[governance] FW: [IP] Shock threat to shut Skype

[Joe Baptista]

The way I see it skype will be replaced by something else if it's that
important. I think they are being silly. It's all about money.

As I skype user I can tell you they have been nice to us this last month.
all skype users got unlimited calls world wide to test out a service for
unlimited global calling for only 9.00 per month. Maybe thats their way of
saying good bye.

In any case - skype will be a loss. I rarely use it except for some people.
never use it for global calling. I like land lines. but it has been helpful
from time to time and i was considering even putting it on my blog.

regards
joe

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Carlton Samuels <
carlton.samuels at uwimona.edu.jm> wrote:

> Michael:
> I agree.   Seems like a tall order to take private property and declare it
> public goods unless compensation is agreed. But that aside, but I can tell
> you losing Skype would have a severe impact on many communities of interest,
> especially several civil society ones, that I'm attached
>
> Carlton Samuels
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Anyone agree with me that Skype, like medical care, is too essential a
>> service to be left to the market...
>>
>> I'm not sure what can be done about this but it seems to me that this (or
>> at least this class of issues) would be a suitable discussion topic for the
>> next Internet Governance Forum...
>>
>> How does one declare an Internet service as essential to the global
>> interest and introduce some means to ensure its survival?
>>
>> MBG
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* David Farber [mailto:dave at farber.net]
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 31, 2009 6:13 AM
>> *To:* ip
>> *Subject:* [IP] Shock threat to shut Skype
>>  Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>  *From: *Bill Daul <bdaul at pacbell.net>
>> *Date: *July 31, 2009 7:20:29 AM EDT
>> *To: *Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>
>> *Subject: **Shock threat to shut Skype*
>>
>>  Asher MosesJuly 31, 2009 - 1:38PM
>>
>> eBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute with
>> the founders of the internet telephony service.
>>
>> The surprise admission puts a cloud over the 40 million active daily users
>> around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch with friends
>> and far-flung relatives.
>>
>> A recent study by market researcher TeleGeography found Skype carried
>> about 8 per cent of all international voice traffic, making it the world’s
>> largest provider of cross-border voice communications.
>>
>> The online auction powerhouse bought Skype from entrepreneurs Niklas
>> Zennstrom and Janus Friis for $US2.6 billion in 2005, but this did not
>> include a core piece of peer-to-peer communications technology that powers
>> the software.
>>
>> <..>
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/shock-threat-to-shut-skype-20090731-e3qe.html
>>
>>
>>
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