<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt">Paul's appointment by ISOC has to do more with the
message being sent to the chapters than its credentials (I do not
know Paul or his background until now) . </font></font>
</p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">David's
email rings a bell in all of us after the SOPA/PIPA hurricane. I
read Paul's blog -
<a href="http://blog.mpaa.org/BlogOS/author/Paul-Brigner.aspx">http://blog.mpaa.org/BlogOS/author/Paul-Brigner.aspx</a>
- and it gives me the impression that he was defending PIPA. The
following statement taken from his blog: </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><i>“</i></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>Here's
the bottom line: We rely on the Internet to do too much and be too
much to let it decay into a lawless Wild West...” </b></i></span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><i>
</i></span></font></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">is
contrary to the </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>“promote
the open use of the Internet”</b></i></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><b>
</b></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">
in </span></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">
ISOC mission.</span></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">In
the same blog, he is very explicit by indicating that he does not
agree that PIPA </span></font></font><font size="4"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>“...</b></i></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>will
affect developing security standards”</b></i></span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><i><b>
</b></i></span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">referring
to DNSSEC. Again, this is contrary to the statement issued by the
ISOC Board of Trustees published on 12 December 2011 -
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt"><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-joins-opposition-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-joins-opposition-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa</a>
– which clearly indicates the following:</font></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46)">"</span><b style="color:rgb(46,46,46);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic">From
a security perspective, DNS filtering is incompatible with an
important security technology called DNSSEC. In fact, DNSSEC would be
weakened by these proposals. This means that the DNS filtering
proposals in SOPA and PIPA could ultimately reduce global Internet
security, introduce new vulnerabilities, and put individual users at
risk”</b></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">In
any case, time will tell. Paul is already hired and appointed.
David's email cast a credible shadow of doubt on Paul's position.</span></p>
<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0in">-ed</p><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Lynn St.Amour <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:st.amour@isoc.org">st.amour@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><br>
On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:<br>
<br>
>> I am profoundly disturbed by the appointment of Paul Brigner as North<br>
>> American Regional Director of the Internet Society.<br>
>><br>
>> In his previous position as Chief Technology Officer at the Motion<br>
>> Picture Association of America (MPAA) he worked for the passage of PIPA<br>
>> and SOPA.<br>
><br>
> <snip><br>
><br>
>> The effective endorsement of MPAA policy positions by the Internet<br>
>> Society with the appointment of Brigner threatens to poison those<br>
>> relationships and severely damage the good name of the Internet Society.<br>
>><br>
>> I respectfully request that you reconsider the appointment of Paul<br>
>> Brigner as North American Regional Director of the Internet Society.<br>
><br>
> I really hope you give Paul a chance to show you what he can do. He worked<br>
> for the MPAA for just one year. COICA, SOPA, and PIPA were in the works<br>
> for significantly longer than that so I seriously doubt Paul had any hand<br>
> in crafting those policy positions. Working on issues of copyright and<br>
> blocking is important to ISOC and having someone with close knowledge of<br>
> that seems to me to be valuable.<br>
><br>
> His full CV is at <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrigner" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrigner</a> which says to me<br>
> there is a lot he brings to the table.<br>
><br>
> - Jason<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Jason,<br>
<br>
Indeed and thank you. And David, thank you for your obvious concern for ISOC and our MIssion. I won't jump in now as much of what I would say has already been said, but I am confident Paul will be a great asset and an ally.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Lynn<br>
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