GOVERNING THE INTERNET
 


I.    Governing the Internet

        A.    Should the Internet be governed?

               1.    Spectrum

                  No regulation ___________ total government regulation
                                                                   and control

                2.    Decentralization is changing (from Gillett and Kapor)
 
 

ORIGINAL ONLINE SERVICE MODEL WEB-INFLUENCED ONLINE SERVICE MODEL WEB MODEL
Central information choice ("gatekeeper") Personal webpages
Central choice of (professional) content providers		 Anyone can provide
Closed user interface (proprietary software) Pre-selected third-party software, sometimes customized Any Internet-compatible software
Connectivity bundled with content Connectivity bundled with content Anyone can provide connectivity, separately from content

                       From The Self-Governing Internet: Coordination by Design by Sharon
                            Eisner Gilllett and Mitchell Kapor

        B.    Why the push to organize and govern?

II.    Governance Possibilities
    
        A.    No governance advocates

                1.    Networks as organizations

                2.    Protocols

        B.      Self help

                                                   

                1.    Norms (custom) such as Netiquette 

                :--)      :--(     :--[
 


                2.    Other self-help mechanisms

                3.    Custom -- law merchant
 


         C.    Government regulation

                1.    Federal


                       a.    National Information Infrastructure Initiative (NII)
                           Agenda for Action

                       b.    Framework for Global Electronic Commerce

                2.    State
 


                3.    Local

                4.    International

                        a.    World Summit on Information Society

                        b.    Proposals for United Nations to govern

                5.    Intergalactic