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

[Dessi Greve]

 I am not arguing if it is pro- or anti-.

It is just a very well written article, with lots of quotes, and answers to
some of the questions previously raised in this mailing list, as well as in
discussions where ISOC-Bulgaria has participated. Mainly - what is the IGF,
why it seems so focused on ICANN, who are the driving forces behind some of
the attacks on the current governance model, etc.



On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <
bortzmeyer at internatif.org> wrote:

> 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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