[governance] US House Bill to Affirm the Policy of the United States Regarding Internet Governance

[Riaz K Tayob]

So would this bill once passed have to be considered if the DOC/ICANN 
contract is renewed or revised?

In the WTO agricultural subsidies (the like of which damage poor farmers 
in Mali etc) discussions meet with retorts like the US is not 
negotiating its farm bill/s with the rest of the world. So one can 
imagine a similar situation arising here...

But I may be wrong, as it may be conducive to change that is progressive 
and/or legitimate.

riaz

On 2013/04/17 10:19 PM, John Curran wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2013, at 12:54 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Okay but can anyone point to an authoritative definition/description 
>> of what exactly is meant by "the successful multistakeholder model 
>> that governs the Internet" i.e. what exactly was the US Congress 
>> voting unanimously to "preserve and advance".
>
> Interestingly enough, the term "multistakeholder model" is not further 
> defined;
> this implies that it is should be obvious from context, and if one 
> reads the full
> bill, that might actually be the case depending on your own 
> perspective of the
> current Internet Governance structures.   (An an aside, I remember 
> back to a
> multi-hour session one day with lawmakers who were attempting to 
> define the
> term "Internet", so that it could be used in bill being drafted. 
>  Happily, we are
> past the point of where the term Internet needs definition, but I'll 
> admit to some
> surprise that "multistakeholder model" is now receiving the same 
> benefit of the
> doubt.)
>
> FYI,
> /John
>
> Disclaimers:  My views alone (where "My" is defined as those 
> associated with
>                     John Curran...)

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