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[ NNSquad ] How to regulate the internet tap
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:18:08 -0400 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] How to regulate the internet tap Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: Dana Spiegel <dana@nycwireless.net> > Date: April 25, 2010 1:55:46 PM EDT > To: dave@farber.net > Cc: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> > Subject: Re: [IP] How to regulate the internet tap > > John Mayo is certainly an accomplished professor and author, but I'm > frustrated by his (and his coauthor's) apparent glossing over of one > critical difference between "the EU" and the US. > > Since the EU relies upon and assumes a secondary level of > government--the individual country governments of its members--any > regulation by the EU must take such national governments into account. > It seems that the EU's need to acknowledge and defer to member > governments for more specific regulations is the primary driver for its > decision to regulate lightly. Indeed, the language seems to indicate > that since each country is different, each country needs to enact is own > relevant regulation. > > This is in stark contrast to the US government. The FCC cannot rely on > "member governments" to enact their own regulation. Indeed, state and > local government are specifically limited in the forms of telecom > regulation that they can enact. As a result, however the FCC decides to > regulate, that's that. > > While light-touch regulation is a good and noble theory, this important > difference between the US and EU in terms of how and where such > regulations should be imposed is something that must be taken into > consideration. If the FCC were to enact the same regulations that the EU > enacted, it would be by definition deficient with respect to the level > of citizen protection that each EU nation provides, since the FCC would > not have state-level regulations to rely upon as the EU does for > national regulations. > > -- > Dana Spiegel > Executive Director, NYCwireless > dana@nycwireless.net > +1 917 402 0422 > > ------------------- > NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for, and > enables the growth of free, public wireless networks > ------------------- > > > > > > On Apr 25, 2010, at 1:14 PM, David Farber wrote: > >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks) >> Date: April 21, 2010 4:15:18 PM EDT >> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com> >> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] How to regulate the internet tap >> >> How to regulate the internet tap >> NY Times >> Op Ed >> By John Mayo, Marius Schwartz, Bruce Owen, Robert Shapiro, Lawrence >> J. White, and Glenn Woroch >> >> “TRANSPARENCY is non-negotiable,” declared Europe’s new commissioner >> for digital issues, Neelie Kroes, in a speech last week laying out her >> thoughts on net neutrality. “In a complex system like the Internet, it >> must be crystal-clear what the practices of operators controlling the >> network mean for all users.” >> >> Ms. Kroes’s comments reflect the decision made by the European Union >> in November to avoid any of the more extreme regulations that could >> stifle the innovation that has been the hallmark of the Internet. >> Instead, the union chose a more measured approach that emphasizes >> transparency. >> >> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/opinion/21mayo.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print >> >RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----