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posted by Mueller on Tuesday June 13 2006, @09:35PM
The Internet Governance Project is is urging Internet users everywhere, but especially those outside the United States, to respond to the NTIA Notice of Inquiry with the following statement:
"The Internet's value is created by the participation and cooperation of people all over the world. The Internet is global, not national. Therefore no single Government should have a pre-eminent role in Internet governance. As the US reviews its contract with ICANN, it should work cooperatively with all stakeholders to complete the transition to a Domain Name System independent of US governmental control."
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Yes, of course the problem of who or what should oversee or supervise ICANN is complicated, and this statement does not answer questions about that. But on the other hand it will make it clear to the USG that its current insistence on unilateral governmental control is not where things should remain. It is particularly important to make the point that the US government's global authority over Internet governance is not matched by any global accountability mechanisms.
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Mueller wrote: "The Internet is global, not national. Therefore no single Government should have a pre-eminent role in Internet governance."
Anonymous wrote: "perhaps Mueller should be specific about which countries he feels should have control(s) over the Internet, and what those controls should be. Otherwise, it's only more USA bashing on his part."
I agree and believe no *single* govt. should have pre-eminence in Internet Governance - but this is not USA bashing. As a UK citizen I no more want the UK or the EU to have sole control than I do the US. Perhaps we need to look at an Internet UN.
At the end of the day the US Govt and ICANN have not done a *bad* job to date and perhaps this relationship *should* be allowed to continue until there has been more practical debate on how Global Governance can be organised.
Better the devil you know :-)Bst Rgds
Peter
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