[155320] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US House to ITU: Hands off the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sat Aug 4 16:02:16 2012
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From: John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org>
In-Reply-To: <501D5BE0.3090308@foobar.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 16:01:24 -0400
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Aug 4, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
> On 04/08/2012 16:55, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2012, Jimmy Hess wrote:
>>>> "it is the "consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States =
to
>>>> promote a global Internet free from government control."
>>>=20
>>> Now if they would only practice what they preach.....
>>=20
>> It will be interesting to see how that statement gets (ab)used the =
next
>> time net neutrality, or legislation like SOPA/PIPA becomes a hot =
topic.
>=20
> I suspect they meant "a global Internet free from _other_ government =
control".
Actually, it is very likely that they truly mean "free of any government=20=
control", with the confusion coming from the idea that enforcing =
existing=20
laws over the Internet (like copyright protection) isn't controlling the
Internet but just routine law enforcement.
Obviously, it is equally possible to view enforcing copyright protection =
as=20
a form of Internet control and/or form of Internet censorship, so =
stating=20
that governments shouldn't be controlling or censoring the Internet and =
then=20
taking down hundreds of domain names is certainly going to cause =
confusion,
if even the USG offers it as a perfectly logical and self-consistent =
position.
FYI,
/John
Disclaimer: My views alone. Your mileage may vary.=
