[governance] Need Help - History of Internet Governance

[Ronda Hauben]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Jovan Kurbalija wrote

>On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Jovan Kurbalija wrote:

>>> FILM: The film introduces issues related to Internet Governance.
>>> More than 30 leading policy makers and academics share their views on 
>>>a whole array of questions related to Internet Governance. There will 
>>>be also  multimedia materials received from GKP, UNDP APDIP and ICANN. The 
>>>film will last 52 minutes.
>

I wondered if you are including the criticism of the creation of ICANN
from before it was created?

I don't exactly understand what you are planning to do with this DVD and 
how this will help give a broad perspective to the issues involved and the 
principles that need to be understood.

If you start with ICANN or with the DNS, the problem is left without
a solution.

The development of the Internet is via a grassroots bottom up process
where the commercial entities were restricted and the research and 
technical and users could discuss the problems as problems rather than
being part of public relations for some product or commercial interest.

If you were creating a web site to welcome input it would be possible to 
try to make such input.


>Thank you for an interesting comment on the "convergence" of the medium. 
>The IG DVD will also be streamed via the Internet. There are a few 
>reasons for creating the DVD. The main reason is to make this material 
>available to users in developing countries (this being the main mission 
>of both Diplo and the UNDP APDIP). In spite of considerable improvements 
>in many developing countries, it is still difficult and expensive to 
>access multimedia-intensive content via the Internet.

I can understand your saying that you are creating a DVD so that those
who don't have access to the Internet would have access to your data.

But that can be a later step, after a web site is developed that 
documents the grassroots processes that gave birth to and made it possible 
to develop the Internet. These could then also be distributed via a
dvd, cd rom, etc.

But it seems that starting with a dvd means you start with a top down
version of what you are presenting, and though you say you welcome 
contributions, it is hard to contribute when one doesn't really understand 
what one is contributing to.

Also are you selling the DVD? What is the source of the funding to do 
this?

I wonder if you have had a chance to look at any of the work I have
made available online to WSIS or with urls about both the history and
development of the Internet and about how to try to clarify the problem of 
creating an appropriate model for the Internet's infrastructure.

For example, see perhaps an article I wrote about the WSIS meetings:

Who Will Control the Internet's Infrastructure
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=251118&rel_no=1

Also Returning Internet Governance to the People 
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=&no=198177&rel_no=1&back_url=

And the url for a proposal i submitted to the US govt before they created
ICANN, to give an idea of what process would be in line with the
process of the creation of the Internet. (This was in response to
a request from Magaziner that I put my critique of what he was doing
into an operational form or into a proposal.)
The url is:
http://www.wgig.org/docs/Comment_Hauben-April.pdf


Ronda


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