[liberationtech] <nettime> Milton Mueller: Core Internet institutions abandon the US Government

[Doc Searls]

There is much more to the Brazilian picture, I am sure.

For example, as I understand it, Brazil has high import tarriffs on gear, and it pays somewhat dearly for transit as well. These are among the economic, technical and policy variables that predate the Snowden matter, and are at best peripheral to Brazil's unhappiness toward the NSA, ICANN and the USG.

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On Oct 12, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Andrew McConachie <amcconachie at berkeley.edu> wrote:

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> On 10/12/13 3:10 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
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>> The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government
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> While we should welcome attempts to move ICANN out from under the
> control of the US Department of Commerce, let's also be aware that
> issues Internet surveillance have nothing to do with managing the
> Internet's number and name space.  The issues are unrelated.
> 
> It is a big deal if Fadi Chehadi asks the Brazillian president to
> essentially 'turn the heat up' on the USG and move ICANN out from under
> US control.  But I see no reason to believe this will transform ICANN
> into the transparent organization that the citizens of the world need it
> to be.  Brazil seems intent on leveraging all the outrage they can over
> the Snowden leaks to push their own trade agenda.  I welcome Brazil's
> attempts to decouple ICANN from US control.  But I'm tempering my
> expectations given that I don't see many realistic alternatives to the
> status quo regarding ICANN and who gets to hold the Internet's name and
> number space reins.
> 
> The IGF conference coming up in October 22-25 should be interesting if
> only for the political theatre it promises.  Get your popcorn ready and
> prepare for the show ;)
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