[governance] Fw: [IP] DL- One Man's Freedom is Another Man's Imperialism (via Evgeny Morosov)

[parminder]

On Tuesday 06 January 2015 12:37 AM, Barry Shein wrote:
> Something which strikes me in that article is that it makes the point
> that the link between the Sony breaches and N Korea hasn't been
> established but asserts that the US govt took down N Korea's internet
> connection as if it were established fact.

What is certainly an established fact is that the US has announced 
sanctions against North Korea specially in relation to this episode , 
see 
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/01/02/obama-orders-sanctions-on-north-korea-over-sony-hack/ 
.

Further, Obama has warned that US's response would “take place at a time 
and in a manner of our choosing.”

However reprehensible the North Korean regime is, it is unacceptable 
that US should officially use such war like language for a yet to be 
proven allegation. (What about its own 'proven' attacks on Iranian 
nuclear reactors, and against practically everyone, that Snowden tells 
us about.) If any other country uses the same language against the US - 
that a response will take place at a time and in a manner of our 
choosing -  it is quiet likely that the US will declare that one as a 
terrorist state and begin suffocating it economically, and even justify 
drone attacks as it pleases.

Another important factor; the US is the main party that refuses to get 
into talking about a global cyber security treaty, of any kind 
whatsoever, bec it apparently does not want any global constraints upon 
its own global cyber adventures...

And this is the country that many of us here allow to lead the global 
Internet regime.... And allow it to keep the world hyper confused about 
everything Internet governance, from the need of global forums for 
Internet norms and policies to an IANA transition process that is made 
to order to confuse and mislead, unless of course it is me who has an 
exceptionally poor IQ..

parminder

> Barring supporting evidence or admission what's more likely is they
> were taken down by pranksters/miscreants who tend to attack anything
> which is in the news.
>
> I tend to doubt that's how the US govt is likely to deal with a
> foreign power, it would be silly, except perhaps as a preventative
> measure (to block some attack in progress.)
>
> And I also doubt it would have much affect on N Korea.
>
> So, no evidence, and it doesn't even make sense.
>
>
> P.S. Did N Korea threaten harm to theater-goers if the film opened or
> not? There's some suspicion the threat was a hoax tho they seemed to
> retract the threat later.
>
> This is all like tap-dancing on quicksand.
>


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