[governance] Another Immovable Legal Object Meeting An Irresistable Internet Force (this time it ain't Taipei...

[McTim]

and yet another example:

"Facebook ‘like’ button declared illegal" (DE)

http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20110819-37073.html

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:

>
>
> But above level 1 things get complicated. There have been many attempts to
> regulate for example, assignment of IP address space. So far most telecom
> laws expressly exclude regulating IP addresses and domain names, because the
> authority for those reside outside their jurisdiction.
>


This is the key sentence in this entire discussion IMO....over the last 3
decades or so, the "authority" in this example area of Internet Governance
has evolved from a "one guy with a notebook" model to a
global, multi-stakeholder led, BUTOC (Bottom Up, Transparent Open,
 Consensus) based model.  This allows for "true democracy"
or participatory democracy by which governments are somewhat
"dis-intermediated" so that while governments do participate in this policy
development area, representation of individual Internet users and other
entities is actively encouraged.  I, for one, greatly prefer my democracy to
be participatory.

This is just one example of how the Internet "is different".
-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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