[governance] Internetistan, or the Bit Boat... a new approach to Internet governance!

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

With the level of control Egypt had over their Internet there was really no technical way to shut that cable down. Of course they might have sent a ship over with instructions to drag its anchor across the seabed, but short of that .,

--srs (iPad)

On 12-Dec-2012, at 0:08, "Matthias C. Kettemann" <matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at> wrote:

> Cher Bertrand, dear all, 
> 
> I'd even go one step further. In a article published in the Heidelberg Journal of International Law, I argued that the example of Egypt is not only reflective of an emerging international principle but even indicative of the crystallization of the application of the international customary law norm of non-interference to other states' Internet access. Indeed, the stability and functionality of the Intenret can by now be clearly considered to lie in the common interest. As such, it is protected by international law. States that violate this common obligation engage their international responsibility.
> 
> (I'm happy to share the article on an individual basis if you're interested (but it's in German): Kettemann, Das Internet als internationales Schutzgut: Entwicklungsperspek­tiven des Internetvölkerrechts anlässlich des Arabischen Frühlings [The Internet als a Global Object of Protection: Perspectives on International Internet Law in Light of the Arab Spring], ZaöRV/Heidelberg Journal of Int'l Law 72 (2012), 469-482
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