[governance] Article: "Italy moves to place controls on Internet

[William Drake]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:29 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:


>  of forthcoming G 7/8 meeting. But the world has changed since 2000 and the
>  G 7 would be todaz too narrow if it comes to the Internet. You need the G
> 20 which includes BRIC. The acronym which I propose for this would be IG 20.
> With an IG 20 you would have a gobal Internet institutional architecture
> where IGF, ICANN and IG 20 would be combined in form of a network where the
> various institutions act in their specific roles without subordination but
> with mutual respect. This would be one step int this new territory of
> unchartered water which is called cyberspace.


Just what the US government is looking for, an opportunity to sit with the
BRIC countries at a smaller table with greater pressure and higher
expectations!

I suspect they'd prefer the ITU.  Small-n when you want to get something
done, large-n when you don't.

Bill
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