[governance] Internet Governance Debate (Silence and Fatigue)

[McTim]

On 4/22/07, Milton Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
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>
>
> So where do things stand now?
>
> The root server issue (as IGP predicted at the last IGF) is now
> reinvented and renewed thanks to the prospect of DNSSEC implementation.


It's only renewed in the minds of IGP stff me thinks!

> (See our serial blog at http://blog.internetgovernance.org)

Wishing doesn't make it so.

ICANN's new
> TLD process fuses freedom of expression, economic regulation, process
> and multilingual issues. The deregulation of domain name registry prices
> raises classical issues in regulation, with a somewhat new twist given
> the global scope, ICANN's lack of any legal foundation (or competence)
> in that area. Whois/privacy is still unresolved. There is an impending
> fight over address scarcity in IPv4 and the difficult transition to
> IPv6.

There is no fight.  There are orderly discussions going on in multiple
fora in multiple regions in a bottom up fashion.


> The beat goes on.

It does. In fact this week is a very busy week for these orderly discussions.

http://www.arin.net/announcements/20070423.html

http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-6/index.htm

I don't see any IGP folk on the participants list for either of these
meetings, or participating on the mailing lists where these things are
discussed.  Being involved at the top (ICANN) isn't going to help
shape policies on these issues.  You have to get down in the trenches
to have any meaningful input.  Hope to see you all there soon.

>
> In addition, there are a host of non-ICANN related Internet governance
> issues, from net neutrality to WIPO treaties to continued efforts to
> regulate internet content. Each of them as deep and involved as the
> ICANN issue.

deeper, really, witness:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18273916/


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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