And don't assume that just because ISOC is on the case that this situation is covered. It's a real threat and every ITU Secretary-General since 1999* has been trying to grab these powers, supported by more or less authoritarian governments. *The last S-G who was not trying this was Pekke Tarjanne, who was largely responsible for telecom liberalisation at the international level. He left office in January 1999. Regards Brian Carpenter On 2012-01-20 06:01, Eliot Lear wrote: > What this story refers to is the World Conference on International > Telecommunications. > > DID YOU KNOW? > > ... that the Internet currently runs through a loophole in these > international regulations that were last amended in the 1980s? > > ... that there are some countries who would like to exert more control > over what protocols run on the Internet? > > If you didn't know, perhaps you might want to engage with ISOC to learn > more about this. Check out http://www.internetsociety.org/regulation. > > Eliot > > On 1/19/12 5:04 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> For those who haven't seen it, here: >> >> Next battle over Net ramps up worldwide >> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71625.html >> >> is an interesting story, one which is also fairly accurate (often not true >> of major media stories about the Internet). >> >> Noel >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf