[governance] Managing the Internet in the Public Interest

[Michael Gurstein]

Anriette,

As a matter of fact it was me who (remotely), somewhat at the last moment, and reading through the rather formal and procedural NM document suggested that that normative phrase be inserted, fully expecting that the folks on the ground in Sao Paulo would reject it in the interests of expediency, ideology, cooptation or whatever (as had been the basis of the arguments in opposition concerning similar phraseology previously on the Governance list, to which as I recall--but my memory could be faulty--there was no useful contribution from APC).

M	 

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From: Anriette Esterhuysen [mailto:anriette at apc.org] 
Sent: February 26, 2015 1:33 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Michael Gurstein
Subject: Re: [governance] Managing the Internet in the Public Interest

Michael, many in CS have worked very hard for recognition that the internet should be governed in the public interest. For many years.

Getting that text into the NETmundial statement took work, but we got it there and that is why I think it is short-sighted to dismiss that text.

It is a very important baseline from which we should never retreat and on which we can build.

http://netmundial.br/netmundial-multistakeholder-statement/

"NETmundial identified a set of common principles and important values that contribute for an inclusive, multistakeholder, effective, legitimate, and evolving Internet governance framework and recognized that the Internet is a global resource which should be managed in the public interest."

Anriette



On 26/02/2015 04:12, Michael Gurstein wrote:
> Contrary to the position of so much of CS in IG, Mr. Obama appears to be set on developing a regulatory framework for the US that ensures that the Internet will operate in the public interest.
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