[discuss] Current drive

Fri Apr 4 17:14:48 UTC 2014

On Apr 4, 2014, at 12:50 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> [MG>] I have asserted no such thing.

I stand corrected.  You instead observed that as the Internet becomes even more 
ubiquitous, the arguments in support of seeing the Internet as a public utility governed 
“in the public interest” are growing...

>    If you wish the use of the Internet to be governed based on "public interest",  then 
>    have governments legislate user and service provider behavior appropriately.
> [MG>] this doesn’t follow at all from what I have said

Actually, it's pretty much a direct response to your observation noted above.

>   It does not require any unique relationship with the Internet identifier system, just 
>    as regulation of consumer credit usage does not require direct control over the
>    registries of credit card numbers.
> [MG>] see above

And again, "governed in the public interest" does not necessarily mean any direct 
relationship with how Internet standards are developed or how Internet identifiers 
are administered.

Thanks!
/John

Disclaimer: My views alone.

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