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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">This book review on "Internet Governance: An Introduction" raises key policy considerations we may need to consider particularly with regard to the vital areas of trust and confidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">The review proposes the need for "a marriage of the technical to the institutional that will provide the oversight necessary, the oversight that can allow for effective governance." </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><a href="http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/2007-08/Cordell_Book%20Review_PDF%20Ready.pdf"><font face="Calibri">http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/2007-08/Cordell_Book%20Review_PDF%20Ready.pdf</font></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">Regards </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">Mwende </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><font face="Calibri">Disclaimer: These comments are the author's own.</font></span></p></span></div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/11/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michuki Mwangi</b> <<a href="mailto:michuki@swiftkenya.com">michuki@swiftkenya.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>Hi Brian et al,<br><br>Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:<br>><br>> 1) Cyber-Crime: Due to the vast nature of the network, the Internet<br>
> a good example here is the Nigeria "419" scams which in the recent<br>> past seem to be originating more from the USA/Europe than from<br>> Nigeria itself.<br><br>> 2) Cyber-Warfare: also known as "information warfare" it is defined<br>
> in Wikipedia as "... the use and management of information in pursuit<br>> of a competitive advantage over an opponent.<br><br>> 3) Child Pornography: Among other evils that plague the Internet,<br>> this is probably the most disturbing.<br>
<br>> 4) Spam: it has been reported that unsolicited commercial email and<br>> more recently malicious, meaningless email garbage constitutes almost<br>> 80% of all email transmitted over the internet.<br><br><br>
The common factor between them is that they are successful and thriving<br>markets niches and steady revenue streams to a whole lot of folks. That<br>means they continually provide incentive to the players to keep<br>re-inventing themselves against all legal and enforcement measures.<br>
<br>IMHO until the day the huge financial gains can be eroded from such<br>activities we cannot anticipate significant success to be achieved in<br>the near or short-term.<br><br>We must recognize that the commercialization of the Internet resource<br>
has brought us both the good and bad, and the best and worst are yet to<br>come. How we deal with these present issues (both good and bad) will<br>impact the future of the Internet resource as we know it today; either<br>
positively or negatively.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Michuki.<br><br><br><br><br>--<br>This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>believed to be clean.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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