WSIS Civil Society Working Group

on Information Networks Governance


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June - July 2007 Developments

The "Internet Community" is neither Civil Society nor Business, it is a specific mixture of both that has become something else, a new breed. It is a really legally innovative entanglement of NGOs and Businesses. The .au registry and ICANN belongs obvioulsy to the "Internet Community".

There was the threat made by Chris Disspain on May 24, and disclosed on June 6, establishing a link between a political outcome ( no recommandations ) and financial support and but it is the aftermath ( like in the WaterGate ) that is most revealing. The loyalties of the Internet Governance Caucus members in the defunct MAG were demonstrated to be first to the "Internet Community", when they protected, either by their silence or by criticzing the disclosure, their business colleague Chris Disspain.

tbc.