[governance] Multi-stakeholder model, evolution and revolution

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 06/12/2012, at 10:48 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

> I worry that the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" meme with which most are approaching WCIT will solidify into a general opposition to any global norm-setting outside of the Internet technical community's institutions, and that Internet policy development will thereby be confined to the national level.  This is not helped by the US government's predisposition to avoid taking on international obligations (the Disabilities Treaty being the latest example, besides the Law of the Sea, the International Criminal Court, the Cybercrime Convention, the Treaty for the Visually Impaired, etc) - except of course through multilateral trade agreements!  I think we need to work on addressing that perception, and point out that:

Of course ignore "Cybercrime Convention" above, don't know why I wrote that.

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