Thanks Milton,

Excellent points!... still, I suspect NGOs/NFPs have a few issues in
common...

Alain

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of
> *Alain Berranger
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> The issue I guess I'm struggling with is "who speaks for whom"? I do not
> think individuals like myself or academics like yourself or IP lawyers for
> that matter can speak for the global NGO/NFP community... ****
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> *[Milton L Mueller] *
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> *Alain, no one speaks for anyone. Everyone speaks for themselves. There
> is no “global community” of nonprofits, there are (to use an especially
> obvious example) nonprofits promoting leftwing views and some promoting
> rightwing views, there are nonprofits promoting Islam and some promoting
> Christianity, and every other religion you can name. there are foundations
> and nonprofits working against abortion and others working for choice or
> for family planning. *
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> *The point of NCSG is simply to balance commercial interests and
> perspectives with noncommercial ones. The idea that NCSG is going to have
> ONE VOICE on ALL issues related to domains and the internet is unlikely and
> probably not even desirable, except perhaps on a few cases.*
>
> *--MM*
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