[governance] [bestbits] IGC press release in response to the NTIA announcement of March 14

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 18 Mar 2014, at 1:24 am, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org> wrote:

> * Where do civil society actors (and academics), especially those many of us who *aren't membership organizations and don't have grassroot networks* to back us, get our political legitimacy from?  What answer should we give when asked, "Who died and made you king/queen/boss/co-equal?"

Simply that the affected stakeholders in Internet governance tend to include transnational communities of interest that are separate from, and not well represented by, nation states.  Sorry to plug my book but pp.152-157 goes into more detail (http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0980508401).

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Jeremy Malcolm PhD LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet lawyer, ICT policy advocate, geek
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