[governance] Could the U.S. shut down the internet?

[Roland Perry]

In message 
<AANLkTi=6jo59+pD8Een8f57256R+Z7rX9NbqN+OH=jwK at mail.gmail.com>, at 
18:50:13 on Sat, 5 Feb 2011, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> writes
>Well then there is some other policy activity taking down these websites?????

ACTA is a proposed international legal framework.

Any website takedowns I'm aware of at the moment will be under much 
older, local laws.

>On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:33 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> wrote:
>>> On 02/04/2011 01:13 PM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:
>>>
>>>> The text you provide is true. My question remains, within the current
>>>> state of affairs and what has happened to the Wikileaks website and
>>>> the numerous other being taken down under ACTA...
>>
>>
>> IIUC, ACTA has not been adopted or ratified by States.
>>
>>>
>>> The discussion requires greater precision.
>>
>>
>> precisely :-)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
>
>
>

-- 
Roland Perry
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t