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

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Which is doubtless why it was posted elsewhere. Even hackneyed old points might assume a certain freshness when recycled on another forum.

--srs

> On 15-Oct-2016, at 7:25 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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:
>> 
>>> 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
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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