Re: [liberationtech] Critically Examining What Would Happen if the U.N. (or another international body) Administered the Internet?

2013-08-03 Thread michael gurstein
Hi Zack, A belated response. This issue is a/the primary subject of discussion at the annual UN sponsored Internet Governance Forum http://www.intgovforum.org/ and the associated e-list mailto:governa...@lists.igcaucus.org of the Internet Governance civil society caucus. I've covered some of

[liberationtech] Critically Examining What Would Happen if the U.N. (or another international body) Administered the Internet?

2013-07-16 Thread Zack Brisson
Informed minds of Lib-Tech, During previous heated discussionshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/14/telecoms-treaty-internet-unregulatedof a potential UN Takeover of Internet administration, I never critically challenged the claim that it would lead to a set of de-centralized

Re: [liberationtech] Critically Examining What Would Happen if the U.N. (or another international body) Administered the Internet?

2013-07-16 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Jul 16, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Zack Brisson z...@thereboot.org wrote: Have there been nuanced and balanced explorations of how the U.N. (or another international organ) could serve as reasonably equitable hub for a multi-stakeholder Internet from actors others than those with a clear

Re: [liberationtech] Critically Examining What Would Happen if the U.N. (or another international body) Administered the Internet?

2013-07-16 Thread Zack Brisson
Bill, Thank you for fast response. I may have framed my question incorrectly, so I want to try and respond for clarifications in case others have contributions. ...at a greater degree of remove, whether any nationalistic form of governance would, in the long run, preserve the end-to-end model.