[governance] ISPs, PTA lock horns over illegal VoIP

[Eric Dierker]

Protectionism is a good thing.  As long as it follows the simple rules we have learned since the Roman eras.
 
Never use it to protect those in power, only to protect the welfare of the people in general not a specific group within a nation.
 
Never use it as a weapon to punish others (no nation is that bad ass)
 
Never call it something else.
 
When it fails, knock it off, quick like.

Poor French
--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:


From: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
Subject: RE: [governance] ISPs, PTA lock horns over illegal VoIP
To: "governance at lists.cpsr.org" <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, "William Drake" <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>
Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 8:48 PM


That was exactly what I was thinking, but I didn't want to be rude to our French colleague. ;-) 

> -----Original Message-----
> > The French ban on skype in universities and research centers was
> > issued in Sept. 2005. Right after it was bought by Ebay.
> 
> Aha. When it was European-owned, there was no threat to the security
> of French universities and research centers.  But when ownership moved
> to California, there was a threat. Even though Skype's HQ remains in
> Luxembourg.
> 
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