Mark and all,
Well the answer to you question is what ICANN and the International
Treaty Organizations are supposed to be, that being the STAKEHOLDERS
collectively and individually.
Mark Measday wrote:
> OK, by whom, over what, what shall be the regulations, and what processes? If
> they are not those of an international treaty organisation under international
> law, or the private 'self-regulation' of ICANN under largely US domestic
> oversight, what should they be?
>
> Karl Auerbach wrote:
>
> > > .... The
> > > fundamental complexity in this situation stems from the fact that the
> > > Internet is largely owned by private interests. To be concrete, Old
> > > Harry doesn't have any right to tell me how to run my computers
> >
> > The airplanes and ships of the world are largely owned by private
> > interests. Yet there are very strong regulations that say exactly how they
> > shall be flown or sailed.
> >
> > Regulation of the Internet is both legitimate and proper. The question is
> > by whom, over what, what the regulations shall be, and what processes are
> > used to apply them.
> >
> > --karl--
Regards,
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