. In that sense, it is an intricate
combination of hardware, software, protocols, and human intentionality enabling
new kinds of social interactions and transactions, brought together by a common
set of design principles. <B>The design principles and policies that constitute
its governance aim at preserving and enhancing the global commons and global
public good character of the Internet the combination of which has made previous
innovations possible. Therefore, in the face of the growing danger for the
Internet experience to be reduced to closed or </B></B><B>proprietary online
spaces, we urge the preservation and enhancement of the Internet's global
commons and public good dimensions.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in" class=MsoPlainText><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B> </P></DIV>
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