[governance] RE: Has U.S. started an Internet war? By Bruce Schneier + tinyURL

[Ian Peter]

McTim, it's not quite unilateral - its the most vocal champion of 
multistakeholderism acting in consort with the most powerful private sector 
interests dominating Internet usage.



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From: McTim
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:49 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; Ian Peter
Subject: Re: [governance] RE: Has U.S. started an Internet war? By Bruce 
Schneier + tinyURL

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> In time these events may prove far more serious for the Internet's future
> than may be apparent at this stage.
>
> The most powerful advocate of Internet freedom and multistakeholderism is
> being seen now as a party acting in its self interest rather than for 
> global
> interests, and multistakeholder is beginning to seem like a philosophy of
> convenience to protect US dominant interests.


I don't see how a unilateral action by states implicates the MSM in any way.

States will do what they will do.  However, we don't have to give them
the power to make ALL Internet policies when we can do a number of
them using MSism.


-- 
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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