[governance] DNS [Property or Public Good]

[Mawaki Chango]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> wrote:

>
> Here's what I came up with:
>
> First Law of the Internet
> http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000059.html
>
> + Every person shall be free to use the Internet in any way
>   that is privately beneficial without being publicly
>   detrimental.
>
>    - The burden of demonstrating public detriment shall
>      be on those who wish to prevent the private use.
>
>        - Such a demonstration shall require clear and
>          convincing evidence of public detriment.
>
>    - The public detriment must be of such degree and extent
>      as to justify the suppression of the private activity.
>
> I have found this useful.  However, it represents a balance between "me"
> and "we" that tends to favor the former over the latter.  That may be a
> balance that reflects my US/Canadian roots.  It would not surprise me to
> learn that people from other cultures would strike a different balance.
>
> To my mind, finding these kinds of statements of principle would be
> useful to help us navigate our way through the maze of choices that we
> have to make as we figure out how to govern - or not govern - various
> aspects of the internet.
>

Thanks!
m.


>
>         --karl--
>
>
>
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