[governance] Fwd: [IP] Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?

[McTim]

we have been down this road many times, sadly.

I can't imagine there is anything new that anyone has to say!

rgds,

McTim

On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 7:25 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
wrote:

> As Parminder says, "comments are welcome"
>
> --srs
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From:* "Dave Farber" <dave at farber.net>
> *Date:* 15 October 2016 at 4:04:26 PM IST
> *To:* "ip" <ip at listbox.com>
> *Subject:* *[IP] Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?*
> *Reply-To:* dave at farber.net
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *parminder* <parminder at itforchange.net>
> Date: Saturday, October 15, 2016
> Subject: [Internet Policy] Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?
> To: "internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
>
>
> Hi All
>
> I wrote this commentary piece in the Economic and Political Weekly of
> India on ICANN's oversight transition.
>
> *Internet Governance: Is the Internet Really Free of US Control?*
>
> "The recent decision of the United States government to cede its control
> over the internet’s naming and addressing system to the Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a US-based
> international non-profit body, is heralded as a significant step towards
> the globalisation of internet’s core infrastructure. But with ICANN having
> no special jurisdictional immunity and subject to the whims of the judicial
> and legislative branches of the US government as well as many of its
> executive agencies, the decision seems more symbolic than meaningful."
>
> http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/42/web-exclusives/internet-governance.html
> Comments are welcome.
> parminder
>
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Cheers,

McTim
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indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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