For those who haven't seen it, here:
Next battle over Net ramps up worldwide
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71625.html
is an interesting story, one which is also fairly accurate (often not true
of major media stories about the Internet).
Noel
--On Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:04 -0500 Noel Chiappa
j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu wrote:
For those who haven't seen it, here:
Next battle over Net ramps up worldwide
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71625.html
is an interesting story, one which is also fairly accurate
What this story refers to is the World Conference on International
Telecommunications.
DID YOU KNOW?
... that the Internet currently runs through a loophole in these
international regulations that were last amended in the 1980s?
... that there are some countries who would like to exert more
And don't assume that just because ISOC is on the case that this
situation is covered. It's a real threat and every ITU Secretary-General
since 1999* has been trying to grab these powers, supported by more
or less authoritarian governments.
*The last S-G who was not trying this was Pekke
On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:54 35AM, John C Klensin wrote:
--On Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:04 -0500 Noel Chiappa
j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu wrote:
For those who haven't seen it, here:
Next battle over Net ramps up worldwide
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71625.html
is an
