[governance] Managing the Internet in the Public Interest

[parminder]

Norbert,

Of course I meant all public regulation is (supposed to be ) in public 
interest, ideal-typically, since we are talking definitions here.

Certainly, law and regulation has very often served narrow, sectional 
and private interests, in a manner which is illegitimate ...

parminder

On Thursday 26 February 2015 05:53 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:52:31 +0530
> parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
>> In fact all regulation is in public interest
> Apologies, but I feel like being slightly nitpicky right now.
>
> While I agree that all regulation (like all other forms of governance
> on national or global or any other public sphere scope) comes with at
> least an implied claim of being in some sense in the public interest,
> whether that claim is true is a different question.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
>
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