[governance] Fwd: [IP] A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace - Computerworld sput sput gasp gasp!! djf

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Worth discussing here

--srs (iPad)

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> From: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber at gmail.com>
> Date: 25 March 2013 20:02:59 IST
> To: "ip" <ip at listbox.com>
> Subject: [IP] A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace - Computerworld sput sput gasp gasp!!  djf
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> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236603/A_Declaration_of_the_Interdependence_of_Cyberspace?taxonomyId=167&pageNumber=1
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> A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace
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> Computerworld - On the anniversary of John Perry Barlow's issuing 'A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace,' a response and alternate call to action. 
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> A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace
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> Libertarians of the Virtual World, you gray-bearded detractors of government and sovereignty, we too come from Cyberspace. On behalf of the future, we ask you of the past to leave us alone. Your declaration of independence rings false, and your stale principles are a threat to progress.
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> The Internet has no elected government, nor is it likely to have one, but this does not mean it is not governed. The Internet is ruled, as are all technologies, not only by the norms and beliefs of its users, but also by the laws and values of the societies in which they live.
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> You allege that government has had no role in the Internet, and for this reason it has no claim to the Internet today, but this accusation is founded on nothing more than ignorance and superstition. Government labs and government-funded research programs gave birth to the Internet's essential technologies, and government policies continue to guide the development of important Internet innovations today.
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> Washington, D.C.
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> February 8, 2013
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> Daniel Castro is a senior analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a nonprofit public policy think tank.
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> Read more about Internet in Computerworld's Internet Topic Center.
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