[governance] China's next-generation internet is a world-beater - tech - 10 March 2013 - New Scientist

[John Curran]

On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:42 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are saying that you would prefer to have a bilateral agreement negotiated behind closed doors between the plutocrats err… the responsible senior officials in the US and the high level bureaucrats in China determining who knows what aspects of the operation of the Internet ...

Michael - 

Setting aside the who (US, China, Other Governments) and the how
(i.e. bilateral, multilateral, ...), may I ask a question about "what" you
say would be negotiated, specifically where you suggest that it would 
be "aspects of operation of the Internet"...

Why would governments ever have a role in setting Internet operational 
matters?

I believe that it is generally recognized that governments have a very
significant role in setting public policy, and this often takes the form
of specific principles or recommendations (established singly or via
bi/multilateral work with other governments.)   Such recommendations
have to be considered in the work done by various coordinating bodies
for the Internet (e.g. ICANN, RIRs, IETF), but they are not themselves
specific processes for technical or operational aspects.  For example, 
the EC Article 29 Data Privacy work is not Internet-specific, but it is 
clear that it is applicable to numerous registrars and hence there must
be a way to accommodate the principles expressed there when setting
critical Internet resource coordination processes (reference the recent 
exchanges on this topic during the ICANN RAA changes and ICANN
"Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law"...)

If we're to have one Internet, then we need Internet-wide standards and
Internet-wide processes for coordination of key aspects (such as critical
resources), and while consideration must be given to the public policy
principles and recommendations set by governments, that does not 
mean governments directly determining aspects of the standards or 
processes used in global operation.

/John

Disclaimers:  My views alone.  May cause headaches or dizziness. 

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