On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 12:17:42AM -0800, 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.
Of course. I mentioned automotive companies, but the principles are
precisely the same for airplanes and ships. Let's just think about that
-- we have shipping companies with assets in the billions, and they are
going to let themselves be regulated by a barely solvent private
non-profit corporation controlled by anybody who can get 5000 people to
send in a registration? Sorry. That doesn't pass the "ha-ha" test.
> 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.
..and you can bet that it isn't going to be a bunch of people who
happened to stumble across an email list :-)
--
Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
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