[governance] Yes! Hands off the Internet!

[michael gurstein]

I guess, as Milton would say... you don't read my blog...

M

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 4:56 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein
Cc: Suresh Ramasubramanian; Michael Leibrandt
Subject: Re: [governance] Yes! Hands off the Internet!

Michael,

On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 4:01 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
wrote:
> No, I don't "expect china, Russia or the Arab states to govern in the 
> global public interest" but nor do I expect that the US government, 
> Google or Facebook will operate so as to promote the global public
interest either.
>
>  As I was just saying,
>> The issue of course, for those with a sincere interest in the 
>> well-being of the Internet, is not "hands off the Internet" but 
>> rather to develop means for ensuring that the Internet is "managed" 
>> in the global public interest by all parties.
>
> This I think is an area where civil society and the technical 
> community should be demonstrating leadership (and hopefully joined by 
> sympathetic governments and potentially elements of the private 
> sector)  in defining, articulating and pursuing.


But that is EXACTLY what happened at WCIT, and you kvetched about it!

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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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