[governance] Re: FYI: The Path Towards Centralization of Internet Governance Under the UN essay

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 05:58:48PM +0200,
 Dessi Greve <dpefeva at gmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 53 lines which said:

> Interesting essay:
> 
> http://isocbg.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/the-path-towards-centralization-of-internet-governance-under-the-un/

Extremely one-sided pro-ICANN essay. I completely agree with Brett
Watson's comment:

This essay is conspicuous in its omission: it speaks of the
centralisation and institutionalisation of Internet governance as
though it were not already centralised and institutionalised. There is
a complete lack of comparison between the status quo under ICANN and
the US Government and the possible future under a UN body. I submit
that the "reasons for concern" cited in this essay can be applied with
equal force to the status quo, but the essay lacks even a hint of
comparison between the two. How can one obtain a full and proper
understanding of the situation while comprehensively ignoring the
current state of play?
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