[IRP] Fwd: [IP] USG rescinds 'leave internet alone' policy

[Max Senges]

Thanks Olivier

Quite interesting. What do people think? That the US is pushing for more
governance is not necessarily bad, no? Is there a way to promote human
rights and related policy implementation principles as the basis for the
governance efforts?

Best
Max

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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>wrote:

>  Max,
>
> you've asked for anything of interest to be forwarded to the IRP list.
> What I'm forwarding below has already been forwarded by someone else on the
> Governance list, but I thought that since this is a significant article, it
> was worthy of being sent out here as well.
> Having met Kieren many times when he was working at ICANN, I trust his
> judgement.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> --
> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhDhttp://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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>
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>  *From:* Richard Forno <rforno at infowarrior.org>
> *Date:* February 26, 2010 9:06:56 PM EST
> *To:* Undisclosed-recipients: <>;
> *Cc:* Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>
> *Subject:* *USG rescinds 'leave internet alone' policy*
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>   Original URL:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/27/internet_3_dot_0_policy/
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> US government rescinds 'leave internet alone' policy
>
> By Kieren McCarthy
>
> Posted in Networks, 27th February 2010 00:06 GMT
>
> The US government?s policy of leaving the Internet alone is over, according
> to Obama?s top official at the Department of Commerce.
>
> Instead, an ?Internet Policy 3.0? approach will see policy discussions
> between government agencies, foreign governments, and key Internet
> constituencies, according to Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling, with
> those discussions covering issues such as privacy, child protection,
> cybersecurity, copyright protection, and Internet governance.
>
> The outcomes of such discussions will be ?flexible? but may result in
> recommendations for legislation or regulation, Strickling said in a speech
> at the Media Institute in Washington this week.
>
> The new approach (
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/presentations/2010/MediaInstitute_02242010.html)
> is a far cry from a US government that consciously decided not to intrude
> into the internet?s functioning and growth and in so doing allowed an
> academic network to turn into a global communications phenomenon.
>
> Strickling referred to these roots arguing that it was ?the right policy
> for the United States in the early stages of the Internet, and the right
> message to send to the rest of the world.? But, he continued, ?that was then
> and this is now. As we at NTIA approach a wide range of Internet policy
> issues, we take the view that we are now in the third generation of Internet
> policy making.?
>
> Outlining three decades of internet evolution - from transition to
> commercialization, from the garage to Main Street, and now, starting in
> 2010, the ?Policy 3.0? approach - Strickling argued that with the internet
> is now a social network as well a business network. ?We must take rules more
> seriously.?
>
> He cited a number of examples where this new approach was needed: end users
> worried about credit card transactions, content providers who want to
> prevent their copyright, companies concerned about hacking, network
> neutrality, and foreign governments worried about Internet governance
> systems.
>
> The decision to effectively end the policy that made the internet what it
> is today is part of a wider global trend of governments looking to impose
> rules on use of the network by its citizens.
>
> In the UK, the Digital Economy Bill currently making its way through
> Parliament has been the subject of significant controversy for advocating
> strict rules on copyright infringement and threatening to ban people from
> the internet if they are found to do so. The bill includes a wide variety of
> other measures, including giving regulator Ofcom a wider remit, forcing ISPs
> to monitor their customers? behavior, and allowing the government to take
> over the dot-uk registry.
>
> In New Zealand, a similar measure to the UK?s cut-off provision has been
> proposed by revising the Copyright Act to allow a tribunal to fine those
> found guilty of infringing copyright online as well as suspend their
> Internet accounts for up to six months. And in Italy this week, three Google
> executives were sentenced to jail for allowing a video that was subsequently
> pulled down to be posted onto its YouTube video site.
>
> Internationally, the Internet Governance Forum ? set up by under a United
> Nations banner to deal with global governance issues ? is due to end its
> experimental run this year and become an acknowledged institution. However,
> there are signs that governments are increasingly dominating the IGF, with
> civil society and the Internet community sidelined in the decision-making
> process.
>
> In this broader context, the US government?s newly stated policy is more in
> line with the traditional laissez-faire internet approach. Internet Policy
> 3.0 also offers a more global perspective than the isolationist approach
> taken by the previous Bush administration.
>
> In explicitly stating that foreign governments will be a part of the
> upcoming discussions, Strickling recognizes the United States? unique
> position as the country that gives final approval for changes made to the
> internet?s ?root zone.? Currently the global Internet is dependent on an
> address book whose contents are changed through a contract that the US
> government has granted to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> Number (ICANN), based in Los Angeles.
>
> ICANN recently adjusted its own agreement with the US government to give it
> more autonomy and now reports to the global Internet community through a
> series of reviews. Strickling sits on the panel of one of those reviews.
>
> Overall, this new approach could enable the US government to regain the
> loss of some of its direct influence through recommendations made in policy
> reports. But internet old hands will still decry the loss of a policy that
> made the network what it is today. ?
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