more on Excerpts from speechifying at U.N.Internet summit (selected)

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:57:56 -0800
From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Excerpts from speechifying at U.N.Internet summit (selected)
To: dave () farber net



Dave Farber wrote:
>
> Subject: CircleID Report: UN Global Forum on Internet Governance
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:31:25 -0800
> From: Ali Farshchian <ali () circleid com>
> To: <declan () well com>
>
> This report published on CircleID today regarding UN's Internet Governance
> forum (based on various quotes from participants) can perhaps help provide
> some reflection on the overall tone:
>
> "UN Global Forum on Internet Governance"
> http://www.circleid.com/article/544_0_1_0_C/

There we read that Vint Cerf declared:

 "...Every one of the nearly 1 billion Internet users
 today could certainly not be consulted about
 Internet governance,..."

The question is, why not? The Internet provides the
technology for reaching everyone of them. Consulting
the users also does not exclude the governments. But
it could give a more balanced view of what users really
want and about the restrictions they feel today.

Cheers,
Ed Gerck 

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