[Chapter-delegates] Net Neutrality

[Joly MacFie]

I've always thought, based on previous papers etc, the official position
was to strongly emphasize usercentricity and open internetworking, while
cautioning policymakers about unintended consequences of ham-handed
regulation.

j

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Klaus Birkenbihl
<Klaus.Birkenbihl at isoc.de>wrote:

> > Q: ... Don’t you think it’s important that innovation, with respect to
> competitiveness, should enable the innovators to have some type of
> competitive advantage, even if it’s for a limited period of time?
> > A: Yes, I suppose I probably would ...  And that’s probably a good thing.
>
> So at the bottom line innovation may overcome the need for net
> neutrality? (May be for a limited period of time only?) This is the
> last sentence in the interview. Anyone really surprised about the
> headline?
>
>  --
>
> Eric, what do you mean by this: [speaking as a chapter member, not a
> Trustee]??? Do you have a different view as a (chapter) member than as
> a Trustee? What is your position as a Trustee? I mean, you should have
> one. Probably I'm not the only one who's curious.
>
>  --
>
> Fred (you asked for comments):
> http://www.internetsociety.org/net-neutrality (rather not helpful.
> Does not explain what the critical issues are)
>
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/guidelines/docs/netneutrality_toolkit.pdf
> (Much better.) Also very good:
> www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/opennetwork/docs/ford-wentworth.pdf
> and there is a whole lot of stuff out there on the net that is even
> more concrete.
>
> Klaus
>
>
> Eric Burger wrote on 2012-05-30 13:06:
> > [speaking as a chapter member, not a Trustee]
> > The headline is vicious, but that is what editors do to sell stories.
> > The body text, where Sally points out that different countries have
> > different issues, is rather accurate.
> >
> > On May 30, 2012, at 5:54 AM, Elena Zvarici wrote:
> >
> >> Is this the official position of Isoc on Net Neutrality?
> >> Elena
> >> Vicious headline, anyway.
> --
> Klaus Birkenbihl
> Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE)
> c/o ict-Media GmbH
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