[133875] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UN mulls internet regulation options
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Baker)
Sun Dec 19 16:49:06 2010
From: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D0E796E.2040603@dcrocker.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:48:45 -0800
To: dcrocker@bbiw.net
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 19, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote:
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> On 12/18/2010 9:52 PM, Joseph Prasad wrote:
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/242051,un-mulls-internet-regulation-options.=
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> Given the season, their efforts appear to be a form of mulled whine.
Well, if you have followed the news, it comes down to the fact that some =
of our old friends from WSIS/WGIG/IGF+ICANN/GAC "we're the government =
and we like the idea of being in charge" friends are at it again. In one =
corner, Brazil, China, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia; in the other, US, =
Austria, and so on. The current state of play is that the folk in the =
first corner would like an exclusive club, and a combination of parties =
including the folks in the second corner and a variety of civil society, =
industry, ad etc parties and rocked the boat back in the direction of =
multi-stakeholder discussions.
My prediction: the boat will keep rocking, and the "givmint" folks will =
try again. And again.=
