[governance] 'search neutrality' to go with net neutrality

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

And there is a lot of space between self-regualtion and government regulation.

This is where I look for some multistakeholder solution to the regulatory conundrum.  This includes a balance between self-regualtion and top down regulatory regimes.

a.

On 7 Jan 2010, at 10:06, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

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>> I wonder how many people on this list would wish that governments got
>> themselves organised, and [attempted to] sort out all the perceived ills
>> on the Internet, on the grounds that they believe the current mechanisms
>> were failing their collective citizens?
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> Here is quote from Larry Lessig that I recently used:
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> "In a world drowning in spam, computer viruses, identity theft, copyright 'piracy', and the sexual exploitation of children, the resolve against regulation has weakened. We all love the Net. But if some government could really deliver on the promise to erase all the bads of this space, most of us would gladly sign up."
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> I think what has changed over the last decade is that the belief in the Internet's capacity for for self-regulation has lost its original traction. But public regulation hasn't become the default solution. The debate is about where, when and how governments should play a role. In this respect, the Internet has become more similar to other policy fields, hasn't it?
> jeanette
>> And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is most of the IG debate in a nutshell.
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