[governance] cross-border IG issues

[Roland Perry]

In message <4D3AD5F5.90707 at itforchange.net>, at 18:34:53 on Sat, 22 Jan 
2011, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes
>Roland Perry wrote:
>  In message <4D3AA246.2080207 at itforchange.net>, at 14:54:22 on Sat,
>  22 Jan 2011, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes
>    The fact that all the above mega corporates, as well as ICANN
>>    itself,
>  I thought you were trying to avoid discussions which confuse
>  governance of the infrastructure with governance of the content.
>    are as you say are companies registered in the US is a huge IG
>>    issue. I dont want my personal data to be accessed by anyone
>>    without my consent. And if exceptional conditions of possible
>>    involvement in a crime etc are involved I would have it handled
>>    only by a body/ authority  in whose constitution I have a
>>    democratic role, which regrettably is not the case with the US
>>    gov.
>  Then it is up to you (and those of a like mind) to "vote with your
>  feet" and subscribe to websites run from different jurisdictions.
>  And if you don't think they exist, it's not the Internet
>  infrastructure that's preventing it.
>What do you think is preventing it?

Mainly the first-mover advantage that seems to be very much the hallmark 
of famous US-based applications.

>If your response to cross border issues I bring up is to advice cutting
>back to an Internet (or Internets) that fits jurisdictional boundaries,
>it is indeed an internally coherent solution. However, I still think
>that it is possible to preserve a global Internet if we can muster
>enough political  will and courage to develop the necessary global
>political system.

I'd be very happy to see a co-ordinated regulatory framework applied 
globally, for issues such as Data Privacy (and disclosure to law 
enforcement) and so on. The whole world signed up to the Budapest 
Convention!
-- 
Roland Perry
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