[governance] [Dewayne-Net] Shutting Down The Phone System Gets Real: The Regulatory Implications of AT&T Upgrading To An All IP Network

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Sat Nov 17 13:01:58 EST 2012


Funny, I would have thought it wouldn't even affect US citizens other than those that have the great good fortune to be customers of Verizon or time Warner.

But whenever did facts get in the way of a plausible sounding argument?

--srs (iPad)

On 17-Nov-2012, at 23:25, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org> wrote:

> parminder [2012-11-17 14:41]:
>>    Verizon and Time Warner have come up with asix strike rule
>> 
>> <http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/16/3654302/verizon-time-warner-copyright-alert-system>
> 
> That's a convenient straw-man.  Given how often people paint your arguments in a uni-dimensional manner, one would think you would refrain from responding to them in kind.  Alas!
> 
> Also, does this particular offence against online freedom affect people outside the USA?  While I would stand up against bad policy everywhere, I thought the reason you were raising it was to highlight how US domestic policy affects other countries directly.  (I would point to my favourite example of domain name seizures as being more appropriate.)

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

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/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


More information about the Governance mailing list