[governance] Conflicts in Internet Governance

[Diego Rafael Canabarro]

At the International Studies Association Annual Convention last week in San
Francisco, an official from the US Department of State said: "there's no
commons on cyberspace". That perception is closely related to the conflict
presented by Mr. Perry bellow in this thread. I'm still struggling with
that assertion.


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:
>
> > One of the most significant I'm aware of (and I hope this is within
> > the remit of your question):
>
> It definitely is, and it's a conflict that I have not been sufficiently
> conscious of, so thank you very much for pointing this out!
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
> > The private sector has built extensive
> > networks [fixed and mobile] using $billons of investment on which
> > their shareholders [many of whom are the consumers' pension funds]
> > expect a return, versus many customers who feel entitled to have
> > unlimited usage for a relatively trivial monthly payment (which they
> > sometimes dress up as "Network Neutrality").
> >
> > I post this not to support either of the above points of view, but
> > merely to inform readers of the conflict it unquestionably represents.
>
>
>
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