[Chapter-delegates] ISOC briefing paper re: ITU IPv6 Group meeting, March 15-16

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello Bill Graham

In the APNIC list, Geoff Huston responded to the thread
http://archive.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apnic-talk/archive/2010/02/msg00015.html
with
some very interesting observations:

http://archive.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apnic-talk/archive/2010/02/msg00015.html

*...over the 20th century ... national regimes addressed the social needs
for broad access to a single functional telephone network via national
monopolies , the ITU assumed... the role of being the monopolists club.
Since many of these monopolies were publically owned and operated
enterprises the role of governments and the role of the monopoly actors were
closely aligned. ... the opposition was mainly from the US, but on the whole
the ITU was tolerated given the lack of any viable alternative.*
*
the ITU has been supremely irrelevant to th [Internet] business models. ...
I find it ironic that the latest efforts by the ITU to regain some degree of
relevance ...have the ITU invoking the mantra of "competition!" From the
supreme head of the former monopolist club that indeed is an ironic, and
economically and politically speaking a naive and inept move on the part of
the ITU.*
*
*
*the ITU has been supremely irrelevant to th [Internet] business models. ...
I find it ironic that the latest efforts by the ITU to regain some degree of
relevance ...have the ITU invoking the mantra of "competition!" From the
supreme head of the former monopolist club that indeed is an ironic, and
economically and politically speaking a naive and inept move on the part of
the ITU.*
*
*
*
*

These observations could be incorporated in any communication from ISOC
/ISOC Chapters to Governments.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy




On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Bill Graham <graham at isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi Veni,
>
> Well, it is not copyright, but it is marked for internal briefing purposes.
>  If friendly governments happen to see them, and find them useful, they
> would be free to copy at will.  As for quotes, the only quotes are from ITU
> documents available to Member States and Sector Members, so that should not
> be a problem.
>
> Bill
>
> On 1-Mar-10, at 7:17 PM, Veni Markovski wrote:
>
>  Bill,
>> what is the copyright status of the document, and of the quoted in the
>> document documents?
>> I mean, if a government wants to use them, parts of them, or portions, do
>> they need to come to ask for agreement, or are they free of copyright?
>>
>> venii
>>
>> On 3/1/2010 5:32 PM, Bill Graham wrote:
>>
>>> Please find the document in a friendlier format, as requested.
>>>
>>> Also, I've had questions about ISOC's plans for the meeting, and can
>>> confirm that staff intend to be there.  Yes, and I'm sure we will make a
>>> statement, along the lines in this briefing.  The precise text will have to
>>> be developed on site, once we hear how the meeting is going.
>>>
>>> kin
>>>
>>
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