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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 09:38:05 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks) Date: December 5, 2008 3:27:37 PM EST To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Regulating the Inet... [Note: This item comes from friend Tim Pozar. DLH] From: Tim Pozar <pozar () lns com> Date: December 5, 2008 12:04:10 PM PST To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: [Fwd: Regulating the Inet...]I don't think Pres Berlusconi will get far, but this idea is catching on.
My concern is that I really don't see any group or person stepping up to suggest standards or regulation that will fit with say New America's proposed national broadband strategy and the various distributed polices that break the net such as Spam RBLing and peering agreements. Seems like this is a good time to start to look at that and set standards much like the Up Time Institute is doing for power in data centers. For instance, a baseline AUP that ISPs can sign on to. Additional regulations and law that provide reduce the liability of ISPs to various forms of content. If we really want to treat the network as a pipe or "Stupid" as in David Isenberg paper, we need to craft regulation to support that. If a set of standards aren't written by the industry, then expect some really bad attempts of treaties and regulation coming out of places like the UN and the G8. Tim -- <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/03/berlusconi_g8_internet/> Berlusconi plans to use G8 presidency to 'regulate the internet' Forza Italia? By Chris Williams Posted in Telecoms, 3rd December 2008 16:59 GMT Italian president and media baron Silvio Berlusconi said today that he would use his country's imminent presidency of the G8 group to push for an international agreement to "regulate the internet". Speaking to Italian postal workers, Reuters reports Berlusconi said: "The G8 has as its task the regulation of financial markets... I think the next G8 can bring to the table a proposal for a regulation of the internet." Italy's G8 presidency begins on January 1. The role is taken by each of the group's members in rotation. The holder country is responsible for organising and hosting the G8's meetings and setting the agenda. Italy's last G8 presidency in 2001, also under Berlusconi, was marred by riots at the annual meeting in Genoa. Berlusconi didn't explain what he meant by "regulate the internet", but the mere mention of it has prompted dismay among Italian commentators. Berlusconi owns swathes of the Italian mass media. The left-wing newspaper L'Unita wrote: "You can not say that it is not a disturbing proclamation, given that the only countries in the world where there are filters or restrictions against internet are countries ruled by dictatorial regimes: those between China, Iran, Cuba, Saudi Arabia." La Stampa reports Italian bloggers are planning to protest against any move by the president to tighten government control over the webtomorrow. They plan to display anti-Berlusconi banners on their websites.
Any G8 move next year to "regulate the internet" led by Berlusconi is likely to attract criticism. He has often been accused of using his power to try to silence dissent. He lost a long-running libel battle against The Economist earlier this year after it said he was not "fit to run Italy" and was this week suing American critic Andrew Stille for defamation*. However, the governments of industrialised nations have been ramping up their rhetoric against internet content they view as unacceptable. The UK has introduced new laws and revived (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/09/policing_internet_one/) arcane ones to clamp down on extremist websites and niche pornography. Australia is busy implementing (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/05/aussie_internet/) filters. RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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